Summary

Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie host a garden party for disabled veterans at the White House in Washington, DC

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Paramount
Negative # D-5398
Clip SR005070_01_01.mov
Date 5/27/1953
Title Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie host a garden party for disabled veterans at the White House in Washington, DC
Description Card: "Paramount News issue no 82" / title "Spotlight on Washington" superimposed over shot of exterior of White House / title "Eisenhowers hosts to veterans" superimposed over Eisenhower and Mamie standing next to one another in reception line / two shots of veterans in wheelchairs being greeted by Eisenhower and Mamie in reception line / woman veteran in wheelchair being greeted by Edith Wilson, widow of former president Woodrow Wilson, next to them Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat greeting another woman veteran / Army General Omar Bradley, retiring Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, greeting veteran in wheelchair / veterans in wheelchairs waiting in reception line / Army General J. Lawton Collins, retiring Army Chief of Staff, greeting veteran in wheelchair / WS reception line in distance in front of White House, people and awning on lawn in foreground / people getting food from table under awning / pan across cakes and ice cream on table / close shot of hand scooping ice cream with spoon out of bowl onto plate / veterans in wheelchairs on lawn eating / close shot of veteran in wheelchair eating ice cream / crowd gathered on lawn in front of White House
Personality Dwight D Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Richard M Nixon, Pat Nixon, Omar Bradley, J Lawton Collins, Edith Wilson
Country United States
City Washington DC

Keywords

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Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Woodrow Wilson
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Paramount Issues
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