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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt opens the Mark Twain Bridge in Hannibal, MO
Title card: "Mark Twain Bridge opened by President" / A riverboat cruises up the Mississippi River and three men cross an empty bridge / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, seated in his open limousine, cuts the ribbon / VS his motorcade crosses...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Sternwheeler pushes barges in upper Mississippi River, proving navigability
VS sternwheeler (paddle boat) pushes barges along upper Mississippi River, steam issuing from smokestacks / MWS barge floats past / MLS angle view of crowd gathered on pier / LS high angle view of sternwheeler and barges alongside pier /...
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Small motorboats take part in the rescue efforts of stranded French Liner Champollion offshore from Beirut, Lebanon
Title "Spot News Drama - Rescue From Storm-Stricken French Liner" superimposed over French liner Champollion, lying off shore / MS Champollion being bettered by waves / WS crowd on shore / MS Champollion, rough water in foreground / VS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Bourne Bridge opening ceremony at Cape Cod Canal, 1935
Title card: "Cape Cod Hails New Bridge!" WS Bourne Bridge over Cape Cod Canal / CU concrete pilings and bridge / MA Lt. Governor Joe Hurley, MA Governor James Michael Curley and RI Governor Theodore Greene walk up street, man walks...
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MS Shot of Old steamboat in harbour / Oslo, Norway
MS Shot of Old steamboat in harbour / Oslo, Norway
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MS Shot of steamboat on river Elbe / Dresden, Saxony, Germany
MS Shot of steamboat on river Elbe / Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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Sternwheeler steamboats race on Ohio River from Cincinnati
Title card: 'Steamboats Race On Ohio River - Cincinnati, O, Sternwheelers Tom Greene and Betsy Ann renew rivalry in 22 mile packet classic' / CU three steamboat whistles blowing / two steamboats racing side by side on river at Cincinnati...
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President Hoover rides the US Greenbrier paddle-wheeler in Cincinnati
Pres. Herbert Hoover and wife Lou stand on upper deck of US Greenbrier (name on signs behind) / the paddlewheeler steams on river with Hoovers waving / turning wheel of ship and smoke stacks / people disembark to large crowd of people /...
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Paddlewheel riverboats at Pittsburgh in the 1920s
Pan across paddlewheel riverboats lined up at shore of river / pan across riverboats at shore, people in foreground / pan across riverboats and large crowd on shore / shot of riverboat 'Greater Pittsburgh' at shore / two shots of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Lewis Yancey pilots autogiro to Havana
Title card: "Pathe News Flies With Yancey on First Autogiro Hop Over Sea"; fade to title card: "Editor's Note - These exclusive pictures were taken on the historic Miami-Havana flight made by Captain Yancey and were filmed from the...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Coast Guard destroyer towed into New London, CT, after collision with freighter in fog
Title card: "Destroyer, Almost Cut In Two by Liner, Safe In Port After Crash - Coast Guard flagship towed into New London stern first as seas wash through gaping hole in side" / Coast Guard cutter Acushnet AT-63 tows Coast Guard...
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Ice Quay Time Lapse
HD Time Lapse of boats at dock. Houseboats, sailboats, reflection on the ice
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MS Steamboat paddle churning waters / New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
MS Steamboat paddle churning waters / New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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CU Steamboat paddle churning waters / New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
CU Steamboat paddle churning waters / New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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CU Steamboat paddle churning waters / New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
CU Steamboat paddle churning waters / New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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MS Two steam passing through river / New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
MS Two steam passing through river / New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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WS Steamboat paddle churning waters / New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
WS Steamboat paddle churning waters / New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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St. Nicholas arrives in Amsterdam by steamboat. He visits children whose fathers fight at the battlefront and gives them presents
St. Nicholas arrives in Amsterdam by steamboat. He visits children whose fathers fight at the battlefront and gives them presents