EISENHOWER INAUGURATION (Reel 5 of 11)

EISENHOWER INAUGURATION (Reel 5 of 11) - National Archives and Records Administration 1953 - ARC Identifier 37025 / Local Identifier 111-X-1 - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964). Reel 1 (sd.), President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon take the oaths of office. Shows Harry Truman, Chief Justice Vinson, Herbert Hoover, Joseph Martin, and Mrs. Eisenhower on the speakers' stand. The President begins the inaugural address. Reel 2 (sd.) concludes the address. Reel 3 (si.), celebrities arrive at the Capitol: President and Mrs. Eisenhower, Mr. and Mrs. Nixon, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Truman, James Byrnes, Thomas Dewey, Gen. Bradley, Gen. Vandenberg, Justice Vinson. Shows segments of the crowds. Reel 4 (sd.), parade units pass the White House. Personages: the Eisenhowers, the Nixons, Joseph Martin, Herbert Hoover. Reel 5(si.) Charles E. Wilson, Gens. Marshall and Spaatz, and the Eisenhowers arrive at the White House. Parade units, including tanks, pass the White House. Byrnes and Dewey wave from cars. Shows Mr. and Mrs Alben Barkley, the Eisenhowers, the Nixons, Harry Truman, and Joseph Martin as spectators. Reel 7(sd.), Eisenhower and Nixon wave from their cars. Shows parade units, including Eisenhowers floats, at the White House. Reel 8(sd.), Midshipmen and parade floats pass the White House. Reel 9 (si.) shows prepared scenes at Union station, the Jefferson Memorial, and the Capitol. Reel 10 (si.) parade units pass the corner of 15th and Pennsylvania Avenue. Shows Govs. Arn, Battle, and Gregg (N.H.) Reel 11 (si.), celebrities pass on automobiles: Eisenhower, Gov. Arn, Arthur Summerfield, Oveta Club Hobby, Nixon, Joseph M. Dodge, Sherman Adams, Gen. Gerow, Charles E. Wilson, Martin P. Durkin, Henry Cabot Lodge. DVD copied by IASL Master Scanner Timothy Vollmer.

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