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First Lady Mamie Eisenhower launches the first Atomic Sub Nautilus.
First Lady Mamie Eisenhower launches the first Atomic Sub Nautilus.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Yale defeats Princeton in 1956 football game
Title: "Ivy League - Yale Routs Princeton" superimposed over game action / Princeton team out onto field (white jerseys) / Yale team on sidelines (dark jerseys) / Yale Quarterback #11 Dean Loucks passes to halfback #24 Dennis McGill /...
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
Coventry, Connecticut honors founding father Nathan Hale
Title card: "Connecticut honors its son Nathan Hale! Coventry, birthplace of patriot unveils tablet to his memory" / Participants including a marching band and men in Revolutionary War military uniforms marching up a hill; they pass an...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Navy doctor on submarine checks sailor's respiration after a prolonged stay in USS Haddock to study the effects of long range cruises
MS Sailor breathing thru a respirometer beside a device as doctor on the right looks on / Note: exact day not known
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
An Air France passenger airplane crashes; all are saved
Title: "Airliner Crashes - 37 Aboard All Safe" / A good shot of an airplane's engine and spinning propeller / A long pan of investigation workers and the wreckage of the wing of the craft / Wrecked fuselage of the airplane / Pan of the...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Team from Norwalk, CT beats Monongahela, PA 4-3 and wins the Little League World Series
Title: "Baseball - World Series Junior Size" superimposed over game under way / PAN different teams parading / MS Canadian club parade / VS CU Connie Mack, retired Manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, in dugout with 2 Pennsylvania...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Dwight Eisenhower surveys by plane flood-stricken areas in Northeast region of US and then meets with governors in Hartford, CT
Title card: "Big flood plan announced - President views stricken areas" / Pres. Dwight Eisenhower at night walking towards Air Force One (Columbine III) at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver / Eisenhower walking up steps to plane and...
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WS AERIAL ZI View of Eli Whitney Museum / Connecticut, United States
WS AERIAL ZI View of Eli Whitney Museum / Connecticut, United States
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Franklin D. Roosevelt attends rowing race in which his son is an oarsman
Title card: "No New Deal For Harvard Against Yale! Roosevelt, '04 and J.P. Morgan, '89 see Crimson oarsmen, including the President's son, lose to Yale crews" / WS & MS "Referee" boat with President Franklin D. Roosevelt sitting in chair...
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President Truman at train station and signing keel at USS Nautilus, the first nuclear submarine
President Harry S Truman walks on train platform with military officer and other men in suits / LS from behind Truman and men walk around corner past cars parked on street, city bldgs in bkgd, grassy area in fgd / MS Truman and entourage...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Princeton beats Yale at Yale Bowl
Title card: "Gridiron Classic - Princeton Beats Yale in 75th Meeting" over picture of college pennants / Princeton Tigers running out onto field from underneath stadium seats / Yale Bulldogs on side from behind / play on field / play...
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Yale beats Cornell at Yale Bowl
Title "Yale Rolls Over Cornell" superimposed over football game at Yale Bowl / people on field spelling Y walking off to side where players huddled / crowd in stands from behind / play on field / play, Yale touchdown by Vernon Loucks /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Dedication of terminal; William Benton, John Davis Lodge, Frank Murphy, Edward Allen present
Title "Bradley Field, Conn. - Dedicate New Terminal Building" superimposed over aerial airport / terminal building, people in front behind railing with bunting, can see parking deck beneath / looking up at terminal with dedication...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Newly elected Governor of Connecticut Abraham Ribicoff speaking to camera in Hartford, CT
Title card: "The new governor . . . Abraham A. Ribicoff" / two shots of Ribicoff and his daughter Janie raking leaves in front of their house / Ribicoff, Janie, and his wife Ruth sitting in living room / closer shot of Janie petting dog...
Curated Video
USA: BILL CLINTON & BOB DOLE PREPARE FOR TV CAMPAIGN DEBATE UPDATE
English/Nat
Republican presidential challenger Bob Dole has arrived in Connecticut where the first debate between him and President Clinton is set for Sunday night.
Bob Dole says he wants to paint Clinton as a warmed-over liberal, while...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Republican candidate for president Wendell Willkie covers 250 miles in a single day
Bridgeport: motorcycle police escort procession / people hang out of windows in buildings festooned with banners and flags / POV crossing bridge into Derby, sign on bridge / motorcade stopped by crowds of supporters in street / GOP POTUS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Bullet holes at scene of Connecticut kidnapping
Darien, Connecticut policeman points out bullet holes in walls, curtains, and windowpane of the crime scene, the attempted kidnapping of Robert Lewis Westheim / Note: exact day not known
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University of Chicago Maroons tie Yale University Bulldogs in college football game at Yale Bowl in New Haven, CT
Title card: "Yale-Chicago elevens at Stagg party! Elis and Maroons put on great gridiron show for coach Amos Alonzo" / three action shots from game / crowd in stands / two action shots from game / crowd in stands / two actions shots from...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Ski jumpers take off, land, fall, and slide on the snow in Winsted, Connecticut
VS ski jumpers jumping, landing, falling, as crowd looks on / SLO-MO rear view of ski jumper going airborne and descending / MLS jumper touches down, skis for a moment, falls and slides for a while / VS ski jumpers jumping from various...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Coast Guard destroyer towed into New London, CT, after collision with freighter in fog
Title card: "Destroyer, Almost Cut In Two by Liner, Safe In Port After Crash - Coast Guard flagship towed into New London stern first as seas wash through gaping hole in side" / Coast Guard cutter Acushnet AT-63 tows Coast Guard...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Yale Bulldogs beat Georgia Bulldogs in 1933 football game
VS football game between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Yale Bulldogs in play, interspersed with shots of spectators at the Yale Bowl