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Polar explorers Richard Byrd, Lincoln Ellsworth, Bernt Balchen plan expeditions
Two-shot Adm. Richard Byrd with man / LS Byrd expedition flagship SS Jacob Ruppert at dock / high angle Byrd walks on board ship / man plays with sled dogs on board ship / WS Lincoln Ellsworth's parked airplane marked "…Transatlantic...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigns in Ohio and New York State
[Dayton, OH, 1936] Eleanor Roosevelt on railcar back platform as she is handed up big bouquet / woman on ground among crowd handing up bouquet to Eleanor Roosevelt who reaches down and shakes hands, men behind her, policeman by car / VS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Native Americans perform an eagle dance
(Out of focus briefly) A circle of men beat a drum on the ground / A line of men in feathered regalia sits on a bench; men rise and dance around the drummers / With tents behind them, a single man performs an elaborate eagle dance /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
World War II: North Africa
World War II / French language / North Africa campaign / Nazi flag on E-boat / German soldiers cleaning E-boat / officer and solider inspect boat's gun turret / barrels being unloaded from ship and rolled away / CU Field Marshall Rommel...
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World War II: airplanes being made
World War II / Allies propaganda film, "Wings of Youth", from Canada / British Commonwealth Air Training Plan / aerials Canadian Air Force training grounds / interior airplane factory and workers / planes being assembled / delivered...
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High voltage electric arcs in lab
Title card: "Chained Lightning - 10,000,000 volts shoot through space in experiment at Pittsfield, Mass" / interior lab, men stand on stairs / machines, quick arc of electricity / arc flashes across lab space / interior with men on...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
New Deal panning for gold in Colorado
Two workers with one holding metal rod and the other hitting the end of it with a sledgehammer / Three men examine ore with close-up of it with a man's hand tracing a vein of gold running through it / A large group of people watch as a...
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Women participate in war efforts during World Wars I and II in the US and the UK
[GHOC Episode V-02] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "Women in War, Too" / [Daly City, CA] VS women at work during World War I: wheeling debris on rail cart, shoveling, throwing things into rail car / VS...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt opens the Mark Twain Bridge in Hannibal, MO
Title card: "Mark Twain Bridge opened by President" / A riverboat cruises up the Mississippi River and three men cross an empty bridge / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, seated in his open limousine, cuts the ribbon / VS his motorcade crosses...
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The New York Yankees beat the New York Giants in the 1937 World Series
Title card: "Champions of the World," fade in baseball game / crowd in stands at the Polo Grounds / Yankees manager Joe McCarthy shaking hands with owner Jacob Ruppert / CU player at bat maybe Giant Harry Danning; he hits and runs /...
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During Korean War, various scenes of US troops fighting Communist forces in South Korea
Footage compiled by US Department of Defense: soldiers riding on tanks crossing wide body of water / soldiers marching down pathway between foundations of demolished houses / warplane flying over mountain / white phosphorus bombs...
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United Nations Korean War conference at Yoku
South Korean and American soldiers exit a tent and a group of other officers follows; all the men have stars on their helmets or hats; one walk forward and past the camera / A bald man talks and his breath shows in the cold air / The...
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European Figure Skating Championships
Title superimposed on figure skaters Sissy Schwarz and Kurt Oppelt: "Vienna - US, Canada score in figure skating" / Spotlights with falling snow / A couple bundled up against the cold / Francis Dafoe and Norris Bowden of Canada perform;...
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The first full-scale atomic power plant is dedicated by Queen Elizabeth
Title card: "Historic Hour... World's first full-scale atomic power plant" / WS the nuclear power complex, with several large transformers / several stacked platforms outside the plant / Elizabeth descends a staircase behind large...
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United Nations General Session, 1955
Title superimposed on the United Nations buildings in New York, "United Nations - New Session Under Way" / The Indonesian, French, and Yemeni delegates arrive / Delegates cluster around US Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot...
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Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev crowned in Nepal
Title superimposed over the soon-to-be King and a large entourage, "Nepal Crowns a King - Regal Pomp in the Himalayas" / A map showing India, Tibet, Burma, Nepal, and Afghanistan / An elevated view of a park and buildings in Katmandu /...
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1956 Olympic gymnastics tryouts
Title: "Looking Ahead to the Olympic Games" superimposed over Olympic flame / title: "Gymnastic Squad Named" superimposed over gymnasts in action / Pennsylvania State University holds Olympic tryouts and Amateur Athletic Union...
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Missouri and Mississippi River flooding
Title card: "A Cameraman's Story - 'I Saw it Happen' - A City's Fight for Life" / United States map / CU section of map, with pointer stick moving along the Missouri River in the Iowa area / flooded Council Bluffs with buildings under...
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Food supplies for sailors transferred from ship to carrier on the Mediterranean Sea
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 74" / title "Food Afloat - Supplies for Fleet Delivered in Rough Seas" superimposed over refrigerator ship in stormy seas / POV from back of aircraft carrier, looking at water splashing and ship /...
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Gary Cooper for the American Red Cross
Title "The American Red Cross presents Gary Cooper in You Are Not Alone" superimposed over Gary Cooper walking with dog and shotgun through wooded area / public service announcement for Red Cross donations for emergency relief /...
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UN conducts Operation Little Switch rehearsal ahead of prisoner exchanges
CU Sign says Munsan, train car and soldiers in background / MS nurse with soldiers on train talking to soldier on platform / PAN train at platform, sign reads "Munsan" on left screen / MS soldiers talking on platform, train with Red...
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People ride "Rotor Ride" in amusement park in Montreal, Quebec
Title "Walking on air" superimposed over two people on ride / shot from seat on Ferris wheel of people and rides below including Rotor Ride / overhead shot of people spinning around inside Rotor Ride / boy watching / overhead shot of...
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Schenectady, NY beats Colton, CA for Little League championship
Title "Baseball - Little League World Series" superimposed over teams on field, color guard stands in center / marching band and teams parade before crowds in stands / Schenectady team marching, front player carries sign shaped like...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Residents flee as French troops evacuate from Haiphong and Communist troops enter under terms of the Geneva Peace Settlement
Title: "Indo-China - Refugees Flee As Reds Enter Haiphong Port" superimposed over residents fleeing to Saigon (Dept. of Defense) / French Pictorial Services: VS CU French troops evacuating / PAN deserted street / another deserted street...