Statehood Bill Signed for Hawaii
Statehood Bill Signed for Hawaii
Clip: 356127_1_1
Year Shot: 1959
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1657
Original Film: 032-023-03
HD: N/A
Location: Washington, D.C.
Timecode: 00:42:10 - 00:42:40
Statehood Bill Signed for Hawaii President Dwight D. Eisenhower places his signature to the bill to admit Hawaii to the Union as the fiftieth state. In the signing of the act the President used nine pens. Newsreel cameramen and photographers are there. Ike hands some of the pens to men in the room; one man shows off two pens.