https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/6335a17b-abe1-47a3-9b5a-84327c55ddf8 This historic, silent newsreel was made for the home market (a sound version would have been shown in theaters) shows the victory tour of Allied Supreme Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower in the aftermath of V-E Day, May 8, 1945. Ike made a series of triumphant visits to London (57 seconds), Paris (1:50), Washington, D.C.(2:27) where he was re-united with his wife Mamie, New York (4:00) including Yankee Stadium (6:27), West Point (6:50), Kansas City (7:44) and finally (8:58) on June 22, 1945 Eisenhower returned to his hometown of Abilene, Kansas. The parade included members of the 1909 local high school football team (9:27) which Ike had served as running back. Eisenhower did not have much time to dilly-dally in the USA, as in November 1945, Eisenhower returned to Washington to replace Marshall as Chief of Staff of the Army. His main role at that time was rapid demobilization of millions of soldiers in the European Theater and later in Asia and around the world. You can read an article about Eisenhower's return to Abilene here:http://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/Abilene_Kansas_Welcomed_General_Dwight_Eisenhower#.WHxrtrYrKV4 Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dj3WyucPBc Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:00:22 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/6335a17b-abe1-47a3-9b5a-84327c55ddf8 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.