Professor Dave Explains
Dwight Eisenhower: I Like Ike (1953 – 1961)
Dwight Eisenhower was the first military hero to become president since Ulysses Grant nearly a century earlier. But the post WWII era was much different from the post Civil War era. The military-industrial complex was taking shape, and...
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US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles talks about the amount he will ask Congress to appropriate for foreign aid
Title "To meet the Red challenge - Dulles asks for increased foreign aid" superimposed over State Department seal / US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sitting at desk getting ready to speak / cameraman shooting footage / Dulles...
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Pres. Eisenhower meets with Indian ambassadors about China and with West German chancellor and ambassador about Adenauer's Moscow visit
Title card: "Top-Level Diplomacy Visitors to Our Shores" / "In Washington" superimposed over White House exterior / CU Indian Ambassador to the United Nations and Chief Indian Foreign Affairs Representative V. K. Krishna Menon and Indian...
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Mayor of West Berlin Ernst Reuter visits Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of States John Foster Dulles in Washington, DC
Title "Ernst Reuter meets Eisenhower and Dulles" superimposed over close shot of West Berlin's Mayor Ernst Reuter, invited to US by International Rescue Committee / two shots of US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Reuter sitting...
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Russia, Austria, United Kingdom and France at conference in Vienna reach agreement on terms of independence treaty for Austria
Card: "Paramount News issue no 78" / title card: "The peace offensive - Reports from Vienna, Washington and Paris" / shot of exterior of Belvedere Palace where conference is held / Soviet Union, Austrian, British, and French flags in...
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US Secretary of State's son becomes a Catholic priest
Title card superimposed on a procession of priests, "Dulles Sees Son Ordained as Priest" / Tilted shot of the Fordham University campus chapel and pan down to a crowd of people outside with some at a table on the lawn / US Secretary of...
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1954 year-end retrospective from Paramount News
Title card, "An Editorial - Paramount News presents a Year Ends, A New Year Begins" & "In 1954, the guns were silenced..." / A pan of an arid area and paddies / Maps of the World, Malaya, Indonesia, Burma, Kenya, Morocco & Tunisia,...
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French Prime Minister Pierre Mendes France gets vote of confidence for West Germany to enter NATO
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 39" / title card: "France - the Zero Hour- Crucial Vote on Arms for Germany" / Prime Minister Pierre Mendes France in front of building, others behind him, photographers in fg / CU Mendes France /...
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1954 Year in Review
Paris: VS people in a long line / CU a newsstand worker inserts a folded newspaper into another / high angle view of the French National Assembly in session / members voting / quick shot of reporters taking notes // Washington, DC: US...
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West Germany joins NATO in NATO meeting in Paris
Title "West Germany joins NATO" superimposed over delegates at NATO meeting in Paris / West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer shaking hands with French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay / Adenauer talking to officials sitting behind him /...
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Film portrait of Anthony Eden compiled upon his resignation as Prime Minster of England
Card: "Paramount News issue no 44" / card: "Paramount News" / title card: "Britain gets new Prime Minister" / new Prime Minister Harold Macmillan walks up steps, photographers and cameramen take pictures / closer shot of Macmillan /...
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United Nations meets to discuss Vietnam
Title "Future of Asia… the Great Debate at Geneva" superimposed over United Nations General Assembly in Switzerland / exteriors United Nations Palace of Nations / backs of Asian soldiers / overhead General Assembly room / Soviet...
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John Foster Dulles on France's war debt
Title card: "How Should US Meet War Debt Default? John Foster Dulles, international legal expert, discusses grave problem" / MCU SOT John Foster Dulles discusses France's World War I debt to the United States and says France should pay /...
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United States proposes 10-nation Southeast Asia anti-communist alliance similar to NATO
Title card: "Pacific NATO" / Title "Britain and France study U.S. proposal for 10-nation security pact for defense of Southeast Asia" superimposed over map of Burma, Thailand, Indo-China, Malaya, Philippines, Indonesia / large ball in...
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Delegates at conference of Southeast Asia Treaty Organization in Manila sign Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty
Card: "Paramount News issue no 8" / Title "Asia pact - 8 nations reach accord in Manila" superimposed over delegates in room / flag-raising ceremony outside Congress of Republic of Philippines building / shot of front of building / US...
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Arthur Connell is elected as American Legion National Commander
Card "Paramount News Issue No. 7" / Title: "St. Louis Legion Meet Ends - Name New Commander" superimposed over American Legion emblem / VS wide top shots of convention in session / Ground shots of delegates seated / VS CU delegates...
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Japanese Peace Treaty is signed at San Francisco
Title Card: "And In San Francisco - Peace Treaty Climax" / MS Soviet Deputy Minister Andrei Gromyko, walking forward on platform at press interview / VS Gromyko at microphones on rostrum, photographers taking pictures, audience seated in...
British Movietone
BERLIN - THE CONFERENCE - FINAL SCENES
The Berlin Conference ended without Western hopes of Russian co-operation being realised, later Mr Dulles, American Secretary of State, summed up. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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After signing of Mutual Defense Treaty, US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles boards plane
Korean and US officials standing with hats over hearts including President Syngman Rhee and US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, others in bg / MS Dulles, Rhee and others, plane tail in bg; pan officials / officials replace hats /...
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United States Post Office issues first religious stamp on 4/8/54
Title: "Post Office Issues…First U.S. Religious Stamp" superimposed over stamp with the Statue of Liberty and the words "In God We Trust" / large replica of stamp handing in curtain with American flag next to it in front of flag are from...
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US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles arrives in Paris
Title superimposed on John Foster Dulles walking past, wearing hat, at Orly Airport, "People make news, Dulles in Paris" / Sign, 'Paris Orly' / an airplane with four engines approaches / Dulles deplanes, walks down airstairs followed by...
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Gov. Arthur Langlie gives the keynote address at the 1956 Republican National Convention in San Francisco
VS delegates massed on the floor of the Cow Palace at the Republican National Convention / SOT Gov Arthur B. Langlie notes the Democrats' scorn, abuse, and ridicule of public servants John Foster Dulles and Dwight D Eisenhower (numerous...
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Winston Churchill visits the Eisenhowers
Title: "Washington Talks Completed, Churchill Meets Press" superimposed over President Dwight Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill shaking hands / WS Churchill stands next to First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, who stands...
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US, France, and UK foreign ministers meet in Paris before NATO parley and then move on to NATO HQ to discuss atomic weaponry
Title: "Paris - Focus on Atomic Defense at NATO Parley" superimposed over John Foster Dulles, U.S. Secretary of State arriving at Palais de Chaillot / LS EXT Eiffel Tower / Night shot Anthony Eden, British Foreign Secretary, arriving at...