Summary

Footage Information

Sherman Grinberg
Paramount
D-5543
SR004967_01_04.mov
8/19/1953
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower takes quick trip to New York City, where he attends committee swearing in and Baruch Village housing dedication
Title card: "Whirlwind Visit--President's 9 1/2 Hours in New York" / MS military personnel roll out carpet at airport as President Dwight D. Eisenhower walks on it at LaGuardia Airport / flags fly from Waldorf Astoria Hotel / CU Eisenhower entering hotel / Judge Sylvester Ryan swears in Presidential Committee on Government Contracts which includes Eisenhower; Vice President Richard M Nixon; Helen Reid, chairman of the board of the New York Herald Tribune; John Roosevelt, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt; Fred Lazarus, president of the American Retail Federation; John McCaffrey, president of the International Harvester Co.; John Minor Wisdom, New Orleans attorney and GOP national committeeman; and J. Ernest Wilkins, black attorney who is vice chairman of committee / president waves from car in motorcade to spectators on street / high angle presidential motorcade / Pan two boys hold signs that say "Welcome Mr. President, Welcome to the East Side" / VS Eisenhower signing book in Board of Registry / Eisenhower waving from car / CU street sign Baruch Place and Delancey Street / high rises of Baruch Village (named Baruch Houses later) under construction / High angle Baruch Village with Baruch Public Bathhouse decorated for bunting in fgd with crowd waiting outside for Eisenhower / crowd and bleachers / LS Bernard Baruch gets out of car, shakes hands with Eisenhower / CU Eisenhower and Baruch talking / Eisenhower and Baruch climb steps to speaking platform and shake hands with dignitaries / Baruch's daughter Belle unveils bust of Baruch / CU bust / VS Eisenhower speaking from platform / high angle audience / Eisenhower and Baruch wave from platform
Dwight D Eisenhower, Richard M Nixon, Helen Reid, Sylvester Ryan, John Roosevelt, Fred Lazarus, John McCaffrey, John Wisdom, J Ernest Wilkins, Bernard Baruch, Belle Baruch
United States
New York
New York City

Keywords

archival
newsreel
Paramount Issues
airports
LaGuardia Airport
presidents
dignitaries
arrivals
motorcades
vice presidents
judges
Waldorf Astoria
exteriors
automobiles
committees
swearings in
Government Contracts Committee
crowds
boys
signs
Baruch Houses
construction
bathhouses
platforms
speeches
steps
travel
chairmen
New York Herald Tribune
International Harvester Company
American Retail Federation
handshakes
flags
signings
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