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"THE EISENHOWER STORY"
RAYMOND MASSEY NARRATES THIS FILM BIOGRAPHY OF GENERAL EISENHOWER WHICH IS CLIMAXED WITH D-DAY IN EUROPE. |
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STORY OF EISENHOWER (IKE) THE SOLDIER. GENERAL IKE STANDS IN OPEN LIMO IN JUNE 1945, AS HIS MOTORCADE ROLLS DOWN A STREET IN ABILENE, KANSAS;
HIS HOME TOWN |
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LS- IKE WITH WIFE NEXT TO HIM RAISES HIS HAT AND SMILES FROM THE REVIEWING STAND AS A FLOAT GOES BY WITH HIS CLASS MOTTO "NOT AT TOP BUT CLIMBING"
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MS- HE AND MAMIE STAND, HE SALUTES AS US FLAGS ARE PARADED BY
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MONTAGE- WARSHIPS BOMBARD AND LANDING CRAFT HIT THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY ON D-DAY, JUNE 6, 1944
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MS- GENERAL IKE WATCHES INVASION FROM WARSHIP.
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AERIAL- PAN OF ABILENE, KANSAS, HOME OF DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER. MS- TOWN CHAPEL AND SMALL TOWN TRAFFIC WITH PARALLEL PARKING
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LS- THE EISENHOWER MUSEUM. MS- 2 YOUNG BOYS WALK INTO THE MUSEUM AND PERUSE THE HUGE WALL MURALS DEPICTING IKE'S LIFE. A PHOTO OF IKE'S FARM HOME WHERE HE WAS BORN IN TENNISON, TEXAS IN 1891
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MS- EARLY PHOTOS OF IKE'S PARENTS.
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MS- EARLY PHOTO OF ABILENE WHERE IKE'S PARENTS RETURNED AFTER HIS BIRTH IN TEXAS.
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MONTAGE- CLASS PHOTO OF IKE AS A SMALL BOY AND A FAMILY PHOTO WITH HIS PARENTS AND 5 BROTHERS.
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MONTAGE- PHOTOS OF IKE WITH HIS HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL TEAMS
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LS- IKE'S HOME IN ABILENE OUTSIDE AND INSIDE SHOWS THE RELIGIOUS AND PATRIOTIC CONVICTIONS OF THE EISENHOWER FAMILY. CU- A LIBRARY BOOK RACK
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MS- MURAL OF IKE'S FAMILY WORKING HARD ON THE FARM IS DEPICTED AT THE MUSEUM.
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LS- THE CREAMERY WHERE IKE WORKED DURING HIS SPARE TIME.
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CU- MURAL DEPICTING IKE WITH SUITCASE LEAVING FOR WEST POINT. LS- CADETS MARCHING AT WEST POINT PARADE GROUNDS. CU- IKE'S 1915 GRADUATION DIPLOMA
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MS- PHOTO AND MURAL OF IKE'S WEDDING PICTURE WITH MAMIE DOWD.
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MS- YOUNG LIEUTENANT EISENHOWER WITH OTHER OFFICERS POSE IN GROUP PHOTO DURING WWI IN WHICH HE NEVER FOUGHT
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MS- MAJOR DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER POSES IN CIVILIAN SUIT IN LATE 1920s.
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MS- IKE STANDS BEHIND GENERAL MACARTHUR IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BOTH IN WHITE SUITS AND STRAW HATS.
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MS- MACARTHUR AT HIS DESK WITH MAJOR EISENHOWER AS HIS AIDE, LOOKING ON.
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MONTAGE- GERNMAN TANKS AND PLANES ATTACKING IN THE EUROPE OF 1940
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LS- FDR ANNOUNCES THE SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT
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MS- COLONEL EISENHOWER POSES WITH GENERAL WALTER KRUGER. IKE WAS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF
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MONTAGE- AMERICAN SOLDIERS PUT ON REALISTIC MANEUVERS IN 1940
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CU- PHOTO OF IKE WHEN PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL SOON BEFORE JAPANESE BOMBED PEARL HARBOR
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MONTAGE- INFAMOUS SCENES OF JAPANESE BOMBING OF PEARL HARBOR.
