Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US General Hoyt S. Vandenberg's funeral
Title: "Hoyt S. Vandenberg - Arlington Rites for Ex-Chief of Air Force " / CU General Vandenberg / Vandenberg reviewing troops / Vandenberg's body lying in state, with honor guard, at the National Cathedral / cathedral exterior /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1954 Texas Rose Festival held in Tyler, TX
Title: "Tyler Rose Festival" superimposed over woman in rose garden / parade for 17th annual Texas Rose Festival / banners, men on horseback, marching bands and majorettes / floats / Joanne Miller, festival queen, atop float escorted by...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
NATO fleet maneuvers and NATO top officials at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Naintre-Rocquencourt, France
Title: "NATO News Focus on Wester Defenses in Europe" superimposed over NATO flags flying / fleet maneuvers in Mediterranean Sea / closer shot fleet maneuvers / MS General Alfred Gruenther, supreme allied commander in Europe, with other...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Lockheed WV-2 Navy airborne radar in flight
Title: " Plane with 'High Eye-Q'" superimposed over Lockheed WV-2 "Super Constellation", U.S. Navy radar plane taxiing / MS plane leaving hangar / CU plane taxiing toward camera / Follow shot of plane taking off / Aerial plane in flight...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Navy robot plane takes off from aircraft carrier
Title card: "Aviation - New Headlines for Air Age" / CU New York World-Telegram newspaper headlines about robot planes / man jumping off wing of plane on deck / plane taking off, Navy servicemen on deck watching, ship on ocean in bg /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS Saratoga launched in Brooklyn
Title superimposed on the flag-draped ship, "Saratoga - Super-Carrier Christened" / An aerial view of a crowd, a tent, and the USS Saratoga / A ground-level view of the attendees and the looming vessel beyond; pan the scene / The crowd...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Bombers take off and land on USS Boxer during the Korean War
WS aircraft carrier on seas, ship moving in bg / USS Boxer / pan deck of carrier, hook in fg / planes on deck, wings folded, plane rising on elevator on side / crew pushing plane / loading ammunition belt into plane / loading bombs /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
40th Infantry comes home
Title: "San Francisco - The Famed 40th Comes Home" / veterans from United States Army 40th Infantry Division arrive home on troop transport ships from Korea / ships full of soldiers / soldiers on deck leaning over to wave / people waving...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Secy of Defense Wilson visits Tokyo and Seoul, part of his three-week tour of five countries in the Far East
Title: "Secy's Wilson on Mission to Far East" superimposed over U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson shaking hands with officers / Tokyo, Japan: MS Honor guard holding flags of UN and US at Far East Headquarters in Tokyo / MS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Military parades on Armed Forces Day in US and Germany
Card: "Paramount News issue no 79" / title "Armed Forces salute, Power for peace" superimposed over US Army soldiers marching in formation down street in New York City / title "Armed Forces salute, Power for Peace" superimposed over MPOV...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Test flight in San Diego of US Navy vertical take-off plane
Card: "Paramount News issue no 25" / title "Vertical take-off, level flight, 'Pogo Plane' makes history" superimposed over shot of propellers on nose of plane spinning / pilot Skeets Coleman climbing up ladder leaning against plane /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Shooting at the US House of Representatives
Title: "Special - Snipers Fire on Congressmen" / WS United States Capitol dome / crowds of onlookers and police watch as ambulances and United States Navy medics arrive at House of Representatives / victims of shooting inside the House...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Three successive hurricanes flood the Mexican port of Tampico, leaving it 75% under water as US Navy rushes relief
Title: "Floods -- Tampico, Mexico 75 Per Cent Under Water" superimposed over people in boat on flooded street / aerials Tampico floods / partially submerged ship alongside pier / aerial city with people in boats on streets / VS people...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Queen Elizabeth in Australia
Title: "Queen Elizabeth Unveils US Memorial in Australia" superimposed over the Queen and her husband Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh / Elizabeth and local official walking toward viewing area over Three Sisters rock formation / Philip,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
USS Burton Island Icebreaker
Title: "First Pictures - US Icebreakers Make Historic Arctic Journey" superimposed over arctic waters / USS Burton Island at sea making way toward Northwest Passage / sailor with sextant / view from deck water moving from side to side /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Navy aircraft carrier "Belleau Wood" is turned over to French Navy at Toulon, France, for service in Indochina War
Card: "Paramount News issue no 65" / title "Toulon, France - US-lent carrier off to Indo-China" / WS ships in harbor at Toulon / "Belleau Wood," rechristened "Bois Belleau," anchored at dock / shot on carrier from below of radar tower on...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Sixth USS Saratoga at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Title card: "Most Powerful Warship - 60,000 Ton 'Saratoga' Enters Fitting Dock" / WS aircraft carrier USS Saratoga in Brooklyn Navy Yard / tugboats assisting Saratoga to berth / man watches standing next to America flag / various views...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
San Francisco hero's welcome parade for Gen. James Van Fleet, retiring UN commander; press conference
Title "Gen. Van Fleet - Hero's Welcome in San Francisco" superimposed over docked USS President Jackson / Gen. James Van Fleet and wife Helen walking down gangplank from ship / Van Fleets greeted by Lt. Gen. Joseph Swing; they shake...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : US Navy assault ship USS Kearsarge arrives in Helsinki
The US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge arrives in Hernesaari in Helsinki, ahead of military exercises in the Baltic Sea with the Finnish navy (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
In harbor at Kiel, Germany, Soviet Union returns military ships it received during World War II from US Lend-Lease program
Title "Kiel, Germany - Soviet returns Lend-Lease ships" superimposed over row of returned warships lined up at dock / ships sailing in harbor, ship being returned sailing in background / closer shot of ship being returned sailing along /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
World first atomic powered submarine begins trial run from Groton, CT
Title: "Historic Hour - First Atom Sub On Trial Run" superimposed over the U.S.S. Nautilus, atomic-powered submarine, at sea / LS the Nautilus at pier, U.S. flag flying in foreground / CU name: "Nautilus" / MS Nautilus with U.S. flag...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Armed Forces Day in Washington, New York, and Berlin
Title card: "The Nation Salutes" / hundreds of uniformed, helmeted men, both white and Black, march forward in formation / intertitle: "Armed Forces Day" / VS more soldiers in Washington DC with the US Capitol dome in the distance /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1951 Fourth of July celebrations in Washington DC, Philadelphia, London, Paris, and New Orleans
Title: "1776-1951 America's Message of Independence" superimposed over "Spirit of 76" painting / reenacted Spirit of 76 drummers and fife player marching in parade past reviewing stand in Philadelphia, PA / high angle parade / soldiers...