Product Description

Follow ike from his abilene boyhood to his days as supreme allied commander and finally to his legendary tenure at the white house. Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 04/26/2005

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #41166 in DVD
• Brand: A&E
• Released on: 2005-04-26
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 100 minutes

Customer Reviews

Pleasant biographic overview
I got this dvd to supplement the PBS box set The Presidents which didn't have a dvd on Eisenhower.

This dvd is from the A&E Biography series and so tends to take an overall view of Eisenhower's life, hitting the maybe more familiar highs and lows with members of his family and co-workers offering their views, etc. It fell short for me on Eisenhower's Presidency. It captured it in essence but if this dvd had been lengthened out to 2 dvds, looking into his cabinet, his style as a President, etc. it might have been a great set. It seemed before you knew it, the 100 minutes was gone and you didn't get a more in-depth sense of the significance of his presidency. I'm sure someone will put another dvd out.

Selleck narrates Ike
I'm not sure if it is indeed Tom Selleck narrating but it sure sounds like him. That notwithstanding, this is probably the best documentary on Ike Eisenhower that exists. If you want to know Ike as the man, watch this documentary. Also the movie 'Ike: Countdown to D-Day' with Tom Selleck is very good. Brilliant documentary.

Ike's great story!
An excellent video showing the life of Eisenhower. Learned some things I never heard about him. How a small town Kansas boy made it big in a world rapidly changing.