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MS- IKE WITH PLANNING GROUP AT THE WAR DEPARTMENT
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MS- MURAL DEPICTS IKE AS LEADER OF ALLIED FORCES
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MONTAGE- BOMBARDMENT AND INVASION OF NORTH AFRICA IS DEPICTED IN ANIMATED MAP AND FILM.
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CU- BOOTS SLUSHING IN WET MUD AN GIS DIGGING OUT THEIR VEHICLES AS TREACHEROUS WEATHER BOGGED DOWN THE U.S. TROOPS
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CU- GERMAN SOLDIER OF THE AFRIKA CORP WITH HIS HANDS UP IN SURRENDER
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LS- ARAB TROOPS ON HORSEBACK AND FRENCH, U.S. &
BRITISH TROOPS MARCH IN COLORFUL VICTORY PARADE REVIEWED BY IKE. |
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MS- IKE GETS MEDAL AND KISS FROM FRENCH GENERAL
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MONTAGE- THE INVASION OF SICILY IS DEPICTED ON MURAL AND FILM OF THE BATTLE WHICH FELL IN 1943 ALONG WITH ITALY'S SURRENDER.
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MONTAGE- INVASION OF ITALY'S MAINLAND AT SALERNO IS DEPICTED IN A MURAL AND IN FILM.
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MS- GENERAL IKE AND GENERAL MARK CLARK EXIT A TENT AT THE ITALIAN FRONT
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MS- PRESIDENT FDR RIDES INJEEP AS HE INSPECTS THE TROOPS DURING HIS SUMMIT MEETING IN TEHRAN, WHICH IS ALSO DEPICTED IN A MURAL
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MS- FDR, STALIN AND CHURCHILL POSE AT MEETING.
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MS- IKE AND ALLIED MILITARY LEADERS PLAN THE INVASION OF EUROPE AT A WALL MAP.
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MONTAGE- GERMAN FILM OF THEIR FORTIFICATIONS AT THE FRENCH SIDE OF THE CHANNEL
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MS- IKE AND OTHER GENERALS WATCH GIS IN TRAINING FOR D-DAY. MS- CHURCHILL VISITS THE TROOPS.
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MS- IKE VISITS THE AMERICAN PARATROOPERS WITH THEIR BLACKENED FACES ABOUT TO JUMP OVER NORMANDY
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MS- CANNONS OF A WARSHIP MOVE INTO POSITION, SAILORS HOLD THEIR EARS AND THE BOMBARDMENT OF NORMANDY COMMENCES. ALSO DEPICTED IN MUSEUM MURAL
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MS- IKE AND GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY CHAT AT FRONT GENERAL PATTON RIDES BY HIS TANKS IN A JEEP
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LS- HUGE ARMY OF GIS MARCH UNDER THE ARCH DE TRIOMPE IN PARIS.
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MONTAGE- THE BATTLE OF THE 'BULGE' IS DEPICTED IN FILM AND IN A MURAL AT THE EISENHOWER MUSEUM AS IS THE FAMOUS BRIDGE AT REMAGEN
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MONTAGE- ALLIED TROOPS MOVING THROUGH THE RUBBLE OF GERMAN CITIES IS DEPICTED IN FILM AND MURAL.
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MS- GERMAN GENERALS SIT AT TABLE IN A SCHOOLHOUSE TO SURRENDER TO THE ALLIES. ALSO SEEN IN MURAL
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MS- IKE MAKES A VICTORY SPEECH TO AMERICAN PEOPLE
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MONTAGE- IKE RECEIVES A TUMULTUOUS TICKER TAPE PARADE IN NEW YORK.
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MS- ON FEBRUARY 7, 1948 IKE AND MAMIE LEAVE THEIR MILITARY HOME AS IKE QUITS HIS MILITARY SERVICE
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LS- IKE, IN CAP AND GOWN, MAKES A SPEECH AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AS IT'S PRESIDENT. ALSO DEPICTED IN A MURAL
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MONTAGE- IKE REVIEWS FOREIGN TROOPS AS HE IS REACTIVATED TO SERVE AS SUPREME COMMANDER OF NATO
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MS- IKE TURNS OVER COMMAND OF NATO TO GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGEWAY AS THEY BOTH SALUTE THE FLAG
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MS- MURAL DEPICTS IKE BEING SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT
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LS- THE 2 YOUNG BOYS EXIT THE EISENHOWER MUSEUM
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