| President Eisenhower Breaks Ground | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1659 |
| Catalog #: | 356238 | |
| Clip Number: | 356238-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 032-039-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:39:05 - 00:40:04 | |
| Location: | New York, New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1959 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ARCHITECTURE: Drawings & Models CEREMONIES: Ground Breaking LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York PERSONALITIES: Eisenhower, Dwight (Ike) | |
| Description: | President Eisenhower Breaks Ground President Dwight D. Eisenhower breaks ground to formally commence construction of New York's Lincoln Square art center. In an area now largely lofts and slum tenements will rise a modern center for all the performing arts - dance, theatre and music. Crowd outdoors. People applaud Ike, who waves. Sketches/ drawings of the planned buildings. Groundbreaking itself: Ike shovels dirt, well-dressed upper class people clap. | |
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