Video: 'Eisenhower 1952 nomination acceptance speech' (July 11, 1952, at 1:05)

(Friday, July 11, 1952, evening CDT; during the 1952 Republican National Convention) — General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower of New York, 61, accepted the Republican presidential nomination tonight at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago summoning his party to a “great crusade” for “total victory” over the Democrats in November.

Video: 'Republican Convention 1952 ElectionWallDotOrg.flv'

Eisenhower was nominated this afternoon after defeating Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio 845 to 280 votes on the first ballot “after shifts.”

Video: 'PBS Nixon (1990)_1of3' (1952 Republican National Convention at 28:13)

Senator Richard M. Nixon of California, 39, was nominated vice president by acclamation. He delivered his acceptance speech after Eisenhower’s acceptance address. The convention adjourned at 8:21 p.m. CDT.

Video: 'Television & the Presidency Part 1' (July 7-11, 1952, at 4:57)

The Eisenhower-Nixon ticket would oppose the Democratic ticket of Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for president and Senator John Sparkman of Alabama for vice president (nominated two weeks later) in the 1952 United States presidential election.