Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1937 auto workers strike in Flint, MI, with shots of strikers in plant and opinions on both sides
Title: "The Right to Work" over strikers outside General Motors factory / EXT GM factory roof / VS assembly line work / VS car shells and seats / United Auto Workers Pres. Homer Martin (in eyeglasses), Federal Conciliator James Dewey...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Building under construction meant to withstand an atomic blast collapses, killing 10 and injuring 15 in Jackson, MI
Title card: "Rescue Drama…Building Collapse in Michigan" / LS collapsed building and rescue workers at night with floodlights / VS workers climbing in debris / MS debris dangling in wire / CU blowtorch in use / LS crane lifting debris /...
Hearst Metrotone News
Workers assemble cars in a Ford auto factory.
Workers assemble cars in a Ford auto factory.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : At Detroit auto show trucks and SUVs are king
Car makers appeal to Americans' deep love of SUVs and trucks at the Detroit Auto Show unveiling a host of choices from luxurious to utilitarian while also beefing up the humble sedan
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Amelia Earhart christens Essex Terraplane automobile
Title Card: "Work for 8,000 men! Increased activity in Detroit automobile activity in Detroit automobile plant is indicating of Fall business recovery" / Hundreds of workers walk to and past the camera / A parking lot with hundreds of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Michigan oil pipeline
Title card: "Oil via Water - Canada's 'Big Inch' Line Crosses Mackinac Straits" superimposed over construction on Straits of Mackinac / oil pipeline construction in Michigan to carry Canadian oil / Note: exact day not known
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
General Motors public relations footage release shows new self-propelled anti-tank gun on ground and deployed from plane by parachutes
Title card: "Airborne Punch! Uncle Sam's Gun with Wings" / men drive self propelled anti-tank gun past camera, storage bldg in bkgd / air to air Fairchild C-82 airplane in flight / shot inside plane past self propelled gun / MS small...
Curated Video
Flooding from water main break inundates streets in several-block area of Detroit. Such breaks have been common in Detroit amid the persistent cold. (Feb. 11)
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Flooding caused by a water main break has inundated streets in a multi-block area of Detroit.
The flooding Tuesday affected an area roughly five blocks by three blocks.
Water bubbled up from...
Hearst Metrotone News
Detectives inspect broken house windows after the assassination attempt of labor union leader Walter Reuther in Detroit, Michigan.
Detectives inspect broken house windows after the assassination attempt of labor union leader Walter Reuther in Detroit, Michigan.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Automobile industrialist Henry Ford
CU Henry Ford, wearing fedora which casts shadow on his eyes / Note: exact year not known; documentation incomplete
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Garfield Woods wins 6th consecutive Harmsworth Trophy in motor boat racing, 1933
Title card: "48 Cylinders Of Speed! Detroit--Gar Wood pushes Miss America X to defend Harmsworth Trophy against British challenger, Hubert Scott-Paine" / speed boat racers wives Murlen Wood (dark shoes) and Alice Scott-Paine (light...
Bloomberg
Michigan Suffers Flooding After Two Dams Fail
May.20 -- Michigan announced an emergency evacuation after two dams collapsed. The Edenville Dam, at the base of Wixom Lake, failed amid high floodwaters in the area and the Sanford Dam, at the base of Sanford Lake, also failed,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Volunteer effort to build 186 houses in two days in aftermath of devastating tornado in Flint, MI
Title: "Operation Tornado -- Building Bee Restores 186 Homes in Flint" superimposed over house construction / Aerial Beecher district in Flint / Pan damaged area in Beecher after tornado hit in June with flattened homes and downed trees...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Tornadoes devastate Hudsonville and Standale, Michigan, April 1956
Text: "Tornadoes Rip Mid-Continent -- Western Michigan Hardest Hit" superimposed over debris / POV from vehicle of leveled buildings and trees / VS leveled building and people looking through rubble / debris and wrecked overturned...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Military veterans from all over US attend 34th National American Legion Convention in New York City
Title card: "'As I saw it . . . ' American Legion's New York Show" / title card: "A Legionnaire's report - To troops overseas" / aerial shot of New York City / CU delegate badge worn by member / CU hat worn by Legionnaire with "Illinois"...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Michigan State University Spartans defeat University of Illinois Fighting Illini in college football game in East Lansing, MI
Title "East Lansing, Mich." superimposed over Michigan State marching band on field in Macklin Stadium spelling out "MSU" / two action shots from game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Illinois Fighting Illini, Michigan State...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Auto workers strike; Chevrolet, Hyatt Roller Bearing, Fisher Body factories; Gov. Murphy and Labor ldr Homer Martin; Hugh Johnson comments
Title card: "Auto Strike Grows; Hits 100,000 in US - Paramount News" / title "Flint, Mich" superimposed over pan street full of cars, factory buildings on sides, men on sidewalks / workers walking down steps leaving factory carrying...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Auto workers strike; Chevrolet, Hyatt Roller Bearing, Fisher Body factories; Gov Murphy and Labor leader Homer Martin
Pan Chevrolet factory buildings on sides of busy street, workers on sidewalks / workers leaving factory walking down steps carrying lunch boxes and newspapers; car passes in fg / same scene as first shot with few cars and no people; pan...
Curated Video
ITALY/USA: FIAT & GENERAL MOTORS ALLIANCE SPECULATION
Natural Sound
Italian car makers Fiat and General Motors are expected to announce details of a partnership deal at a joint news conference on Monday.
The agreement could involve a share swap, with the U-S car makers taking 20 percent...
Getty Images
MS SLO MO PAN Shot of Young woman picks flowers in green/hoop house at organic farm / Chatham, Michigan, United States
MS SLO MO PAN Shot of Young woman picks flowers in green/hoop house at organic farm / Chatham, Michigan, United States
Getty Images
WS SLO MO PAN View of organic farm with irrigation sprinklers / Chatham, Michigan, United States
WS SLO MO PAN View of organic farm with irrigation sprinklers / Chatham, Michigan, United States
Getty Images
MS SLO MO Shot of Green house (hoop house) with rows of green vegetables, young woman walking down row / Chatham, Michigan, United States
MS SLO MO Shot of Green house (hoop house) with rows of green vegetables, young woman walking down row / Chatham, Michigan, United States