News in Brief: Mrs. Ike And Mothers' March.
News in Brief: Mrs. Ike And Mothers' March.
Clip: 354591_1_1
Year Shot: 1957
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1627
Original Film: 030-010-07
HD: N/A
Location: Washington, D.C.
Timecode: 00:04:43 - 00:05:06
Image quality is not the greatest, has RGB colors in spots though the footage is B&W. News in Brief: Mrs. Ike And Mothers' March. The First Lady of the land is the first to contribute to the 1957 Mothers' March on Polio. Mrs. Mamie Eisenhower, wearing a fur stole, poses with the wife of Labor Secretary James Mitchell; drops her money into a collection jar; then poses with a card supposedly to keep track of polio vaccinations. No footage of the march, if there was an actual march.