Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Current US First Lady Bess Truman and incoming First Lady Mamie Eisenhower meet at the White House
Title superimposed on the White House, "Meanwhile - In Washington" / The North Portico; Mamie Eisenhower gets out of a limousine wearing a heavy fur coat and walks past / a group of photographers working / Eisenhower walks inside and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Democrats arrive in Chicago for 1952 convention
An aerial view of Chicago superimposed with the silhouette of a donkey / A workman nails up a poster of Sen. Estes Kefauver decorated with bunting / sign: "The Man for the Job, Harriman for President" / a woman covered in Harriman...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Funeral for former Vice President Alben Barkley in Washington DC
Title card: "Rites for Barkley in Washington" / Pan down Foundry Methodist Church on rainy day with cars parked on street and mourners in front of church, police direct traffic in fgd / VS flower adorned casket in church of Democratic...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie host a garden party for disabled veterans at the White House in Washington, DC
Card: "Paramount News issue no 82" / title "Spotlight on Washington" superimposed over shot of exterior of White House / title "Eisenhowers hosts to veterans" superimposed over Eisenhower and Mamie standing next to one another in...
Hearst Metrotone News
President Woodrow Wilson and General John J. Pershing watch soldiers march in formation across a field.
President Woodrow Wilson and General John J. Pershing watch soldiers march in formation across a field.
Hearst Metrotone News
United States President Woodrow Wilson watches his inaugural parade from a grandstand.
United States President Woodrow Wilson watches his inaugural parade from a grandstand.
Hearst Metrotone News
President Woodrow Wilson picks a number from jar for the draft while blindfolded.
President Woodrow Wilson picks a number from jar for the draft while blindfolded.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US declares war on Germany in 1917
MS US Pres. Woodrow Wilson sits at desk, writes on document / CU declaration of war against Germany dated 4/6/1917 with Wilson's signature along with those of House Speaker Champ Clark and US VP (president of the Senate) Thomas Marshall...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The Council of Four at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919
Prime Minister of the UK David Lloyd George, Italian Prime Minister Vittorio Orlando, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, and US President Woodrow Wilson at outdoor photo opportunity during the Paris Peace Conference at the end of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Elephant Butte Dam and Reservoir dedicated in New Mexico
High angle view of car (probably Ford Model T) stopping and person getting out, two rows of uniformed people and American flag at right / A. A. Jones, personal representative of Woodrow Wilson, on platform decorated with flags / pan of...
Getty Images
WWI US Generals and President
General John Pershing, Robert Lee Bullard, Woodrow Wilson, Hunter Liggett
Bridgeman Arts
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles, 1919
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
"Man in the Street" answers question about what US should do if war breaks out in Europe
Title card: "If war starts in Europe" / title card: "What should we do? This Pathe News poll is the answer of the Man on the Street" / various close shots of people outside talking to camera giving their opinions / two close shots of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Army defeats Columbia 21-18 in college football at Michie Stadium in West Point, NY
Title card: "Mule Nips Lion" superimposed over football game between Army and Columbia / WS Sid Luckman (C) kicks off to Woodrow Wilson (A) on 8 yard line return to 29 yard line / Wilson circles end for 17 yard line / crowd / first score...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower hosts garden party for military veterans on south lawn of White House in Washington, DC
Title "Veterans guests at White House garden party" superimposed over veterans in wheelchairs in reception line / Pres. Dwight Eisenhower, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, and former first lady Edith Wilson (widow of former president Woodrow...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Funeral for Alben W. Barkley in Washington
Title card: "Rites for Barkley in Washington" / The exterior of Foundry Methodist Church in Washington with a pan down to traffic and a large crowd / The interior bier and coffin / Numerous senators including Andrew Schoeppel, Henry...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Profile of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
Title card: "SPECIAL" / dissolve to Title card: "OUR NEXT PRESIDENT!" superimposed over United States Seal fading in / dissolve to Title card: "FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT OF NEW YORK" / CU President-elect Franklin Delano Roosevelt / EXT...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The League of Nations and World War I
VS EXT Palais Wilson, home of the League of Nations / facade of Palais, with flags of many nations hanging on poles // US President Woodrow Wilson in back of open car // VS military action from World War I, including soldiers firing from...
Bridgeman Arts
US declares war. Conscription. 1917, WWI
President Wilson signs a declaration of war against Germany. Men are drafted into the army and trained.