- Title: VM-147
- Summary: PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP IN FREEDOM: IKE SPEECH AT CHRISTMAS TIME. IKE LIGHTS THE PAGEANT OF PEACE TREE. PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ON WORLDWIDE GOOD WILL TOUR WITH SHAH OF IRAN AND OTHER WORLD LEADERS. ELEVEN NATION TOUR, DECEMBER, 1959.
- Description:00:00:17 - EXTERIOR WHITE HOUSE CIRCA 1959 00:00:26 - IKE, GLASSES IN HAND. MAKES SPEECH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE "GOOD EVENING MY FELLOW AMERICANS" PUTS HIS GLASSES ON TO READ PREPARED SPEECH. TALKS ABOUT HIS THREE WEEK GOOD WILL MISSION OF "PEACE AND GOOD WILL". AMERICAN PRESIDENTS. HEADS OF STATE. "...IN EVERY COUNTRY I HOPE TO MAKE WIDELY KNOWN, AMERICA'S DEEPEST DESIRE, A WORLD IN WHICH ALL NATIONS MAY PROSPER IN FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND PEACE, UNMOLESTED AND UNAFRAID ..." PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES 00:02:05 - CLOUDS POV FLYING OVER CLOUDS 00:02:11 - MAP SHOWS GOOD WILL TOUR ROUTE FROM WASHINGTON TO ROME 00:02:17 - US AIR FORCE PRESIDENTIAL PLANE ARRIVES IN ROME, ITALY. ITALIAN DIGNITARIES WELCOME IKE ON TARMAC 00:02:31 - ITALIAN PRESIDENT GIOVANNI BRONCHI ACCOMPANIES IKE IN A REVIEW OF THE HONOR GUARD 00:02:38 - MOTORCYCLE POLICE ESCORT PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE INTO ROME 00:02:47 - CU POSTERS PASTED ONTO WALL PRO-IKE PRO-AMERICAN SENTIMENT. IKE AND STATUE OF LIBERTY ON COVER OF "VITA" MAGAZINE. ITALIAN ISSUE OF LIFE MAGAZINE 00:02:54 - PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE ARRIVES AT CRUDINALE ?SP PALACE. PRESIDENT BRONCHI'S RESIDENCE 00:03:07 - IKE AND ITALIAN LEADERS MEET. PRIME MINISTER ANTONIO SENGUY ?SP FOREIGN MINISTER GIUSEPPI PELLA. POLITICAL MEETING 00:03:50 - EXTERIOR PRESIDENTIAL PALACE, ITALIAN FLAG 00:03:55 - FORMAL DINNER GIVEN FOR IKE BY PRESIDENT AND MRS. BRONCHI. MAJOR JOHN EISENHOWER SON OF IKE AND HIS WIFE ARE PRESENT. CHILDREN OF PRESIDENTS. 00:04:27 - PRESIDENT EISENHOWER VISITS THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER IN ROME. MEMORIAL TO ITALIAN WAR DEAD. HUGE WREATH LAID ON THE TOMB 00:04:58 - IKE VISITS ST. PETER'S SQUARE. 1959 VATICAN PRIESTS, CLERGYMEN ESCORT IKE'S ENTOURAGE TO THE STUDY OF POPE JOHN XXIII. POPE JOHN WELCOMES EISENHOWER 00:06:06 - AIRPORT IN ROME, FLAGS OF VARIOUS NATIONS. IKE SAYS HIS GOOD BYES BEFORE HE BOARDS PLANE 00:06:34 - MAP SHOWS PLANE ROUTE FROM ROME TO ANKARA TURKEY 00:06:37 - IKE ARRIVES IN ANKARA, TURKEY. TURKISH FLAG AND AMERICAN FLAG. IKE GREETED BY PRESIDENT CELAL BAYAR. 00:07:29 - TURKISH PEOPLE WELCOME IKE. HUGE MURAL OF IKE ON BUILDING IN ANKARA. PEOPLE CHEER AS IKE'S MOTORCADE MOVES THROUGH ANKARA BANNER WITH AMERICAN FLAG WITH IKE PHOTO AND TURKISH FLAG WITH BAYAR PHOTO & "WE LIKE IKE" 00:07:57 - TURKISH MEN PERFORM A TRADITIONAL DANCE POV PASSING THROUGH CROWDS IN TURKISH PARADE. BANDS PLAY. PEOPLE LOOK OUT FROM THEIR APARTMENT WINDOWS. LOTS OF SUPPORT FOR IKE. POV PASSING UNDER HUGE SIGN "FAR BUT VERY NEAR" 00:08:23 - TURKISH MEN PERFORM A DANCE WEARING SHORTS 00:08:33 - POV PASSING UNDER HUGE SIGN "PEACE WITHOUT SECURITY IS NO