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  • Short Summary

    Eisenhower on tour of Far East - meets Chaing Kai Shek and General MacArthur.

  • Description

    Unissued / Unused Material -

    China (or possibly Formosa / Taiwan) and Japan.

    General Dwight D Eisenhower arriving on plane with General George Marshall. Shots of Ike with Free Chinese leader Chiang Kai Shek.

    Ike's Plane lands in Japan. MS of General Douglas MacArthur and General Eichelberger waiting. Eisenhower alights from plane to be greeted by MacArthur.

    CU of sign on railway carriage - 'The Octagonian - US Army' symbol of the American 8th Army. LS of American officers in dining car of train. CU Eichelberger. CU Ike smiling.

    VS of Eisenhower at military parade in Tokyo.

    Paperwork suggests date in May 1946.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2096.03
    Media URN:
    62949
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:35:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:03:08:00 / 01:04:43:00
    Canister:
    UN 1465 C

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