Sherman Grinberg Film Library
DeSotos and Studebakers brake and skid during crash tests in NY, NJ, and IN
Title card: "Autos Skid and Crash! Pete de Paolo does spectacular spins to show danger of skidding" / 1931 DeSoto convertible speeds around track, kicking up dust / Studebaker jumps and bumps over rocky and uneven terrain / head-on...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
American aviators and their flying families
Title card: "Flying Flashes - Ruth Nichols, girl speed flier, goes up in plane rebuilt for mystery hop" / SOT adult Ruth Nichols sitting on wing of plane Lifesaver discussing gas experiment / side of plane has list of her accomplishments...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Mayor James Curley attends breakthrough of the last inch of East Boston traffic tunnel
Title card: "Mayor Curley lauds work on $16,000,000 traffic tunnel - Police Commissioner Thomas F. Sullivan conducts Hub Executive and party from East Boston to Boston under Harbor" / A group of men walks from the dusty tunnel opening /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
A look at the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization
WS various country flags (unfurled, difficult to distinguish) / exterior Windsor Hotel / delegates sign in / door sign Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization committee room / Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer opens...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Wissahickon Memorial Bridge dedication in Philadelphia
Title card: "Philadelphia Dedicates New Memorial Bridge - Mayor Moore and notables at ceremony opening structure across Wissahickon" / crowd and police surrounds unveiling bridge plaque / CU of plaque "Wissahickon Memorial Bridge" /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
How technology could improve American life
Title card: "What Does Technocracy Offer You?" / dissolve to title card: "Editor's Note: Wayne W. Parrish whose writings on the subject have aroused comment, presents his interpretation of technocracy." / MCU Wayne W. Parrish, aviation...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Fuses explode during tests using man-made lightning
CU fuse cut out explodes from electric charge / MS transformer on wooden pole, loud explosion sound / CU same, lighting quick flash / CU fuse cut out explodes, smoke / MS man holds up exploded fuse cutout and casing / CU fuse cut out...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Albert Einstein arrives in California
Title card: "News Flash! Dr. Albert Einstein and his wife in California on annual visit" / ship in harbor / physicist Albert Einstein with a shorter man on deck of ship smiling / Einstein, wearing a black hat, disembarks with violin...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Steamship approaches land from New York Harbor
Title card: "LET'S GO, AMERICA! World's biggest streamer towed over New York skyline by blimp" / WS steamship in New York Harbor / CU bow of ship cutting through water / AERIAL view of ship, steam billowing / MS low angle shot of side of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Mechanical gorilla moves and roars and bares its sharp pointed teeth
Title card: "TARZAN'S RIVAL! Prehistoric gorilla almost comes to life in New York" / MS mechanical gorilla moves arms and head, emits growl / CU head moves from side to side, mouth opens and closes, eyes move / CU chest rises and falls...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Opening of Colorado River Aqueduct in California as pumping station at Parker Dam on Colorado River begins pumping water
Water pouring down spillway of Parker Dam / VS water flowing from tunnel above dam diverting water to aqueduct / shot of exterior of hydroelectric power plant / shot from moving platform inside pumping plant of pump motors / VS water...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Jimmie Mattern test flies rebuilt "Century of Progress" plane before round-the-world competition
Title card: "News Flashes!" / WS small airplane Century of Progress parks on tarmac / SOT pilot Jimmie Mattern points out and explains hydraulic feature on propeller which allows takeoffs with heavy loads / WS the plane takes off and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Dynamite used to blow limestone cliff off of mountainside
MLS high angle view of men drilling hole in ground, extracting core samples / MS man drops dynamite into hole / MCU man connects wires attached to underground dynamite / MS man initiates detonator / LS side of mountain explodes as...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
World's largest steam shovel digging up dirt at lignite mine near Malakoff, TX
Title card: "Malakoff, Texas - Takes eight tons at a bite! World's largest electric shovel, constructed for mining lignite, weighs 420 tons and requires 500 horsepower"/ two shots of steam shovel rotating / steam shovel scooping up earth...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Exchequer Dam opens in California
Title card: "Exchequer, Cal. - Dedicate Exchequer Dam! Huge reservoir, that will irrigate 190,000 acres, required two years to construct and cost over 16 million dollars" / Pan of the structure with construction materials and aerial...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Plane flown by aviator Roscoe Turner landing at Floyd Bennett Field in NY after record-breaking flight from Detroit
Plane flying low over airfield / Roscoe Turner's Wedell-Williams Model 44 plane landing / Turner getting out of cockpit as he hands tiny suitcase to Bennett Field Manager Sam Levy, who is standing next to plane, and SOT banters with him;...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Experimental plane "Flying Wing" flying over Washington, DC
VS experimental plane "Flying Wing" taxiing and taking off from airstrip / Flying Wing flies past / Flying Wing approaches, moving as if to land, but then banks and veers back into the air / POV from camera plane (struts visible) of...
Sky News
Coronavirus Vaccine - Scientists Work in Lab
CLEAN: Interior shots scientist working on coronavirus vaccine in laboratory in Oxford on 23 April 2020 in Oxford, United Kingdom.
Sky News
UK: Rolls-Royce site in Derby.
CLEAN: Aerial views of Rolls-Royce site on Moor Lane on 21st May 2020 Derby, United Kingdom.
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UK: Rolls-Royce site in Derby.
CLEAN: Aerial views of Rolls-Royce site on Moor Lane on 21st May 2020 Derby, United Kingdom.
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UK: Rolls-Royce site in Derby.
CLEAN: Aerial views of Rolls-Royce site on Moor Lane on 21st May 2020 Derby, United Kingdom.
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UK: Rolls-Royce site in Derby.
CLEAN: Aerial views of Rolls-Royce site on Moor Lane on 21st May 2020 Derby, United Kingdom.
Sky News
UK: Rolls-Royce site in Derby.
CLEAN: Aerial views of Rolls-Royce site on Moor Lane on 21st May 2020 Derby, United Kingdom.
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UK: Rolls-Royce site in Derby.
CLEAN: Exterior shots of Rolls-Royce site on Moor Lane on 21st May 2020 Derby, United Kingdom.