"The General Dwight D. Eisenhower Story" - WW2 REEL History

Hosted by Walter Matthau, this 1963 special episode of "The Big Picture" profiles perhaps the greatest American general of WW2 -- General Dwight David Eisenhower. Produced by the Army Pictorial Center with narration by actor Raymond Massey.
"The Dwight D. Eisenhower Story" deals exclusively with the general's life before becoming president, with emphasis on his military career. This historical recording from the National Archives may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
Experience the American Journey through our country's visual heritage in this historical recording provided by the National Archives of the United States. From the U.S. Army's "The Big Picture" television series, 1950-1975. "The Dwight D. Eisenhower Story" deals exclusively with the general's life before becoming president, with emphasis on his military career.In as much as his life itself is straightforward, with a drama uniquely its own. In telling this story of a great American military leader, THE BIG PICTURE camera visits Abilene, Kansas, and the Eisenhower Museum. By using the murals within the museum, the film dissolves into flashbacks in the life of a man who is at once a symbol and a leader of one of the greatest military victories ever won by the United States of America. The dramatic high point comes with the victorious adventure D-Day, and reflects on the incalculable importance of its outcome on the entire world, and on the responsibility it imposed on one man--Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Eisenhower’s story is a study in duty, patriotism and loyalty.
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[@TheDeepsix13]

Always nice to get these new videos on my recommendations...

[@cq7415]

Interesting WW II footage at middle on. Thanks.

[@chasemurraychristopherdola7108]

I love Eisenhower a lot because my great grandfather made stuff for him and my grandma is friends with his granddaughter and his farm and house in Gettysburg Pennsylvania is so beautiful

[@andrewkawaoka6651]

Thank you for your grandma, SIR!

[@chasemurraychristopherdola7108]

@@andrewkawaoka6651 your very welcome

[@andrewkawaoka6651]

To all the men and women who gave their lives in WW2, THANK YOU ALL for your bravely and courageous fighting for FREEDOM we all enjoy now, if I understand all the videos and personal stories, lest I never forget ! Remembrance is taken to the next level by me

[@punisher8319]

I study a lot of World War Two and American Wars some other not American wars but, I like this very much. Thank you.

[@niceguyniko]

Can I please get a "proud descendant I of a wwII tank commander" shirt? There's a lot of us out here.

[@hondbhondc2632]

The best & courageous military officer in the world Dwight D Eisenhower🦁✌🏿

[@importantname]

no one knows when genius will come

[@leaomartinofaria1667]

Sr Paul Donavan...o Brasil foi o único pais da América do Sul que lutou durante a segunda Guerra Mundial...ao lado dos aliados...na Itália... tomada de Mont Castelo...ao lado do Inglêses Americano Polonês e África.... pra mim é um orgulho da minha pátria!!

[@commonman711]

Notice Ike didn't mention Patton at 23:45....

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Eisenhower was the poster for war media while Patton was the field marshal, active in the field commanding officer,

[@mikesheane7287]

Bradley and Montgomery would take some issue with your description of Patton.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

@@mikesheane7287 There dead so what do I care,

[@mikesheane7287]

It’s they’re dead not there dead. Your welcome

[@johnhopkins6260]

Ever notice that Eisenhower did not have the need to decorate the bill of his hat with "scrambled eggs"? (unlike the vanity of others)

[@genataylor460]

Didn't Eisenhower fight in Mexico prior to WWI, under Patton? My grandfather fought in those battles against Pancho Villa, and had caught malaria, which got him discharged from the Army, and exempt for duty during WWI. While having a relapse with the malaria, he caught the flu in the 1918 epidemic, and died two days later, at the ripe old age of 21.

[@andrewkawaoka6651]

Its easy to say thank you now, but I will remember and live a decent life, that's how can give thanks for all those who never came HOME!

[@johnbeechy]

only if francis ford C were the director of this opus, then IF being the middle word in life this american made doc would include a moment from ww2 onsite with IKE swinging a golf club and saying 'hey guys want to swing a few before we hit the beaches?' // a bridge too far included sir anthony hopkins' character swinging the morning he flew off to the Big A / good video

[@thedeepsouthaudit2645]

My hero him and my unc Harvey Felsher 2 of my Heroes that I looked up to

[@patrickparmbuk328]

Ww2 is the reel war

[@johnbeechy]

:41 seconds in and i have to say it.. i dont care if not another from any brother (we have enough problems, said Buttermaker), but walter M speaking about to this 41 s sounds like a lead up to the speech in the bad news bears not the new billy b version either i speak of the W M and 'hey catfish' thanks for this old but walter is never old that Voice can never leave the Mind once set in .. it is baseball season and the sprinklers are on but no body can play due to c-v every where.. be safe God Bless..