PEACE" AND TURKISH & AMERICAN FLAGS 00:08:38 - POV IN PARADE IN TURKEY. TURKISH SPECTATORS 00:08:50 - IKE LAYS WREATH AT THE TOMB OF LATE PRESIDENT MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK 00:09:07 - IKE AND TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ADNAN MENDERES HELICOPTOR TO THE AIRPORT 00:09:19 - SIGNS AT THE AIRPORT "TAKE OUR LOVE BACK HOME" "TURKS TRUST IKE" 00:09:29 - MAP FOLLOWS IKE'S GOOD WILL TOUR FROM ANKARA TO KARACHI 00:09:34 - CU PAKASTANI AND AMERICAN FLAGS 00:09:37 - PRESIDENT AYUB KHAN AND IKE IN HUGE WELCOME PARADE. CU PAKISTANI FACES IN THE CROWD. PAKISTANI BAGPIPE PLAYER, TRADITIONAL COSTUME. PEOPLE CROWD BALCONIES ON EVERY BUILDING. 00:10:14 - FORMAL DINNER IN IKE'S HONOR. IKE AWARDED PAKISTAN'S HIGHEST CIVIL AWARD. IKE PUTS HIS GLASSES ON TO EXAMINE THE AWARD 00:10:42 - CU IKE LOOKING AT DISPLAY OF ANCIENT COINS 00:10:51 - PAKISTANI SWORD DANCE PERFORMANCE BY THE FRONTIER FORCE REGIMENT. ETHNIC DANCE, COSTUME. 00:11:07 - POLITICAL MEETING BETWEEN IKE AND PRESIDENT KHAN 00:11:23 - IKE AND OTHERS POSE FOR PHOTOS. CU HANDSOME OFFICER. 00:11:35 - LARGE CROWD AT HORSEMANSHIP DEMONSTRATION FOR IKE. DISPLAY OF RIDING SKILLS. LANCING SKILLS, RIDERS SPEAR A TINY WOODEN PEG AT FULL GALLOP. MEN HOLD UP BANNER "WE LIKE IKE" FLAGS 00:12:31 - IKE IN MILITARY UNIFORM LAYS WREATH AT MARBLE TOMB OF MUHAMMAD ALI JINNAH, FOUNDER OF PAKISTAN. 00:13:02 - IKE ATTENDS CRICKET MATCH. TEST MATCH BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND PAKISTAN. SPORTS. 00:13:23 - IKE INTRODUCED AT A CITIZENS WELCOME HELD AT POLO GROUNDS IKE GIVES SPEECH MOS. MEN HOLD BANNER "THANK YOU AMERICA" 00:13:48 - EXTERIOR BUILDING DRAPED IN LIGHTS. DOME. 00:13:58 - MAP WITH ROUTE FROM KARACHI TO KABUL 00:14:01 - IKE ARRIVES IN AFGHANISTAN MET BY KING MOHAMMAD ZAHIR. GIRLS IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME PRESENT IKE WITH FLOWERS. 00:14:38 - AFGHANISTAN MEN PERFORM A TRADITIONAL DANCE ETHNIC DANCE, COSTUME 00:14:47 - IKE'S MOTORCADE GREETED BY AFGHANISTAN CITIZENS CHEERING CROWDS. STRINGS OF CONFETTI COVER THE CAR 00:15:09 - IKE BRUSHES PARADE CONFETTI FROM HIS COAT AS HE GETS OUT OF CAR AT PRESIDENT'S RESIDENCE. IKE HOLDS UP HEAVY PILE OF PAPER CONFETTI 00:15:25 - MAP SHOWING ROUTE FROM KABUL TO NEW DELHI 00:15:28 - IKE ARRIVING AT NEW DELHI AIRPORT. IKE WEARING BODY- SIZED LARGE NECKLACE GREETED BY PRESIDENT RAJENDRA PRASSAD AND PRIME MINISTER NEHRU 00:15:51 - IKE GREETED BY THE PEOPLE OF INDIA. WARM WELCOME. IKE CARRIES LOTS OF FLOWERS, WEARS A LEI. NEON LIGHTS IN SHAPES OF STARS AND THINGS 00:16:18 - NEW DELHI CIRCA 1959 STREETS COVERED WITH WELL WISHERS FOR THE FIRST VISIT OF AN AMERICAN LEADER TO INDIA. HISTORICAL VISITS. LITTLE BOY PEERS THROUGH THE CROWD FOR A GLIMPSE 00:16:39 - IKE VISITS A MEMORIAL MARKING THE GROUND WHERE MOHANDAS GANDHI WAS CREMATED. IKE LAYS A WREATH ON THE MONUMENT 00:17:14 - EXTERIOR PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. IKE GREETS GIRL GUIDES AND BOY SCOUTS IN THE COURTYARD. YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS. HAS AN INFORMAL CHAT WITH THE YOUNGSTERS. 