Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin are joined by Vicki Draves of Olympic diving fame for charity drive for muscular dystrophy
Title: "Martin and Lewis Clowning For Charity" superimposed over Dean Martin, comedian/singer, and Jerry Lewis, comedian, on diving board / MS Martin and Lewis wheeling two disabled children as Vicki Draves, Olympic diving champion,...
Hearst Metrotone News
Mahatma Gandhi laughs as he holds a baby girl.
Mahatma Gandhi laughs as he holds a baby girl.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Sophie Tucker's Golden Jubilee celebration in New York benefits charities which help theatrical performers
Title "Sophie Tucker Honored - 50 years in Show Business" superimposed on Tucker standing with theatre owner Harry Brandt with a sculpted bust of her between them / A large heart with a painting of Tucker in the middle, "Sophie Tucker,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Saints and Sinners Club inducts Babe Ruth
MS Babe Ruth dressed in robe, crown, wig, beard and face cage, takes swing with giant fake bat / Tony Sarg, president of Circus Saints and Sinners Club, and other members watch and laugh / Sarg picks wristwatch from glass of gin, gives...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Kingston, New York tercentenary celebration with shots of historic bldgs, move stars attending and premiere of movie Caribbean in 1952
Title: "Kingston, N.Y. -- Film Stars Join 300th Anniversary Celebration" superimposed over car driving with motorcycle police escorts under anniversary banner / car escorted by motorcycle police in front of camera approaches suspension...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
New York Yankees claim victory over Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1947 World Series
Title card: "Baseball" over EXT Yankee Stadium / MS Babe Ruth walks past camera up to microphone / stopping and coughing, waving his hat, Cardinal Francis Spellman stands behind him / CU Ruth, with bowed head, speaks into mic / High shot...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Comic boxing match in Hollywood between Jerry Lewis and heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano
Card: "Paramount News issue no 30" / title card: 'Battle of the Century,' Marciano vs Lewis" / announcer in boxing ring for national Muscular Dystrophy drive comic boxing match / audience watching, including children in wheelchairs / two...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower accepts the resignation of Oveta Culp Hobby as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
Title: "Mrs. Hobby Resigns - Lauded By President" superimposed over Oveta Culp Hobby, retiring U.S. secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, leaving White House / Pres. Dwight Eisenhower and Hobby walk into room and take seats at a...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
WASPs (Women Airforce Service Pilots) graduate in December 1944
VS Jacqueline Cochran, director of Women Pilots Army Air Forces at podium with microphones, other military officers on stage / VS women receive their diplomas and wings from Cochran and General Henry 'Hap' Arnold, commander general of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Babe Ruth becomes a member of the "Saints and Sinners Club" at New York's Gotham Hotel
MCU Babe Ruth in a crown, wig and robe being inducted into Circus Saints and Sinners Club of America at New York's Gotham Hotel / Tony Sarg, president of Saints and Sinners, puts beard on Ruth / laughter / batter cage with bird fitted...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1957 New Year's cars presented in New York
Title superimposed on a shiny new, revolving car, "Auto Motion - Big Show" / EXT the New York Coliseum / Auto executives turn six steering wheels / Mary Ann Mobley and another executive cut a ribbon, Mobley throws her head back and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Adlai Stevenson attends Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in New York
Title: "Adlai Stevenson - First Major Speech Since the Campaign" / A crowded ballroom with scores of round tables and a dais beyond / VS Sen. Lyndon Johnson (D-TX), Stevenson, Averell Harriman, and Johnson and Stevenson; Eleanor...
Hearst Metrotone News
Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev meet in the lobby of the United Nations in New York City, New York.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev meet in the lobby of the United Nations in New York City, New York.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Babe Ruth on vacation, circa 1940s
Babe Ruth, with camera, wife Claire, daughter Julia Ruth and her first husband Dick Flanders, on vacation in the snow / CU Babe and Claire / couples have snowball fight / the 2 couples walking through town, laughing, arm-in-arm / circa...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Lopes of Portugal arrives in London for state visit and is welcomed by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at pier
Title: "Britain Greets President of Portugal" superimposed over President's barge up the Thames River / CU President's barge nearing pier / CU Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, salutes as Queen Elizabeth II smiles from dock / General...
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Prince Charles Talking and Laughing With Local Entrepreneur
Prince Charles Talking and Laughing With Local Entrepreneur
Hearst Metrotone News
Actor Gary Cooper performs with a woman in a USO show.
Actor Gary Cooper performs with a woman in a USO show.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Princesses Margaret and Elizabeth at equator-crossing ceremony on board HMS Vanguard
Various shots of battleship HMS Vanguard / parade at start of equator-crossing ceremony / Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Rose walk across deck / shipÕs company watch to see man getting dunked as 'initiation'...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
George Washington Memorial Highway dedication; portrayal of Washington's farewell to officers
Title card: "Governors Dedicate George Washington Memorial Highway - Governor Ely of Massachusetts speaks at unveiling of Agawam tablet" / unveiling with American flag reveals bronze tablet imbedded in rock surrounded by crowd / closer...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Wheelchair magician at veterans' hospital
A hospital room filled with beds and men in wheelchairs / The men watch as another man in a wheelchair performs several magic tricks to the amusement of all / The man shows a scarf with an eagle with him dropping it to show a fishbowl...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
International Jugglers Convention in Elkhart, IN
Title superimposed on numerous jugglers showing their skills standing on bleachers / People juggling with juggling pins, tennis rackets, balls, and disks / A young man throwing six pins; others with disks shaped like film reels / An...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
John L. Lewis, President of United Mine Workers of America, at the American Federation of Labor convention in Atlantic City, NJ
Two shots of AFL president John L. Lewis standing at podium on stage with VP of United Mine Workers Philip Murray standing next to him, sound of audience chanting / close shot of man sitting in audience smiling and laughing / Note: exact...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
American Legionnaires parade and convention in New York City with parade and guest speaker Pres. Eisenhower
Title: "Legion 'Occupies' New York" / Pan down Manhattan skyscraper / CU American Legion program superimposed over Pan of bldgs / parade with veterans carrying American and other flags and marching toward camera / high angle train engine...
Sky News
Happy smiling children playing in front of camera
Happy smiling children playing in front of camera