Universal-International News title card: 'Eisenhower Says We Must Back Victory'
Title card of a Universal Newsreel story dated 3 June 1946: 'EISENHOWER SAYS WE MUST BACK VICTORY', with the credit '-Ed Herlihy' (the newsreel's announcer) beneath. The card puts the Army Chief of Staff's name and a call to 'back victory' at the head of the item, an example of an authority's name used to carry the message.
- Date
- June 3, 1946
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Universal Newsreel (Universal-International News), later donated to the U.S. National Archives
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film stills
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Techniques
- Testimonial
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Internet Archive item '1946-06-03_Eisenhower_Says_We_Must_Back_Victory' (copy of the U.S. National Archives Universal Newsreel Collection), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- U.S. Government-held newsreel (copyright deeded to the U.S., 1974)
Universal Newsreel Collection, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, via the Internet Archive (public-domain licence URL).
Text on the object
EISENHOWER SAYS WE MUST BACK VICTORY -Ed Herlihy-
Read from the card; a globe emblem sits above the text and is not transcribed.
