Nation' Tree: President Opens Festive Season
Nation' Tree: President Opens Festive Season
President Eisenhower sets the keynote for National Observances of the Holiday Season as he addresses the nation, and then lights a 60 foot spruce. 9,000 Gleams of light transform it to a symbol of the season, the season of Peace On Earth, Good Will Toward Man. Establishing shot - President Eisenhower and the First Lady, Mamie is gretted by Santa Clause as they disembarks from a limo. MS - Vice President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon (Pat) greet the President and First Lady. MCUS - The stage and above it, it reads 'Peace On Earth To Men Of Good Will". MS - President Eisenhower getting ready to address the audience. and he presses the button and the tree is lit, with 9-thousand lights. CU - Tree control box, a hand turns a knob and the top of the tree lights up.