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Early pictures of General Eisenhower showing his childhood home and his welcome ceremony when he returned home.

'The Big Picture' depicts the life of U.S. General Dwight D Eisenhower. Sergeant Stuart Queen of the U.S. Army stands in front of a map. He gives an introduction of Eisenhower. In 1945 Eisenhower returns to his homeland in Denison, Texas. A banner reads 'Welcome IKE'. People gather on the sides of the streets to welcome him. He waves from an open car at the cheering crowds. People at parade carry the U.S. flags during a ceremony. Eisenhower salutes. D Day, June 6, 1944- Barges carrying American troops land on the shore of Normandy. Eisenhower with another military officer. Eisenhower salutes. Streets of the city Abilene. Exterior of the Eisenhower Museum. Two boys enter the museum. Pictures of Eisenhower in his childhood - during infancy, house in which he was born, Eisenhower with a group of children, Eisenhower with his family, with his baseball and football team. View of Eisenhower's bedroom- scripture readings on the walls and books in the shelves. A truck passes the creamery where Eisenhower worked in his spare time. Pictures of Eisenhower leaving home to join the Military Academy at West Point. Cadets marching at the grounds of the military academy. Graduation Certificate of Eisenhower. Eisenhower with his wife Mamie Geneva Doud. Fight in Western Europe during the World War I. Picture of Eisenhower with other cadets. The certificate of the Distinguished Service Medal presented to Eisenhower for his services for training tank crews in Pennsylvania.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1955
Duration: 7 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033590
The military career of General Dwight D Eisenhower from 1926 to World War II

Film starts showing Dwight D. Eisenhower's diploma as honor graduate of the Army Command and Staff School, in 1926. Image of Major Eisenhower (in civilian clothes) Narrator says he was assigned to France, to prepare a guide book on American battlefields in Europe. Image of Eisenhower as a member of General Douglas MacArthur's staff in the Philippines, where MacArthur was Commander-in-Chief of the Philippine army. Glimpse of headquarters building there. MacArthur in his office helping the Commonwealth of Philippines work out a plan for its military defense. Image of Lieutenant Colonel Eisenhower in 1939, serving as Executive Officer of the 15th Regiment, at Fort Lewis, Washington, View of the Regiment's Headquarters building. Scene shifts to 1940, showing German forces invading Holland and Belgium. German tanks are seen in action. German Junkers 87 Stuka dive bombers and Heinkel 111 bombers drop bombs. After passing of the Selective Service draft act, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen at a public ceremony on October 29, 1940, where Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson drew from a bowl the capsule containing the first draft number of World War 2. Views of Lt. Col. Eisenhower as Chief of Staff of the Army 3rd Division and later as Chief of Staff of the Ninth Corps. Next, he is seen as Chief of Staff to General Walter Kreuger, who in 1941 led the Third Army in the most realistic maneuvers held by American troops (The Louisiana maneuvers). Views of American troops engaged in those maneuvers. Image of Eisenhower as a Brigadier General. Views of the Pearl Harbor bombing during Japanese attack on December 7, 1941.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 3 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033591
International Labor Conference in Philadelphia; also Funeral of Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox (WW2)

International Labor Conference in Philadelphia during World War II. Exterior of Temple University. A sign reads 'International Labour Conference'. People go into the building. Delegates from 40 nations at the conference. Walter Nash, of New Zealand, the new president of the ILO (International Labor Organization), talks about post war labor problems. Interpreters translate for delegates wearing headphones over their ears. Chinese delegates present. Next portion of clips shows funeral of U.S. Secretary of Navy, Frank Knox on May 1, 1944. The funeral procession along Constitution Avenue, Washington DC. Flag-draped coffin rests on a caisson pulled by horses. Elements of all the three Branches of the military services parade behind the coffin, including women in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) and WACs (Women's Army Corps). As the procession enters Arlington Cemetery, an honor guard of U.S. Navy admirals salute. Military pallbearers carry the casket to the burial site and an honor guard of sailors fire rifle salutes. Admiral Ernest King, Chief of Naval Operations, escorts widow, Mrs. Annie Reid Knox, from the scene.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
Date: 1944, May
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033603
Operators and engineers watch and operate controls as airplane propellers are tested in a wind tunnel in United States.

Airplane propellers are tested in a wind tunnel in U.S. In a wind tunnel men work at the propellers of a plane. The propeller rotates. Operators look from the windows in the tunnel. A man walks into the wind tunnel and looks at the controls. Operators and engineers watch and operate controls. Operators study the motion of the propeller in the dark. A lady walks in the front of the tunnel. Her hair blows towards the tunnel.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033604
Franklin D. Roosevelt address the Congress in Washington DC (WW2)

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a conference in Washington DC. On February 28th President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives in Washington DC. The White House. The President address the Congress in the conference and tells them about the Yalta conference. He talks about World War II, the road to peace, Allies united in war and peace aims, and hope for the future generations

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033672
The Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins to win 1967 American League baseball championship

Highlights from two Boston Red Sox-Minnesota Twins games in 1967 that decided the American League pennant. The scoreboard at Boston's Fenway Park. U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey from Minnesota and and U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts stand in the Red Sox' dugout. The crowd cheers. Carl Yastrzemski hits 44th home run to win the first game for the Red Sox as the crowd goes wild. In game two, Fenway Park scoreboard shows game tied 2-2 in the sixth inning. Red Sox take the lead on infield hit, wild pitch and another infield hit. In ninth inning, the Sox get final out on a popup caught by shortstop Rico Petroceli. Fans celebrate Boston's first baseball title in two decades and storm field, where they mob winning pitcher Jim Lonborg (#16).

Location: Boston Massachusetts USA
Date: 1967, October 1
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033692
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