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President Eisenhower's 63rd Birthday Party

President Eisenhower's 63rd Birthday Party
Clip: 352948_1_1
Year Shot: 1953 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1591
Original Film: 026-509-05
HD: N/A
Location: Pennsylvania
Timecode: 00:24:53 - 00:25:31

200,000 Gather at a huge and colorful party to help president Eisenhower celebrate his 63rd birthday. A 25-foot cake is cut as the huge crowd sings birthday greetings to the president. MCUS - Throngs of well wishers being let into a convention center. MLS - The President and First Lady led into the arena in a Pennsylvania Dutch buggy with a spot light shining on them. Camera panning the crowd, people waving at the camera. MCUS - President Eisenhower lighting the first candle on his cake. CUS - The First Lady and her husband the President.