Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Returning GIs temporarily stranded in Atlantic Ocean as their liberty ship 'Henry Ward Beecher' is towed to Bermuda
WS Liberty ship SS Cecil N. Bean tows crippled SS Henry Ward Beecher, escort ships follow / Army transport ship USAT Saturnia, former luxury ship, at anchor off Bermuda shore, as ship convoy crosses in distance / Saturnia aft section /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
GIs disembark from SS Henry Ward Beecher prior to its being towed
POV from tugboat alongside SS Henry Ward Beecher as United States Army soldiers climb over the rail and down the rope ladder to the tug / VS soldiers climb over one by one
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Crippled Liberty Ship SS Henry Ward Beecher is towed to Bermuda by SS Cecil N. Bean
Aerials: VS SS Cecil N. Bean tows SS Henry Ward Beecher in Atlantic Ocean / circle around Army transport ship USAT Saturnia anchored near Bermuda to rescue troops aboard the Beecher / pilot boat leaves Saturnia side / VS Saturnia gets...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Former luxury liner USAT Saturnia arrives in New York Harbor, bearing stranded GIs from SS Henry Ward Beecher
VS USAT Saturnia sails into harbor, tugboat at her side / women wave as ship passes / VS ship pulls up to dock / men down gangplank // WS Liberty Ship SS Cecil N. Bean tows SS Henry Ward Beecher in Atlantic Ocean // women wave as...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Returning GIs temporarily stranded in Atlantic Ocean are rescued by Army transport ship USAT Saturnia
VS soldiers lined up along ship's rail / soldiers climb over rail and down 'Jacob's Ladder' to tug boat alongside the SS Henry Ward Beecher / soldiers at ship's rail lean over it to watch those leaving ship
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Blue Angels perform at opening of Will Rogers Skyway in Los Angeles
Four Grumman F9F-2 Panthers taxi on tarmac / large crowd applauds / VS numerous shots of the 'Blue Angels' flying in formation high in the air
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Plaque unveiling of Will Rogers Skyway in Los Angeles
Dignitaries clustered around bunting on easel / VS Mary Rogers unveils plaque ('Western Terminal Transcontinental Will Rogers Skyway') as CA Lt. Gov. Goodwin Knight looks on and they shake hands (sign on stage behind them 'Los Angeles...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Crippled Liberty Ship SS Henry Ward Beecher is towed to Bermuda by SS Cecil N. Bean after troops it was carrying removed to ship USAT Saturnia
Aerials SS Cecil N. Bean tows SS Henry Ward Beecher in Atlantic Ocean / VS aboard vacated Beecher, life rafts stacked on deck / airplane wing as it flies over ocean and USAT Saturnia / fly around Saturnia
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US GIs stranded in Atlantic Ocean on the liberty ship Henry Ward Beecher arrive in New York harbor
POV from tugboat loaded with soldiers as it pulls away from SS Henry Ward Beecher, many soldiers remaining on ship at railing / bow of tug filled with soldiers / tug approaches ship USAT Saturnia, a former luxury liner / VS soldiers...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Body of US Admiral Forrest Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations, carried off US warship in Naples, Italy
Two shots of airplane at airport in Naples carrying body of Gen. Forrest Sherman taxiing, crowd of US Navy personnel on tarmac watching / three shots of sailors and Marines carrying casket containing Sherman's body down gangplank from...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS Wasp aircraft carrier on way to Brooklyn Navy Yard with USS Hobson survivors in 1952
MS USS Wasp (CV-18) aircraft carrier at sea, smaller ship moves diagonally from Wasp to camera, Wasp is carrying USS Hobson survivors (Wasp and Hobson collided on 4/26/1952, the Hobson was broken in two and sank killing 176 crew members)...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : US commander visits injured sailors in Singapore
Commander of the US Pacific Fleet Admiral Scott Swift visits a hospital in Singapore where four injured sailors are recovering after the destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker off Singapore early Monday
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : FILE: France looks to replace aircraft carrier by 2040
France is looking into replacing its nuclear powered aircraft carrier as part of the new French army bill that aims to spend 295 billion euros on defence between 2019 and 2025
Sky News
Flotilla of naval vessels follows D-Day veterans on board the Royal British Legion's ship MV Boudicca
CLEAN: Aerial shots of flotilla of naval vessels follows D-Day veterans on board the Royal British Legion's ship MV Boudicca traveling to Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings on 05 June 2019 in Portsmouth,...
Sky News
Veterans depart Portsmouth on MV Boudicca to Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings
CLEAN: Aerial shots of veterans departing Portsmouth on MV Boudicca to Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings on 05 June 2019 in Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Sky News
Naval vessels follows D-Day veterans on board the Royal British Legion's ship MV Boudicca traveling to Normandy
CLEAN: Aerial shots of flotilla of naval vessels follows D-Day veterans on board the Royal British Legion's ship MV Boudicca traveling to Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings on 05 June 2019 in Portsmouth,...
Sky News
Veterans depart Portsmouth on MV Boudicca to Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings
CLEAN: Aerial shots of veterans departing Portsmouth on MV Boudicca to Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings on 05 June 2019 in Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Sky News
Flotilla of naval vessels follows D-Day veterans on board the Royal British Legion's ship MV Boudicca traveling to Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings
CLEAN: Aerial shots of flotilla of naval vessels follows D-Day veterans on board the Royal British Legion's ship MV Boudicca traveling to Normandy to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings on 05 June 2019 in Portsmouth,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Navy drill team performs on dock in Newport, RI
Title card: "Crack Navy Drill Team Ready to Defend its title - Tars in Newport, RI, perform fancy evolutions for military competition" / US Navy drill team performs on dock, warship docked in bg, Navy anchor and US flags carried / MS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS Akron test flight in Ohio, 1931
Title page: "Akron sails skies as mightiest air queen in history - World's largest dirigible leaves Ohio hangar on trial flight with Navy crew" / three shots of men on ground rolling airship backwards out of hangar / tail of airship with...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Navy airship "Akron" tests trapeze device for catching planes in test over Lakehurst, NJ
Shot from just below USS Akron / shot from below "Akron" as it takes off / officer inside control cabin of "Akron" / shot of "Akron" flying past launch tower / shot from below of "Akron" in flight / overhead shot of two airplanes taking...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Herbert Hoover with his cabinet on the White House South Lawn
MWS US President Herbert Hoover sits with members of his cabinet on south lawn of White House; Left to right (seated): Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley, Vice President Charles Curtis, Hoover, Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS Akron crashes into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all but three of its crew
Navy airship USS Akron in flight / the Akron in the Atlantic Ocean after its crash / standing outdoors, three survivors of the crash, L to R: Richard Deal, Moody Erwin, Herbert Wiley
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Navy tests new "Pogo" airplane capable of vertical takeoffs and landings at Moffett Naval Air Station in CA
Airplane slowly landing inside hangar, propellers on nose spinning at Moffett Naval Air Station (later known as Moffett Federal Airfield) / airplane slowly taking off, cables from nose attached to ceiling / tilt down cables attached to...