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Doctors and nurses care for patients in a hospital.
Doctors and nurses care for patients in a hospital.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Doroteo Flores, Marathon runner from Guatemala, wins Boston Marathon
Title: "Spring Sports Specials: Boston Marathon" superimposed over Marathon runners / Follow runners / Follow #2, #77 and #196 passing / PAN from #7 Luis H. Velazquez, Marathon runner from Guatemala, to #8 Doroteo Flores, Marathon runner...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Miss America parade; state contestants in cars with signs; floats
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 8" / title "Miss America - Beauty, Poise, Talent" superimposed over parade at night / high angle shot Miss America float pulled by jeep, crowd on side / closer shot float / women on swan floats / Miss...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS Constitution in Boston Harbor
MLS partial side view of USS Constitution in Boston Harbor / CU looking down at cannons protruding from side of ship / Note: exact day not known
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Former President Coolidge attends induction ceremony at Amherst College
Title card: "Lord of Amherst! Coolidge, in cap and gown, sees Dr. King inducted as President" / former President Calvin Coolidge walks, in top hat, in procession of cap-and-gowned men at Amherst College / CU Stanley King, new college...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
In 1956, 21 iron lungs are loaded on a plane in Boston, Massachusetts, headed for Buenos Aires to assist with polio outbreak
Title: "Mercy Mission to Argentina" superimposed over iron lungs outside Air Force Globemaster airplane / forklift unloads iron lung from truck / forklift drives carrying iron lung / several iron lungs outside Globemaster airplane at...
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A sign indicates Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
A sign indicates Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
101-year-old Lucida Hills speaks
Title card: "101-Year-Old Woman Speaks on Today's Problems - Mrs. Lucinda M. Hills, of Saugus, Mass., takes active interest in election, prohibition and styles" / MS Lucinda M Hills, elderly woman, being interviewed / CU Mrs. Hills /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Leslie Pawson wins the 1933 Boston Marathon
Title card: "NEW RECORD FOR BOSTON MARATHON SET BY PAWSON" / LS elevated view of Boston Marathon runners advancing toward and beneath camera, crowds watch on from either side of road; PAN RIGHT to follow runners past and away from camera...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Japan's Keizo Yamada wins Boston Marathon; with shots of runners Veikko Karvonen, Gosta Leandersson and Pedro Jiminez
Title "Boston - Durable Mite From Japan Wins Marathon" superimposed over runners in street, cars and spectators line sides / runners, spectators and policemen on motorcycles to side / runners from behind / mileage sign for Natick,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower meets with Republican leaders in Denver and watches cadet review at Lowry Field
Title card: "Eisenhower Tells G.O.P. Don't Pin All Hopes on One Man…" / WS EXT Brown Palace Hotel / [9/10/1955] VS President Dwight Eisenhower, standing next to Republican National Committee Chairman Leonard Hall, greets and shakes hands...
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Police officers carrying guns cast shadows on a wall.
Police officers carrying guns cast shadows on a wall.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
George Washington Memorial Highway dedication; portrayal of Washington's farewell to officers
Title card: "Governors Dedicate George Washington Memorial Highway - Governor Ely of Massachusetts speaks at unveiling of Agawam tablet" / unveiling with American flag reveals bronze tablet imbedded in rock surrounded by crowd / closer...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1932 reenactment of the first Thanksgiving: Salem, MA
Title: "Bay State Recalls First Thanksgiving - Pageant at Salem, Mass. Shows how Puritans celebrated 300 years ago" / MS town crier rings hand bell and speaks / MS people in Puritan costumes leaves houses, pot hanging from tripod over...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Veikko Karvonen of Finland wins the Boston Marathon, 1954
Title: "Finn Wins--Karvonen Takes Boston Marathon" / VS men running Boston Marathon / High angle #1 Jim Peters of UK (favored) / High angle Japanese runners #14 Nabuyoshi Sadanaga, #4 Katsuo Nishida, and #8 Kurao Hiroshima / VS runners,...
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Pilgrims in Massachusetts kneel in a field and pray during a 1660s era reenactment.
Pilgrims in Massachusetts kneel in a field and pray during a 1660s era reenactment.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Boston Marathon returns one year on from bombings
CLEAN : Boston Marathon returns one year on from bombings
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Paul de Bruyn wins 1932 Boston Marathon
Title card: "German Looms as Olympic Star After Winning 26-mile Run - Paul de Bruyn outpaces veterans in marathon from Hopkinton to Boston" / man fires gun to start race / runners begins / onlookers sit on rocks watching race / pace cars...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Young and old show off pet cats at Denison House cat show
Title card: "BACK ALLEY CATS BASK IN LIMELIGHT AT BOSTON SHOW - Toms and Tabbies of unknown ancestry vie for championship of Denison House" / MS men, women and children walk in line with their pet cats in hand / MS young boy with cat...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Boston Braves Manager Bill McKechnie welcomes you to the dugout
Title card: "SIT ON THE BENCH WITH BOSTON BRAVES DURING BALL GAME - First pictures made in dugout give you players' view of big league contest" / MLS Boston Braves baseball players sit on bench in dugout, listening to Manager Bill...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Children get to see man milking cow in Boston
Title card: "Meet the cow! Boston youngsters who never saw live 'Bossy' thrilled by visit" / men leading two cows through crowd of children / crowd of children looking on / men leading two cows into area surrounded by children / children...