Selected Originals - Home Town Fetes Ike Aka Eisenhower In Abilene (1952)
Selected originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story “Hometown Fetes Ike“ - 52/48.
Material for newsreel story - American voiceover
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America.
GV. Abilene street. SV. People looking in “We Like Ike“ window SV. Woman putting on “I Like Ike“ hat on boy. SV. Girl with “I Like Ike“ pennant. SV. Welcome Home poster. GV. Train approaching Abilene. SV. Mr Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower in railway carriage. SV. “Welcome to Abilene“ poster. GV. Train arrives at Abilene. CU. General and Mrs. Ike alighting from train. SCU. Mrs. Ike leads way up to rostrum. GV. Parade in Abilene street. SV. Ike applauding from rostrum. SV. Ike’s Water Hole tableau. SCU. Mr. and Mrs. Ike. GV. Parade. SV. Pan, Ike’s teachers. SV. Ike’s football team tableau. GV. Eisenhower home. CU. Notice “Eisenhower Home“. SV. Ike conferring with Senator Lodge, Governor Duff and Paul Hoffman. CU. Ike.
N.B. Paperwork suggests that 52/48 C should feature Eisenhower making