Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles talks about the amount he will ask Congress to appropriate for foreign aid
Title "To meet the Red challenge - Dulles asks for increased foreign aid" superimposed over State Department seal / US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles sitting at desk getting ready to speak / cameraman shooting footage / Dulles...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
25th Annual Academy Awards are held in Hollywood and New York City
Title "'Oscars' - Hollywood and New York share Academy spotlight" superimposed over close shot of large-scale version of Oscar statuette / curtain rising in RKO Pantages Theatre in Hollywood revealing large scale version of Oscar...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Korean War: Marines ferry Indian Neutral Nations Command
Korean War / Indian custodial troops of the Neutral Nations Command drinking outside tent / soldier waving helicopter to landing / Indian soldiers arriving by American army helicopters / helicopters landing / WS Indian troops drinking...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Eisenhower meets with Indian ambassadors about China and with West German chancellor and ambassador about Adenauer's Moscow visit
Title card: "Top-Level Diplomacy Visitors to Our Shores" / "In Washington" superimposed over White House exterior / CU Indian Ambassador to the United Nations and Chief Indian Foreign Affairs Representative V. K. Krishna Menon and Indian...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Film portrait of former Canadian Prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King compiled at his death in Canada
Title card: "W. L. Mackenzie King - Good neighbor, world statesman, champion of democracy" / CU King / King greeting British King George VI and his wife Queen Elizabeth as they get off ship / King sitting at table between George VI and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Harry Truman announces at Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner that he will not run for re-election
Title Card: "Politics - Truman Drops An 'Atomic Bomb'" / MS Pres. Harry Truman's plane, USAF Independence, arrives / Truman down steps / VS Truman kisses wife Bess; they walk off / EXT White House / people looking thru railing / newsreel...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
On the eve of his departure from the White House, Pres Harry Truman calls for non-partisan support of the incoming administration
Title: "Truman's Farewell Message" superimposed over White House / MS White House with tree in foreground / Back view from behind newsreel cameraman of President Harry S. Truman seated behind desk / CU line of five newsreel cameramen...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin are joined by Vicki Draves of Olympic diving fame for charity drive for muscular dystrophy
Title: "Martin and Lewis Clowning For Charity" superimposed over Dean Martin, comedian/singer, and Jerry Lewis, comedian, on diving board / MS Martin and Lewis wheeling two disabled children as Vicki Draves, Olympic diving champion,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Nobel Prizes awarded to five Americans for physics and medicine on the 60th anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel
Title: "Nobel Prizes--Americans Share Awards in Sweden" superimposed over names of Nobel prize winners on medal boxes / VS of awards ceremony stage and audience / High angle Sweden's King Gustav VI Adolf and Queen Louise seated with...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Directors tour Will Rogers Hospital; get chest x-rays; luncheon; patients
Title "New goals Set for Will Rogers Memorial Hospital" superimposed over large Tudor style building / hospital building / CU sign above door reads Welcome Directors Variety Clubs Will Rogers Hospital Annual Meeting / car pulling up to...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The first class of 306 Air Force cadets is sworn-in at a temporary site, Lowry Air Force Base in Denver
Title card: "Air Force Academy - First Class Reports" / PAN New Air Force cadets marching towards temporary academy gate / MS Air Force cadets being checked at gate / CU side view Air Force cadets start in / WS back view Air Force cadets...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
New York Yankees win 1953 World Series against the Brooklyn Dodgers
Title superimposed with a baseball graphic, "Yankees Win Series" / A good shot of the diamond and most of the crowd taken from the rafters of Yankee Stadium / The diamond with a light bulb; a batter and pitcher / Yogi Berra at bat, Carl...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
AP Sports Editor Ted Smits comments on the revision of football grid code made by NCAA that ends football's 2-platoon system
Title Card: "Paramount News - New Gridiron Era - Football's Two Platoon System Ended" / WS Football stadium and crowd / WS team running out on field / CU team running out on field / crowd stands up / WS platoons of players warming up /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
British freighter filled with cyanide gas burns in NY City harbor
Title card: 'Ship Fire - Gas Blaze Perils NY Waterfront' / two shots of tugboat anchored alongside freighter 'Silverash' next to pier, smoke coming from freighter / water from fire hoses shooting from pier at listing freighter next to it...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The Nationals wins 6-5 in All-Star Baseball game against American League in Milwaukee
Title: "Paramount News Sports Features" / CU program cover "1955 All-Star Game" / PAN Milwaukee County Stadium with players of National and American League teams lined up on field / ZI crowd in stands / LS National League team running...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Harvest Moon Dance Festival at Madison Square Garden
Title: "Harvest Moon -- Festival of the Dance" superimposed over high angle shot of dance couples parading on stage / couples parading on stage / VS couples dancing polka, audience in bkgd / high angle polka winners Georgina Phillips and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Funeral procession of Queen Mary and crowds lining street outside Westminster Hall to see her
Title: "Queen Mary -- A Nations' Homage…" superimposed over casket procession accompanied by the Queen's Company of the Grenadier Guards / LS Grenadier band marching and playing in street / VS procession / high angle casket on gun...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Research lab using radioactive materials to study antibiotics; test monkey
Title "The Atom in Medicine-To Study How Antibiotics Perform" superimposed over men working in laboratory / technician walking to equipment / wipe; nurse holding patient's arm for man wearing headphones testing with maybe Geiger counter...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Harvest Moon Dance Festival dancing contest in Madison Square Garden in New York City
Card: "Paramount News issue no 8" / title "New York - 'World Series' of the dance" superimposed over images of flashing stars / four shots of couples on stage dancing / WS audience watching / singer Dean Martin and comedian Jerry Lewis...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Dwight Eisenhower gives State of Union Address in Washington, DC
SOT Pres. Dwight Eisenhower at rostrum in House Chamber talking about programs for uses of water in country, Vice President Richard Nixon sitting behind him to his right, Speaker of House of Representatives Sam Rayburn sitting behind him...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
16th Annual Tyler, TX Rose Parade
Title superimposed on thousands of roses, "Tyler, Texas 16th Annual Rose Festival" / At a KTBB ABC radio mike, Tyler Mayor Claude Holley and Miss Sally Kay, Queen of the Texas Rose Festival / Pan of cameramen and photographers / Gov....
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Soldier demonstrates portable atomic x-ray machine
Title "Army Demonstrates Atomic X-Ray Machine" superimposed over portable machine on soldier's back / soldier medic with machine on back, white lines cross on helmet / CU machine / CU piece of thulium next to dime / medic setting up...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Mayor of West Berlin Ernst Reuter visits Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and Secretary of States John Foster Dulles in Washington, DC
Title "Ernst Reuter meets Eisenhower and Dulles" superimposed over close shot of West Berlin's Mayor Ernst Reuter, invited to US by International Rescue Committee / two shots of US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and Reuter sitting...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Lewis L. Strauss, Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, reports on hydrogen bomb tests
"Paramount News Issue No. 66" / Titles superimposed on a hydrogen bomb mushroom cloud, "H-Bomb Special", "Paramount News Presents Operation Ivy, Pictures the World Waited to See", "Dawn of the Hydrogen Age" / VS photographs of different...