Dwight D. Eisenhower
Birthday: 1890-10-14
Place of Birth: Denison, Texas, USA
Biography: Dwight David Eisenhower (pronounced [ˈaɪzənhaʊər]) (October 14, 1890 - March 28, 1969), nicknamed "Ike", was the 34th President of the United States, during two terms from January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961. During World War II, he is General of the Army and Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces in Europe. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the United States from 1945 to 1948 and Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe from April 2, 1951 to May 30, 1952. As President of the United States, he oversaw the ceasefire - fire in Korea, launched the space race, developed the network of interstate highways and made the development of nuclear weapons one of its priorities in the context of the cold war with the USSR.
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Unwarranted Influence
An intense examination of the military industrial complex, from President Eisenhower to the modern d...
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Good Night, and Good Luck.
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist wi...
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The Movie Orgy
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloop...
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Laboratory Greece
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Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis
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A Place in History
A documentary on Dwight Eisenhower shown at the Eisenhower library....
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Blood and Oil
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Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
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1964 New York World's Fair Report
Preparation, planning and construction for the Fair, under the imperious direction of Robert Moses....
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Hubert H. Humphrey: The Art of the Possible
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Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of...
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Air Force One: The Planes and the Presidents
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The Queen and the Coup
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Freedom's Fury
A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Aus...
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Nazi Concentration Camps
Produced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty ot...
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The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientifi...
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YouTube Trilogy: 4 Songs, History, Asian Girls
Director James Benning turned his attention to the digital world in YouTube Trilogy, organizing foun...
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Sports on the Silver Screen
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev...
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The CIA's Secret Army
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Hearts and Minds
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The True Glory
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage...
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong's life...
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A Compassionate Spy
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Grace Kelly: The American Princess
A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death ...
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JFK II: The Bush Connection
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The Bloody Hundredth
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"KZ Buchenwald. Aushalten. Wir eilen euch zur Hilfe"
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An Escalator in World Order
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The Smashing of the Reich
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Imminent Threat
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Beyond Glory
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A Wall in Jerusalem
A brilliant documentary about the growth of Israel into the Jewish homeland. Seventy-three years of ...
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The King Who Fooled Hitler
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Television: The First Fifty Years
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Freedom Is Indivisible
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It's Always Fair Weather
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The President, April 1968
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Backstage at the White House
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The Century Is Fifty
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The Young Lovers
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All the Presidents' Wives
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent...
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Presidential Bloopers
A look back at some of the funniest presidential moments in history....
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Above Majestic
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Storm Front in Mayo
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Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
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Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
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Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice
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Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire
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The Endless Trench
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The Most Dangerous Man in Europe: Otto Skorzeny's After War
Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military act...
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La Rabbia
Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existentia...
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Ike
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Memphis Belle in Color
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The Champagne Safari
The story of Charles E. Bedaux, Franco-American industrial efficiency expert, adventurer, and Nazi c...
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The Front
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice ...
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McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
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Sputnik Mania
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Get Me Roger Stone
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The War at Home
Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the V...
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The Soul of America
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Genocide
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Filmmakers for the Prosecution
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Sirius
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Fat Fiction
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Death Camps
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The Unelected Statesman
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Rhin et Danube
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Coup 53
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Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
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Agent Number 9
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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
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Race to Oblivion
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America at War
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Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
Three attendees at a puppet theater don various roles in order to sing a variety of songs by Jacques...
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The U.S. Overseas Information Program
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America Presents America
A short documentary film introducing, explaining, and justifying the Cold War-era propaganda and pub...
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The JFK Conspiracy
Up to now, no one knows the truth about the JFK assassination. But now, in a fast-paced two-hours, l...
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Ein Mann wirbt für sein Volk
Chancellor Adenauer is accompanied on a tour of the United States and Canada....
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