Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Kungsholm ocean liner Captain John Nordlander rescues British freighter Argobeam crew near the Hebrides Islands off Scotland in 1955
Title card: "Tradition of the Sea - Rescue Drama in Gale-Swept Atlantic" / disabled British freighter Argobeam in water seen from Swedish liner Kungsholm / various shots Argobeam listing in rough water / freighter, plane flies over / pan...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Footage compiled as part of campaign in Philadelphia to raise money to save US Navy cruiser "Olympia" from scrap heap
Title card: "A patriotic appeal . . . save the Olympia" / title "Race against the scrap heap" superimposed over shot of abandoned USS Olympia, flagship of Admiral George Dewey's fleet during Spanish-American War, sitting next to dock in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The city of Seattle welcomes the 2nd Infantry Division home from Korea
Title card: "Welcome 2nd Division Home From Korea" / PAN troops waving from deck of transport U.S.S Marine Phoenix, banner on ship "2nd Infantry Division" / CU relatives on dock waiting / CU woman straining to see / CU woman waving / CU...
Sky News
Aerials of HMS Prince of wales aircraft carrier
CLEAN: Aerial shots of HMS Prince of wales aircraft carrier docked in Portsmouth following the Royal Navy assumed command of NATO’s Response Force from the French Marine Nationale meaning that the aircraft carrier will serve as the...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
France's new premier Guy Mollet is invested in Paris; in Algiers, large protest over removal of Governor General in February 1956
Title card: "France--New Premier Faces Tension Over Algeria" / high angle crowd of photographers in Elysee Palace as President Rene Coty and Premier Guy Mollet enter room / high angle Coty, Mollet and French cabinet including Minister of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS Boston, the world's first guided missile cruiser, on maneuvers in March of 1956
Title: "Missile Ship -- Push-Button Warfare Goes to Sea" superimposed over USS Boston and tugboats / VS USS Boston guided missile cruiser on maneuvers / CU hatch opening, launcher pops up / CU sailor with headphones and microphone / VS...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : ANIMATED MAP: Cruise ship on fire near Greece's Corfu
Animated map of the location near the greek island of Corfu where a fire broke out on an Italian-flagged cruise ship sailing through the Mediterranean's Ionian Sea with 237 passengers and 51 crew on board (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Winter storms and frigid temperatures plague Europe, causing flooding and deaths in February of 1956
Title: "Winter Storms Continue to Batter Europe" superimposed over snowy river and city / VS icebreaker ships plow through the Danube River / VS water and ice flow under bridge / people push rowboat on slushy street in Vilshofen / MS man...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Steam-powered slingshots catapult Navy planes off USS Hancock
Title "Steam - Slingshots speed takeoff from carrier" superimposed over plane taking off / looking down on USS Hancock aircraft carrier at sea / Grumman maybe S2F Navy plane pulled into place, servicemen on deck / CU officer wearing...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
An overview of the Korean War and the UN reaction after armistice is signed on 7/27/1953
VS smoke from explosion on ground / airplane in air / bomb exploding on mountain ridge / VS ship fires gun / side view soldiers climbing from boat to shore at dark / soldiers walk with guns, smoke in bkgd / tanks rolling through Seoul /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
First group of sick U.S. armistice prisoners arrive home by plane and U.S. sends shipment of grain to South Korea
Title: "17 Come Home - First Plane With Sick Korean PWs" superimposed over Travis Air Force base: POW being carried down ramp on stretcher from C-54 through the Military Air Transport Service Pacific Division Airlift / VS C-54 plane...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
SS Hawaiian Pilot collision
Title: "Two Ships Collide in Fog, One Sinks" superimposed over ship at sea in fog / heavy fog surrounding freighter Hawaiian Pilot / severe damage to ship / United States Coast Guard cutter, in fog, at collision scene / empty lifeboats /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Britain returns island of Helgoland in North Sea to German sovereignty
Title "Helgoland - North Sea island begins era of peace" superimposed over people gathered for ceremony, flags flying / shot from boat of Helgoland / map showing location of Helgoland in North Sea / shot from boat of wrecked buildings on...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Swedish tanker "Johannishus" on fire after colliding in English Channel with Panamanian freighter Buccaneer
Card: "Paramount News issue no 87" / title "Blazing sea - Tanker burns after crash in English Channel" superimposed over aerial shot of burning tanker SS Johannishus / various aerial shots of burning tanker and smoke rising from fire
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Sinking of the SS Andrea Doria
Title card: "Special Release - Death of a Ship - Andrea Doria Lost in Collision - One of the Sea's Greatest Rescue Dramas" / WS Zeppelin hovering over SS Andrea Doria on her side (listing to starboard) / WS ship upside down / various...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Two U.S. Navy guided missile ships are commissioned in Boston, MA and Brooklyn, NY
Title card: "Missile Ships Join The Navy" / MS Rocket launcher on board with pair of rockets coming into firing position / MS cruiser on high seas with rocket installation / CU rocket launcher with pair of rockets swinging into position...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser announces nationalization of Suez Canal Company
Title "Storm over Suez" superimposed over wide shot of ships in the Suez Canal / map of Egypt and Middle East with arrow pointing at Suez Canal / VS crowd gathered in square in Alexandria to listen to Nasser / Nasser waving at crowd /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
During Korean War, scenes of US troops in combat in South Korea, peace talks in North Korea, and US troops in US leaving for Korea
Title in form of newspaper headline: "Korea cease-fire drama, Global story of the year" / US soldiers in South Korea march down road, trucks carrying anti-aircraft guns behind / US Gen. Matthew Ridgway, Commander of UN Forces in Korea,...
Sky News
The Queen has formally named the Royal Navy's biggest ship...
The Queen has formally named the Royal Navy's biggest ship...
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Boat tours on the mekhong river.
Boat tours view from Long-tailed boat on the mekhong river, Chiangkhan district Loei province Thailand. (Timelapse)
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shipyard crane working with container goods trading time lapse
shipyard crane working with container goods trading time lapse