00:17:54 - IKE'S MOTORCADE ARRIVES AT THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING IN INDIA 00:18:23 - IKE ADDRESS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT SPEECH INTERRUPTED BY APPLAUSE. SPEECH SOF. AMERICA WATCHES WITH FRIENDLY CONCERN THE VALIANT EFFORTS OF OTHER NATIONS FOR A BETTER LIFE, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO NEWLY ACHIEVED THEIR INDEPENDENCE "...CAN WE NOT JOIN IN A 5 YEAR OR A 50 YEAR PLAN AGAINST MISTRUST AND MISGIVING AND FIXATION ON THE WRONGS OF THE PAST.." APPLAUSE. STANDING OVATION 00:19:53 - CU CARVED SANDALWOOD AND IVORY TABLE DEPICTING A SCENE FROM INDIA'S STORIED PAST. PRESENTED TO IKE AT A STATE DINNER AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. 00:20:08 - RECITAL OF INDIAN MUSIC AND DANCE IN IKE'S BEHALF. ETHNIC MUSIC, DANCE, COSTUME 00:20:41 - UNIVERSITY OF DELHI BANNER "WELCOME TO MESSENGER OF PEACE" MASSIVE CROWD TO GREET IKE. IKE AWARDED HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS. IKE GIVES SPEECH, MOS. 00:21:33 - IKE ARRIVES AT THE OPENING OF THE 14 NATION WORLD AGRICULTURAL FAIR. ARRIVES IN PRESIDENTIAL CARRIAGE, CU HANDSOME GUARD. HISTORICAL EVENTS. FIRST WORLD AGRICULTURAL FAIR IN HISTORY 00:22:03 - PAN CROWD OF 25,000 00:22:17 - UNITED STATES EXHIBIT AT THE 14 NATION WORLD AGRICULTURAL FAIR, INDIA 1959. IKE CUTS THE RIBBON AT RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY OPENING THE UNITED STATES EXHIBIT 00:22:46 - IKE VISITS THE TAJ MAHAL, 1959. GUIDED BY PRIME MINISTER NEHRU BANK OF PHOTOGRAPHERS. 00:23:32 - IKE VISITS AN INDIAN VILLAGE. PEOPLE SIT ON THATCHED ROOFS 00:23:53 - POV LOOKING OUT AIRPLANE WINDOW AT CLOUDS. POV FLYING 00:24:02 - SEA OF HUMANITY GREETS IKE AT THE ROMLEY LAGROUND ? SP, A LONG AND BROAD EXPANSE SEPARATING NEW DELHI FROM THE OLD CITY. IKE SPEECH MOS. MASSIVE CROWD OF INDIANS WAVE AMERICAN FLAGS NERHU PUTS LEI ON IKE. IKE WEARS BODY-SIZED NECKLACE 00:24:54 - MAP SHOWS ROUTE FROM NEW DELHI TO TEHRAN 00:24:59 - MOTORCYCLE POLICE ESCORT LEADS IKE'S MOTORCADE FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE CITY OF TEHRAN. WELL WISHERS LINE THE ROUTE. MOTORCADE PASSES THROUGH "A PATHWAY OF FRIENDSHIP" 00:25:35 - IKE ARRIVES AT THE SHAH'S PALACE 00:25:39 - IKE AND SHAH OF IRAN POSE FOR PHOTOS. MOHAMMAD REZA PAHLAVI 00:25:55 - IKE ARRIVES AT IRANIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING WITH IRANIAN AND AMERICAN FLAGS. CU GUARD. IKE TO ADDRESS JOINT SESSION IN THE NEW SENATE BUILDING. 00:26:19 - IKE LEAVING IRANIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING 00:26:36 - POV IN FLIGHT OVER CLOUDS. AIR FORCE PLANE 00:26:43 - MAP SHOWING ROUTE FROM TEHRAN TO ATHENS 00:26:49 - IKE ARRIVES IN ATHENS, IS MET BY KING PAUL. 00:26:59 - MOTORCYCLE POLICE ESCORT MOTORCADE THROUGH ATHENS 00:27:12 - CU GREEK STATUE HOLDING BANNER "WELCOME IKE CRUSADER FOR PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, FREEDOM" 00:27:15 - IKE AND GREEK LEADERS EXIT BUILDING 00:27:21 - DOUBLE POSTERS OF IKE GETTING READY TO BOARD PLANE AND WAVING 00:27:23 - CROWDS ROAR AS IKE AND KING PAUL PASS IN MOTORCADE. WARM RESPONSE FROM ATHENIANS 00:27:58 - EXTERIOR GREECE'S ROYAL PALACE 