Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Franklin Roosevelt and members of his administration
Title card: "Blue Eagle wings way over nation" / two-shot Franklin D. Roosevelt, wearing a light-colored hat, with Eleanor Roosevelt; cameras flash, both smile / General Hugh S. Johnson / VS Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, wearing a...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Banquet for returning Korean War veteran and former Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams at the Statler Hotel in Boston
Title card: "For the Jimmy Fund--Ted Williams Welcome Home Banquet" / Pan down exterior Children's Medical Center where crowd waits arrival of former Boston Red Sox outfielder Ted Williams / Williams arriving and walking past children /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Babe Ruth's first game with Boston Braves in their home opener baseball game in Boston with NY Giants
Title card: "The Babe's Day!" / officials walking across field in Braves Field / players of both teams walking across field / Braves' owner Emil Fuchs on left and Ford Frick, National League president, in stands posing for photo...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Prohibition bust on yacht in Boston
QS title card: "Seized Yacht Yields $250,000 Pre-War Liquor - Customs officers unload valuable cargo of whiskey at Boston, Mass." / Large yacht "Prudence of New York" in dock with men removing burlap-wrapped crates ("Nip o' Mac"); the...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
High voltage electric arcs in lab
Title card: "Chained Lightning - 10,000,000 volts shoot through space in experiment at Pittsfield, Mass" / interior lab, men stand on stairs / machines, quick arc of electricity / arc flashes across lab space / interior with men on...
Hearst Metrotone News
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...
Hearst Metrotone News
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...
Hearst Metrotone News
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,...
Hearst Metrotone News
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