Eisenhower Wins In A Landslide
Eisenhower Wins In A Landslide
Eisenhower Wins In A Landslide.
Eisenhower Wins In A Landslide
America goes to the polls - and the outcome is a resounding victory for General Dwight D. Eisenhower. VS Americans casting ballots. An elderly woman is brought to the voting booth in a wheelchair. Prominent voters include ex-President Herbert Hoover, President and Mrs. Truman, and the two candidates, among many others (also Richard and Pat Nixon, Dem VP candidate John Sparkman, James Farley, Senator Herbert Lehman, California Governor Earl Warren, New York Governor Thomas Dewey). Photo opportunities as politicians past and present vote. Press photographers jostle together, jockeying for position. Up-to-the-minute returns are broadcast to overseas GI's (men broadcast with the Armed Forces Radio Service) - and as the ballots flood in, the trend becomes apparent. GOP headquarters is a scene of restrained, but swelling jubilation.
Eisenhower Wins In A Landslide
Gloom mounts among Adlai Stevenson's supporters. The climactic moment - key states fall to Ike, and Stevenson concedes the election. Scrolling lighted sign declares "Eisenhower Elected." At Republican headquarters, a tremendous ovation greets the president-elect and the next first lady, Mamie Eisenhower. The campaign is over. After 20 years, the Republican party is once again in power, and General Dwight D. Eisenhower asks for the support of all Americans in the tasks that lie ahead. A good portion of Ike's speech is included (SOF).