Sherman Grinberg Film Library
World War II: naval battle
Title card: "Sur Les Divers Front (On Various Fronts)" / World War II / French language / view from airplane of planes in flight / United States Navy ships in battle / CU guns firing across water / ship being hit / explosions / planes...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Project Mercury control room and preparation for launch
NASA control room at Cape Canaveral for Project Mercury / various CU engineers /CU clocks and monitors / spotlights at night as final preparations are made at launch pad / truck of liquid oxygen loading contents onto missile / United...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1st Marine Division going home
Title "People and Events You're Reading About" superimposed over newspapers coming off printing press / title card: "Korea 1st Marine Division Homeward Bound" superimposed over Marines walking with duffel bags / full troop carriers with...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS General Langfitt arrives in New York, carrying first shipload of European refugees under U.S. Refugee Relief Program
Title: "Refugees Arrive - They Want To Live in Freedom" superimposed over immigrants on transport looking towards New York skyline / WS USS General W. C. Langfitt, transport ship, up harbor / CU US flag flying from mast / VS refugees...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
‘Queen Mary’ in New York, part 2
Shot from boat of ship at anchor / closer shot from boat of ship at anchor / shot from boat of stern of ship / shot from boat of passengers on ship / aerial shot of ship sailing along surrounded by boats, Statue of Liberty in background...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS Constitution in Boston Harbor
MLS partial side view of USS Constitution in Boston Harbor / CU looking down at cannons protruding from side of ship / Note: exact day not known
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
World War II British propaganda film
World War II / "Behind the Guns," propaganda film / military ships at sea firing guns / plane in flight / tanks and in the field / explosions around tanks / CU tanks / armed British soldiers in the field walking through explosions /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
World War II: action in the Pacific
[Video unstable at times] World War II / Pacific theater / military ships and aircraft carriers at sea / military planes in flight / American insignia on plane taking off from aircraft carrier / ships firing / anti-aircraft guns firing /...
Hearst Metrotone News
The RMS Queen Mary leaves the port on her maiden voyage.
The RMS Queen Mary leaves the port on her maiden voyage.
Hearst Metrotone News
Smaller boats surround the RMS Queen Mary on the Hudson River during her maiden voyage.
Smaller boats surround the RMS Queen Mary on the Hudson River during her maiden voyage.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Preparations for US atomic bomb tests on Eniwetok Atoll in Marshall Islands
Title: 'Eniwetok Atom Bomb Explosions!' superimposed over atom bomb explosion / title card: 'Top-Secret until now, these films remind the world of its choice: an unending fight for peace - or atomic war' / aerial shot of small islands in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
During Great Depression, increased economic activity throughout US
Title card: "Business shows a new activity - Industry encouraged as indications point to upward trend in trade" / men loading bales of cotton onto train / two shots of men loading bales of cotton onto ship / spools of thread spinning in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US soldiers prepare to sail to Europe as part of American Polish Relief Expedition to help combat typhus epidemic in Poland
Soldiers walking in line carrying duffel bags / soldiers moving in line with thermometers in their mouths up to doctor who takes thermometers out of their mouths to read their temperatures / close shot of soldier with thermometer in his...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Peary Monument being constructed at Cape York, Greenland, by members of Arctic explorer Robert Bartlett's expedition and Eskimos
Two shots of men riding dogsleds pulled by dogs a cross snowy landscape / close shot of dogs pulling sled / two men carrying metal tub filled with water on wooden boards and pouring water into wood barrel / two shots of men making...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Sternwheeler pushes barges in upper Mississippi River, proving navigability
VS sternwheeler (paddle boat) pushes barges along upper Mississippi River, steam issuing from smokestacks / MWS barge floats past / MLS angle view of crowd gathered on pier / LS high angle view of sternwheeler and barges alongside pier /...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Debris wash ashore in Sri Lanka as cargo ship burns
Debris wash ashore in Sri Lanka as the MV X-Press Pearl cargo ship, which transported 25 tonnes of nitric acid and large amounts of plastic raw materials, continues to burn (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Storms plague United Kingdom in November of 1954
Title: "Gales Sweep Britain" superimposed over wave crashing on shore / waves crashing against wall and utility pole / Aerials South Goodwin lightship turned on side in rough ocean / CU survivor of Goodwin lightship Ronald Murton talking...
Sky News
Aerial view of ship RSS David Attenborough
CLEAN: Aerial shots of the RSS David Attenborough, UKs new polar research ship on 28 October 2021 in Greenwich, London, United Kingdom.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Survivors of an airplane ditching arrive in San Francisco
Title card: "San Francisco - Survivors Greeted After Epic Ocean Rescue" / Coast Guard Cutter USS Ponchartrain steams into the harbor as people on land celebrate / The ship pulls into the dock with civilians // (VO an explanation of how...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Small motorboats take part in the rescue efforts of stranded French Liner Champollion offshore from Beirut, Lebanon
Title "Spot News Drama - Rescue From Storm-Stricken French Liner" superimposed over French liner Champollion, lying off shore / MS Champollion being bettered by waves / WS crowd on shore / MS Champollion, rough water in foreground / VS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
SS United States arrives in New York
Title: "Dream Boat Comes Home - New York Greets Liner United States" superimposed over ship at sea / Merchant Marine ship SS United States in New York harbor with tugboat escorts / American sailor, with American flag, waves at ship /...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Grounded cruise ship freed off Dominican Republic
A large cruise ship carrying 3,000 tourists that ran aground off the coast of the Dominican Republic was refloated following eight hours of work to free it (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)