Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Roald Amundsen's 'Norge' begins its own attempt to cross the North Pole in 1926
Richard Byrd and the 'Josephine Ford' airplane take off from Kings Bay to partway accompany Roald Amundsen's Norge airship on its own journey across the North Pole; 'Josephine' flies past the Norge / WS Byrd's plane passes over...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett bid farewell to their crew as they prepare to fly over the North Pole
Richard E. Byrd, on left, and Floyd Bennett, on right (wearing goggles) shake hands with members of their ground crew as they prepare to take off in the 'Josephine Ford' Fokker airplane to fly over the North Pole; the plane stands behind...
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CLEAN : Oslo streets quiet amid Norway's measures to check the spread of COVID-19
The streets of the Norwegian capital Oslo are quiet with relatively few people on the streets in the morning amid measures by the government to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Images of human settlements in Svlabard, the Norwegian arctic
Images of human settlements in Svalbard, the city of Barentsburg and the Svalsat satellite ground station (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1952 Winter Olympics Ski Jumping
Title card: "Sports feature - Greatest Olympic Spectacle" & "Sensational climax of 6th Winter Games! Ski Jump Competition" / A huge group of people move in the direction of the ski jump with a long pan / A view of the tens of thousands...
British Movietone
PEACE PRIZE WINNER
Mr Albert Luthuli came to snow-covered Oslo, where the award of the Nobel Peace Prize of £15,000 was to be given to him. The former Zulu chief, whose life has been dedicated to the aim of peace, had received special permission for the...
British Movietone
WINTER OLYMPICS OPEN
The opening ceremony of the Sixth Winter Olympic Games was performed by Princess Ragnhild, daughter of Crown Prince Olav. Thirty nations (a record) marched in the procession and the hoisting of the Olympic Flag was followed by the...
British Movietone
VAAGSO RAID - NO SOUND
The Commandos set out before first light, the object to capture the small defended island of Vaagso, off the Norwegian coast. The German garrison are taken by surprise and quickly over come on the island of Maaloy. Barges then cross the...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Roald Amundsen's 'Norge' expedition meets up with Richard E. Byrd in Spitsbergen, Norway
VS airship 'Norge,' bearing Roald Amundsen's expedition to cross the North Pole, flies above Spitsbergen, Norway, where Richard E. Byrd's Arctic Expedition is preparing a flight attempt to cross the North Pole by plane / VS Norge...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The 'Josephine Ford' reaches shore at Kings Bay, Spitsbergen, Norway
WS crewmen move Richard E. Byrd's airplane 'Josephine Ford' from makeshift raft to icy shore of Kings Bay, Spitsbergen, harbor / MS propellers whirl as 'Josephine' starts up / Byrd confers with crewman who might be pilot Floyd Bennett /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Explorer Richard E. Byrd, pilot Floyd Bennett, and the 'Josephine Ford' in 1926
Title card: 'In 1926 began a series of daring flights breaking new aerial trails and changing our concept of time and space' / Arctic explorer Richard E. Byrd, at left, stands with pilot Floyd Bennett / Byrd's Fokker airplane, the...
Curated Video
Suspect''s high school, shooting range and prison where he''s being held
1. Wide exterior of high school attended by suspect Anders Behring Breivik
2. Mid of sign
3. Low-angle shot of school building and name
4. Wide of prison suspect is being held
5. Various exteriors of prison
6. Woman entering prison
7....
Curated Video
SYND 18-7-72 LARGEST OIL STORAGE TANK UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NORWAY
Views of the huge oil storage tank being erected in Stavanger harbour which will be later sunk in North Sea.
1. ws tank in harbour with zoom in
2. ms construction on tank side with pan
3. ws of Stavanger with tilt to tank
4. ws tilt from...
Curated Video
Van believed to be carrying Anders Behring Breivik arrives at court
1. Tracking shot of police van believed to be carrying Anders Behring Breivik arriving at underground court entrance
2. Various of armed police officers outside entrance
3. High wide of court exterior
The right-wing fanatic who admitted...
Curated Video
SYND 25-11-72 CONTINUED SEARCH IN NORWEGIAN FIORD FOR MYSTERY SUBMARINE
The continued search in the Norwegian Sognefjord for an unidentified object detected on sonar radar.
1. aerial shots of Norwegian naval vessels engaged in the search
Film: Pos - Sound: Mute - Colour - NYFilm: c0030116 - LN Number:...
Curated Video
Mass killer Breivik sent back to prison, peace and quiet on Utoya Island
Anders Behring Breivik was returned to prison on Friday after a court in Norway judged him sane and sentenced him to a special jail term for a bomb and gun massacre last year that left 77 people dead.
Accepting a sentence that could keep...
Curated Video
Confessed killer taken from court and returned to prison after 2nd day of trial
1. Mid of police van believed to be carrying Anders Behring Breivik leaving underground entrance of Oslo courthouse
2. Various of police motorcyclist
3. Tracking shot of van and police escort arriving at prison
4. Wide of prison
The...
Curated Video
Preps ahead of the trial of Anders Brevik; court exteriors and Utoya Island pics
Oslo
1. Various exteriors of Oslo court with media queuing outside
2. Mid of journalists waiting to get into courtroom and police officers at court
3. Mid of cameras, live positions
4. Mid of journalists waiting, sunrise in background
5....
Curated Video
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed that the first batch of the most dangerous weapons in Syria's arsenal had been loaded onto a ship and taken out of the country the previous day. (Jan. 8)
A spokesman for the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed on Wednesday that the first batch of the most dangerous chemicals in Syria's arsenal had been loaded onto a Danish ship and taken out of the...
British Movietone
MOVIETONE'S REVIEW OF THE YEAR - COMMENTARY BY LESLIE MITCHELL
A look back at 1938, the sweep of Japanese forces through China. The annexation of Austria and crushing of Czechoslovakia. ® The triumphant visit of The King and Queen to France. The Empire Exhibition in Scotland. The christening of the...