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General Eisenhower accepted the 1952 Republican Presidential Nomination.

This newsreel contains the following stories: Geneva Summit of 1955; continued civil war in Saigon; Allied occupation ends in West Germany; Big Four nations end occupation in Austria; national air raid…

Noting the 1957 anniversary of the integration of Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas, with President Dwight Eisenhower' s address to the nation and news conference on sending Federal…

This short biography concentrates primarily on Dwight Eisenhower’s activities after World War II, and concludes with a portion of his first State of the Union address. The fledgling U.S.…

This 1960 Universal Newsreel contains the following stories: President Eisenhower holds a press conference; military training in the Congo; Fidel Castro’s government nationalizes the Cuban…

Episode seven of a 10-part U.S. Army documentary from 1965 examines World War II in the year 1944, from Pacific Island campaigns to the D-Day invasion, liberation of Paris, and first incursions into…

Episode six of a 10-part U.S. Army documentary from 1965 tells the story of World War II beginning with the July, 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily to operations in the Pacific, to the invasion of southern…

Episode five of a 10-part U.S. Army documentary from 1965 covers World World II from approximately one year after the December 1941 Pearl Harbor attack to the Allied invasion of Sicily in the summer of 1943.…

President Dwight Eisenhower’s address to the nation on September, 24, 1957 and his October 3 news conference about ordering Federal troops to Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. John…

General Dwight Eisenhower, supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces, delivered a message of encouragement to the soldiers, sailors, and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force…

C-SPAN Radio notes the 50th anniversary of the Tet offensive and the escalation of the war in Vietnam with President Lyndon Johnson’s calls from January-March 1968.  Participants include…

In October 1962, the United States and Soviet Union stood on the brink of war over Soviet missiles in Cuba.  President John Kennedy’s calls, news conferences and addresses to the nation…

President Dwight D. Eisenhower announced to the nation that he was sending federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to protect the safety of nine students attempting to integrate Central…

President Lyndon Johnson’s conversations about the war in Vietnam and the presidential campaign with former President Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Presidential…

President Lyndon Johnson talked with former president Dwight Eisenhower about his meeting in New Jersey with Soviet Premier Kosygin and turmoil in the Middle East, including United Nations…

President Dwight Eisenhower spoke to the nation in a farewell address. The address, sometimes referred to as the "Military-Industrial Complex Speech", is considered by some to be one of the…

This is a program produced for the 1956 re-election campaign of President Dwight Eisenhower. Aired on the eve of the general election, it includes Eisenhower rallies from around the country…

President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon accepted their nominations to be the 1956 Republican candidates for president and vice president. Between the speeches, first…

General Dwight D. Eisenhower (Retired) kicked off his presidential campaign from his hometown of Abilene, Kansas. At the start of 1952, General Eisenhower was still in the military, serving as NATO Supreme Allied…

Dwight Eisenhower served a long military career before being elected the nation’s 34th president in 1952. “The Dwight D. Eisenhower Story” was a 1958 episode of The Big Picture series produced by…