Inaugural parade, 1953 - Eisenhower Part 1

Description

1) HA MS Crowd on sidewalk. 2) HA LS Same as above. 3) HA LS Motorcycle escort and the lead car of the parade. 4) HA LS President's car and the cars of the secret service. 5) HA MS President's car with two secret servicemen walking alongside. 6) HA Mass Color Guard. 7) HA Governors of the parade. 8) HA Crowd watching the parade pass by. 9) HA GIs marching in parade (SV). 10) HA Fancy turn policemen made at the corner of Pa. and 15th St. 11) HA Motorcycle police as they move down the street in groups of fours. 12) HA Mounted horsemen in parade. 13) HA Color Guard followed by band (USMC). 14) HA Marine detachment marching. 15) HA Mounted Police Color Guard. 16) HA Float of "Washington crossing the Delaware." 17) HA New Jersey float. 18) HA U.S. Naval Academy band. 19) HA Float from Augusta, Georgia. 20) HA Band dressed in continental uniforms with fur hats on their heads. 21) HA Float from Massachusetts. 22) HA Two groups of Color Guards. 23) HA LS Entire parade showing Capitol in BG and two standing in FG. 24) HA Another mass Color Guard. 25) HA Float from New York State. 26) HA MISS BURMA. 27) HA Jeep with book on the back of it stating "Life of EISENHOWER." 28) HA MLS WACs marching in parade. 29) HA Mass Color Guard. 30) HA Another WAC company. 31) MLS GIs marching in mass. 32) HA Line of tanks in parade. 33) HA MS One of the tanks passing directly below the camera, followed by two tanks passing directly below the camera (SV). 34) HA PAN Entire line of parade marching down Pa. Avenue. 35) HA MS Two weapons-carriers. 36) HA MS Atomic cannon. 37) HA West Point Military Academy Cadets. 38) HA Two mounted Texas horsemen carrying flags. 39) HA Two groups of horsemen in parade. 40) HA Another group of horsemen. 41) PAN Tiny stagecoach drawn by ponies.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities