Sherman Grinberg Film Library
With the help of the 7th Fleet of the US Navy, Chiang Kai-Shek evacuates from the Tachen Islands ahead of PRC invasion
Title: "Formosa and the Tachens, A Graphic Report" (Tachens now called Dachen) / ocean from ships deck, ship's railing in fgd / VS US Navy ships at sea / anti aircraft guns on ship rotate / VS aircraft carrier and other US Navy ships /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS Arizona memorial
Title card: "To Remember The Fallen… Memorial at Pearl Harbor" / sunrise over Ford Island with sailor / mast and superstructure of USS Arizona above water / monument commemorating the Arizona's dead crew / flag over monument / United...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
First part of film portrait of Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson II compiled before 1952 presidential election in US
Card: "Paramount News issue no 14" / title card: "The Stevenson Story" / title card: "The Motion Picture Industry is presenting in the public interest special features on the coming election, The first was 'The Eisenhower Story,' Now...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Celebration near Paris of 2nd Anniversary of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and NATO naval maneuvers in Mediterranean Sea
Card: "Paramount News issue no 67" / title "2 years of SHAPE - Atlantic alliance armed force marks anniversary" superimposed over flags being raised / VS US Gen. Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, speaking to other NATO...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Mamie Eisenhower honored at USO party; new Eisenhower administration female appointees Oveta Hobby and Ivy Baker Priest are present
Title "Mrs. Eisenhower Honored by USO" superimposed over Mamie Eisenhower cutting cake surrounded by USO officers / USO party, guests stand clapping / Eisenhower cutting cake on table surrounded by military people representing all...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's first inauguration
Graphics: "Special Release, The Eisenhower Inauguration" with a portrait and the presidential seal at the bottom / Military escort the Eisenhowers; they arrive at the North Portico as dozens of journalists and cameramen watch; Dwight...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The world's first multi-jet attack seaplane is ready for the Navy
Title: "Paramount News - Progress Along The Sky Trails" superimposed over high angle view the Martin XP6M-1 "Sea Master", U.S. Navy Multi-jet-attack seaplane, being wheeled out of hangar / jet being rolled out of hangar / WS plane...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Navy warplanes taking off from and landing on new US Navy aircraft carrier "Antietam" at sea
Title "US-British teamwork - First carrier equipped for twin take-offs" superimposed over aerial shot of aircraft carrier jointly developed by US and British Navy sailing along / aerial shot of plane landing on carrier / shot from behind...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS Columbus warship arrives at Kuala Lumpur
Title card: "Friendly Visit ... US Warships in Malaya" / The Cruiser USS Columbus at Port Swettenham; another ship fires a salute to the new arrival / A motor launch carrying an admiral all in white and a man in a suit / Unidentified US...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King's body returned to Washington
Title card: "Fleet Admiral King - a Famous Sailor Passes on" / A United States Navy plane moves on tarmac / officers and civilians lined up on the tarmac / A row of sailors raise their bayoneted rifles / The open cargo bay with a...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
United States Navy reveals 200,000-watt radio transmitter located in the Cascade Mountains
Title "For the Navy - World's Most Powerful Radio Transmitter" superimposed over US Navy ships at dock / aerial: radio station pan to row of tower antennas across mountain range / VS antenna tower / radio operator sailor at teletype...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
U.S. Navy parade of warships to honor Navy wives at Long Beach harbor; Mrs. Alfred Ellis is the winner of Mrs. United States Navy 1956
Title Card: "Long Beach, Calif. - Salute To Navy Wives" / Aerial front view of fleet / Aerial side view of Fleet / CU battleship passing by / MS another battleship #789 passing by / Aerial carrier / Follow of four jets in flight / MS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands visits the USS Forrestal
Title: "Prince Bernhard visits US Carrier" superimposed over the prince and US naval personnel / Wearing aviator sunglasses, Prince Bernhard is fitted with life vest, gives a thumbs up and enters an airplane / An aerial view of the...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Douglas "Skyrocket" flies fastest and highest after its test flight
Title: "Supersonic Rocket Ship: Makes Fastest, Highest Flight!" superimposed over Douglas D-558 "Skyrocket" U.S Navy jet-rocket-research-supersonic plane, in flight / William (Bill) Bridgeman, test pilot for Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc.,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Graduation at US Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, and undergraduate midshipmen boarding battleship "Missouri" on sailing day
Title "722 Middies get diplomas" superimposed over overhead shot of graduating midshipmen and audience / two overhead shots of graduating midshipmen and audience / Secretary of Defense George C Marshall on stage presenting diploma to...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Navy Landing Ship Tank transferred to South Korean Navy in Seattle
Title "In Seattle . . ." superimposed over landing barge next to dock, South Korean sailors and soldiers standing in formation on dock / LST next to dock / two shots of US Navy Admiral Albert M. Bledsoe standing on dock next to South...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Alexander Kanezay, the one-millionth displaced person to be resettled by the International Refugee Organization, arrives in New York City
Title "Millionth DP - American opens heart to refugee family" superimposed over Father Vincent J. Brosnan shaking hands with Alexander Kanezay and his family from Czechoslovakia on board ship "General C. H. Muir" / the ship anchored at...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Navy warship "Des Moines" stops at port of Hamburg, Germany
Title "Friendly call . . . US cruiser welcomed at Hamburg" superimposed over US Navy sailors standing in formation in square / USS Des Moines anchored at dock / crowd on dock pushing forward to look at ship / midshipmen of US Naval...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
UN Delegation meets with N. Korea and Chinese to arrange truce conference; US high-level truce team arrives after that initial meeting
Title Card: "Cease-Fire Drama - First Pictures From Kaesong" / Munsan, Korea: First truce delegation at helicopter, US Air Force helicopter in front of journalists, L To R: Col. Soo Young Lee, South Korean Army; Col. James C. Murray, US...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
During Korean War, the US celebrates Armed Forces Day
Card: "Paramount News issue no 79" / title card: "Nation Observes Armed Forces Day" / title "New York's big parade" superimposed over MPOV soldiers marching in formation down street / MPOV soldiers marching in formation down street /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Aircraft carrier USS Wasp carries destroyer USS Hobson survivors after collision between the two ships; the destroyer sinks, killing 176
Title Card: "Home Is The Wasp From Tragedy at Sea" superimposed over aircraft carrier USS Wasp at sea / Aerial Wasp / Aerial Wasp with sailors on deck / MS Wasp showing damaged front, sailors standing at attention on deck / CU pan...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Italian Navy training ship "Amerigo Vespucci," sailing ship, arrives off US coast near Annapolis, MD
Card: "Paramount News issue no 2" / title card: "Annapolis greets square-rigger" / title "Training ship arrives from Italy" superimposed over aerial shot of training ship sailing along / two aerial shots of ship sailing along / shot from...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Opening to traffic of newly completed Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
Title "Across Golden Gate!" superimposed over aerial shot of bridge / wide shot from shore of bridge / pan across bridge / traffic backed up waiting to cross bridge San Francisco Mayor Angelo Joseph Rossi severing silver chain which...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS Saratoga aircraft carrier commissioning ceremony at Brooklyn Navy Yard
Title card: "Mightiest Afloat -- 'Saratoga' Joins the Navy" / high angle USS Saratoga in Brooklyn Navy Yard, bridge and New York City skyline in bkgd / MS flat platform exterior elevator lowering / four men walk across large interior...