Date of birth: 1890-10-14
Place of birth: Denison, Texas, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ike, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 드와이트 아이젠하워, Dwight David Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower
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.
2014-07-04
An intense examination of the military industrial complex, from President Eisenhower to the modern d
2005-09-16
The story of journalist Edward R. Murrow's stand against Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-communist wi
1968-01-01
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloop
2019-12-08
A journey through Greece and Europe’s past and recent history: from the Second World War to the curr
2021-09-24
Camp Confidential: America's Secret Nazis, is a documentary short featuring animation that focuses
1970-10-14
A documentary on Dwight Eisenhower shown at the Eisenhower library.
2008-06-13
The notion that oil motivates America's military engagements in the Middle East is often disregarded
2018-04-04
National Geographic documentary on Martin Luther King Jr. helps drive change in the United States in
1961-01-01
Preparation, planning and construction for the Fair, under the imperious direction of Robert Moses.
2010-10-03
For the last half of the 20th century, America was consumed by two struggles: the civil rights movem
1995-09-29
"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of
1991-01-01
Several important historical events occurred on the planes with call sign Air Force One. These event
2020-06-14
Planned by Britain’s MI6 and then executed by America’s C.I.A., the coup d’état which follows will d
2006-09-07
A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Aus
1945-11-29
Produced and presented as evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial of Hermann Göring and twenty ot
2008-03-24
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a national hero, the brilliant scientist who during WWII led the scientifi
2011-09-03
Director James Benning turned his attention to the digital world in YouTube Trilogy, organizing foun
1997-03-16
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev
1977-06-10
This program examines Cuban exile terrorists living in Miami. These terrorists were secretly trained
1974-12-20
Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War de
1945-08-27
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage
2022-09-08
Never-before-heard personal recordings and archival footage tell the story of Louis Armstrong's life
2022-08-31
Physicist Ted Hall is recruited to join the Manhattan Project as a teenager and goes to Los Alamos w
1987-06-08
A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death
2003-09-09
Four part documentary about JFK's murder, and who had reasons and means to do it, and to escape. - P
2024-03-14
Meet the real-life airmen who inspired Masters of the Air as they share the harrowing and transforma
1995-01-01
Former inmates and American soldiers remember the cruel conditions in Buchenwald concentration camp.
2012-07-26
USA is something like a religious belief in Korean history since the liberation. A powerful essay fi
1961-07-02
An unpublished documentary film proposed in restored version. 100 million meters of film viewing, fi
2015-09-04
A look at the War on Terror and the threat it's causing to our civil liberties and political discour
1948-08-03
Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky vi
1968-11-20
A brilliant documentary about the growth of Israel into the Jewish homeland. Seventy-three years of
2019-05-05
In a tale of double agents and decoys, this documentary reveals, for the first time, the story of Ki
1999-01-01
Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclus
1953-01-20
This film is a powerful reminder of the importance of human freedom and the need to protect our righ
1955-08-30
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. The
1968-04-01
The film captures the pivotal events surrounding President Lyndon Johnson's historic address on Marc
1985-07-19
This unique glimpse into the private lives of our Presidents and their families showcases some of th
1950-03-16
As the title of this French documentary indicates, Ce Siecle a 50 Ans examines the 20th Century at i
1954-08-24
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian di
2008-06-24
A look at the women who has served as First Ladies of the United States.
1975-08-06
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent
1999-05-18
A look back at some of the funniest presidential moments in history.
2018-10-30
A look at the origins, history and conspiracies behind the "Majestic 12", a clandestine group of mil
2019-05-28
Ireland, June 1944. The crucial decision about the right time to start Operation Overlord on D-Day c
2019-07-14
An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have prog
1990-07-18
Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at
2020-01-08
How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to create
2014-09-20
In his early days as an actor, Marlon Brando (1924-2004) was a shy young man with theatrical ambitio
2019-10-31
A small village in Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 1936. Higinio and Rosa have been married only for a few
2020-01-29
Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military act
1963-04-13
Documentary footage (from the 1950s) and accompanying commentary to attempt to answer the existentia
1993-09-20
He went off to war an unknown soldier and returned a beloved national hero. Often dismissed as a "do
2019-01-01
In January 1942, the U.S. military created a new bomber command, the Eighth Air Force, and sent a sm
1995-08-05
The story of Charles E. Bedaux, Franco-American industrial efficiency expert, adventurer, and Nazi c
1976-09-17
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice
1975-01-01
Documentary of the U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, who rose to prominence in the early 1950s by trumpe
2007-06-01
Fifty years ago, at the height of the Cold War, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first satellite to or
2017-04-23
From his days of testifying at the Watergate hearings to advising recent presidential candidate Dona
1979-12-01
Documentary film about the anti-war movement in the Madison, Wisconsin area during the time of the V
2020-10-22
Writer, journalist, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and presidential biographer John Meacham offers
1982-03-14
The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism
2023-01-27
In 1945, two young American soldiers, brothers Budd and Stuart Schulberg, are commissioned to collec
2013-04-23
Dr. Steven Greer—an Emergency room doctor turned UFO researcher—discloses top secret information abo
2020-03-13
Leading health experts examine the history of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines and question decades of di
1945-04-01
This film is made up of several reports shot by French and Allied war correspondents on 8 concentrat
Billy Graham was a man known worldwide for his southern charm, unmistakable voice and most important
1948-01-01
A documentary produced by the French armed forces which chronicles the way of France’s “1ere armée”
2019-09-01
Tehran, Iran, August 19, 1953. A group of Iranian conspirators who, with the approval of the deposed
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Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest epi
A documentary about the life of former U.S. Secret Service agent, Clint Hill, who served under five
1994-06-01
Visual treasure of the world of golf according to Bob Hope. Highlights include "How (he) Became a G
1991-10-01
For 50 years radio dominated the airwaves and the American consciousness as the first “mass medium.”
1982-01-02
Documentary about the dangers of the nuclear arms race, including an interview with an eyewitness of
2025-02-28
The United States of America has been at war for almost all of its 250 years of existence. From the
1975-01-27
Three attendees at a puppet theater don various roles in order to sing a variety of songs by Jacques
1945-01-01
1955-04-27
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"USIA Director Theodore C. Streibert speaks on the purposes of the agency. Maps and charts show the
A short documentary film introducing, explaining, and justifying the Cold War-era propaganda and pub
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Up to now, no one knows the truth about the JFK assassination. But now, in a fast-paced two-hours, l