Monday, August 15, 2011

Rare Footage of Ike Eisenhower at Disneyland, Circa 1961



A long time ago, in December 1961, former US President Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower, came to Disneyland with his family. British Pathé news uploaded a clip of Ike visit in which you'll see various shots of crowds of press and Disneyland visitors. Eisenhower and his family walk through crowd and get onto one of Main Street cars and puts on DL fire fighter's helmet, and more!

Scroll down in the window below to find the video if it don't appears, and click to see it full screen!



Video: copyright Pathé News

Picture: copyright Disney

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The announcer says X President, but Former President Eisenhower would have sounded more appropriate. Were the wood toy soldiers an inspiration for Toy story?