Sherman Grinberg Film Library
A bulletproof vest for use by the US Marine Corps
A close view of a vest and neck hole
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Grenade test of bulletproof military vest
A uniformed man holds clapperboard in front of two vests on chicken wire with a hand grenade between them; the grenades smokes and explodes, showing no real damage
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Demonstration of new watermelon-shaped, balloon-like all-terrain tires called Rolligons in Stockton, CA
Title "Tires on a new roll!" superimposed over truck-trailer rolling down slope on one Rolligon in front and two in rear / truck-trailer mounted on Rolligons rolling over rocks and log / shot from truck-trailer as it moves through swamp...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The 'Crusade of Freedom' exhibits a homemade tank in New Jersey
Title superimposed on a printing press, "People & Events You're Reading About" & "On Tour - A symbol of Freedom" over a tank on a long flatbed truck / The vehicle drives across the George Washington Bridge to New Jersey with the tank...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
British engineer Granville Bradshaw invents an auto engine with only 9 parts
Title: "News of Invention - Auto Engine With Only 9 Working Parts" superimposed over engine / PAN and CU charts showing plan of engine / VS Granville Bradshaw, British engineer and inventor, picking up wooden engine model / CU Bradshaw...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Demonstration of new amphibious helicopter called "Heli-Vector" in Briarcliff Manor, NY
Title "Newest in the air . . . One-man amphibious 'copter" superimposed over helicopter landing on water / inventor of helicopter Lewis McCarty and another man walk up to helicopter, McCarty on right / two shots of McCarty getting on...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
A robot umpire in Hollywood
Title card: "Baseball - This Umpire IS always right!" / The mechanical gear of Garco, the robot umpire that raises and lowers his arm / VS a look at his head, rotating eyes, and a Plexiglas 'skull' / Robot voice SOT, "Ok, men let's go" /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The 100th anniversary of photography
The entrance to the Museum of Modern Art / CU "The Museum of Modern Art" words above columns at museum entrance / A boy and older woman look at the exhibit of daguerreotypes, and calotypes / photographs on exhibit // building in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Centennial of photography celebrated at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City; a look at photography pioneers
Title card: "World Honors Photography's 100th Birthday" / "New York" superimposed over people at the entrance to the Museum of Modern Art / CU "The Museum of Modern Art" words above columns at museum entrance / A boy and older woman look...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Inventor Maitland B. Bleecker performs ground test of his new helicopter in New York City
Title card: "To fly straight up! New York, NY - New helicopter (Curtis-Bleecker helicopter), built to rise vertically, comes out of hangar for first ground test of motors" / men pushing helicopter across tarmac past parked plane / two...
Hearst Metrotone News
A cartoon depicts prehistoric man progressing to modern man, through the defeat of dinosaurs, the discovery of fire and the industrial revolution.
A cartoon depicts prehistoric man progressing to modern man, through the defeat of dinosaurs, the discovery of fire and the industrial revolution.
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : A century on, Nobel's industrial legacy still resonates
Alfred Nobel's last laboratory still exists, a stone's throw from a big explosives plant that his inventions and late-in-life business interests spawned (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Hearst Metrotone News
Thomas Edison meets with a businessman and works on his inventions.
Thomas Edison meets with a businessman and works on his inventions.
Curated Video
7023B BLINDNESS - A NEW CURE FROM SPAIN
In Madrid, a 74 year old eye specialist has developed
a device that may eventually allow blind people to see
almost as well as people with normal eyesight. He is
Dr. Tomas Barraquer, head of the consulting clinic of
the Barraquer...
Curated Video
Consumer Electronics Show Gives Glimpse At Different Future
Robots and virtual reality were two big innovative areas at this year's show.
Curated Video
50th Anniversary Of The Computer Microprocessor Chip
In 1971, three Intel Corp. employees invented the first microprocessor and completely changed the world of technology and computing power.
Bloomberg
Nanotronics Co-Founder And CEO on The Future Of Manufacturing
Feb.05 -- Nanotronics co-founder and CEO Matthew Putman joins Bloomberg Businessweek hosts Jason Kelly and Carol Massar at the Bloomberg Power Players Summit in Miami. They discuss the manufacturing processes of tomorrow, and the...
Bloomberg
How a Huge Counterfeiting Case Led to Plastic Money
May.15 -- In 1966, Australia switched from pounds to decimal currency. The country’s central bank issued a new range of banknotes with modern safety features - including watermarks, woven metal thread and raised print. But these...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Miniature railroad-style conveyor operates inside Chicago Tribune paper storage warehouse
MLS warehouse workers load rolls of paper onto Von Der Horst East & West Railroad conveyor system that transports them off screen / MS 'trucks' from the upper track descend onto the loading track where workers place roll of paper onto...
Bloomberg
Addressing Anti-Asian Violence in the U.S.
Apr.26 -- Andrew Leong, University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB) associate professor, discusses the Senate passage of legislation designed to combat hate crimes in the U.S. and the history of anti-Asian hate with Bloomberg's Scarlet Fu...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Trio win Nobel Physics Prize for laser physics work
Three researchers share the Nobel Physics Prize for inventions in the field of laser physics which have paved the way for advanced precision instruments used in industry and medicine the jury says
AFP News Agency
CLEAN: Hong Kong Apple fans mourn Steve Jobs
CLEAN: Hong Kong Apple fans mourn Steve Jobs
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : HBO throws out rulebook with streaming launch
Decades before glossy Netflix and Amazon shows began luring Hollywood A-listers to the small screen, cable network HBO helped invent premium television (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)