00:28:00 - IKE AND PRIME MINISTER CONSTANTIN CARAMANLIS TALK TETE-A-TETE PRIVATE CONVERSATION 00:28:09 - GREEK AND AMERICAN FLAGS HANG 00:28:11 - IKE IS PRESENTED WITH AN HONORARY MEMBERSHIP IN THE ACADEMY OF ATHENS 00:28:27 - ATHENS CIRCA 1959. ANCIENT CITY OF ATHENS, RUINS 00:28:40 - GREEK AND AMERICAN FLAGS 00:28:44 - HELICOPTER LANDS ON CRUISER DES MOINES. IKE ON THE DES MOINES 00:29:03 - HIGH SHOT CRUISER DES MOINES IN THE MEDITERRANIAN 00:29:19 - MAP SHOWING ROUTE FROM ATHENS TO TUNIS 00:29:22 - IKE'S HELICOPTER ARRIVES IN TUNIS. NORTH AFRICA. 00:29:28 - IKE'S MOTORCADE THROUGH WELCOMING TUNESIAN CROWDS 00:29:39 - IKE ARRIVES AT PALACE CU GUARD. 00:29:52 - CU IKE AND PRESIDENT HABIB BOURGUIBA SITTING ON COUCH HAVING A SPIRITED TALK, LOOKING AT PHOTO ALBUMS 00:30:11 - IKE GIVEN A 3 YEAR OLD BAY HORSE, A GIFT OF THE PEOPLE OF TUNESIA. IKE IS DELIGHTED 00:30:24 - IKE MOTORCADE THROUGH TUNIS, WARM CROWDS GREET ALONG THE ROUTE 00:30:55 - MAP OF ROUTE FROM TUNIS TO PARIS 00:30:57 - CU FRENCH FLAG 00:31:00 - MOTORCYCLE POLICE ESCORT IKE'S MOTORCADE THROUGH TULANE 00:31:24 - POV ON TRAIN GOING NORTH TOWARD PARIS AT SUNSET 00:31:33 - TRAIN CARRYING IKE ARRIVES AT PARIS STATION UNDER GUARD IKE MET BY FRENCH PRESIDENT CHARLES DEGAULLE 00:32:00 - BEAUTIFUL CHATEAUX AT BROMBOUEY. WORLD LEADERS ARRIVE FOR CONFERENCE. GREAT BRITAIN, UNITED STATES, GERMANY, FRANCE MEETING OF FOUR NATIONS. WORLD LEADERS. PRIME MINISTER HAROLD MACMILLAN. PRESIDENT CHARLES DEGAULLE. CHANCELLOR CONRAD ADENAUER. FOUR NATIONS FLAGS. 00:32:56 - PARIS, 1959. ARCH D' TRIOMPHE. SEINE. EIFFEL TOWER. 00:33:14 - MAP SHOWS ROUTE FROM PARIS TO MADRID 00:33:17 - IKE ARRIVES IN MADRID, SPAIN. MET BY CROWDS, PAGEANTRY 00:33:39 - IKE IS WELCOMED TO SPAIN BY GENERAL FRANCISCO FRANCO 00:34:08 - MADRID STREET AT NIGHT NEON SIGN IN SPANISH SALUTING IKE 00:34:11 - MAP SHOWING ROUTE FROM MADRID TO CASABLANCA 00:34:14 - IKE ARRIVES IN CASABLANCA, IS WELCOMED BY CROWDS ALONG ROUTE TO MOROCCO. CU WOMEN WEARING VEILS WATCHING MOTORCADE. BANNER "WELCOME TO PRESIDENT EISENHOWER" PHOTOS OF IKE AND MOROCCAN 00:34:45 - CU FACES OF MOROCCO. BEARDED OLD MEN 00:34:54 - MOROCCAN CROWDS CHEER AS IKE'S MOTORCADE PASSES 00:35:14 - CU MOROCCAN PALACE GUARD 00:35:17 - IKE AT MOROCCAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE. 00:35:22 - CU MOROCCAN MAN 00:35:26 - AMERICAN AND MOROCCAN FLAGS 00:35:29 - CASABLANCA CIRCA 1959 00:35:32 - MOROCCAN SUNSET 00:35:39 - MAP SHOWS ROUTE FROM CASABLANCA TO WASHINGTON 00:35:44 - IKE ARRIVES HOME IN WASHINGTON AT NIGHT MET BY AN ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD. IKE SPEAKS, MOS. MAMIE EISENHOWER WELCOMES HER HUSBAND HOME. 00:36:10 - CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE IKE LIGHTS THE NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE. IKE MAKES SPEECH SOF OF PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP CHRISTMAS, 1959 SPEECH TO THE AMERICANS 00:38:12 - THE PAGEANT OF PEACE TREE ALL LIT UP 00:38:18 - CHOIR IN THE SHAPE OF A CHRISTMAS TREE SINGS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1959
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-147