Sherman Grinberg Film Library
U.S.A.F. Lt. Roland crosses the German-Czech border after being released by Czechoslovakia and reunites with his wife and daughter
Title: "Lieut. Roland, Released by Czech" superimposed over Border area / MS sign in various languages at border - saying "Crossing Point - Have Pass and All Documents Ready" / CU Czech soldier standing in front of sign / WS Czech...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Vice President Alben Barkley and wife Jane return to Washington, DC after a trip to Asia
Title: "From Vice-Pres. Barkley: Eyewitness Report on Korea" superimposed over Vice President Alben Barkley and wife Jane standing at microphone with large world map behind them / plane taxiing in snow / Barkleys deplaning in snow / CU...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Thousands of suffering Korean War refugees in field and in makeshift hospital
Title: "War's Misery! 200,000 Korean Refugees Await Conflict's End" superimposed over refugees on field / Pan refugees and tents on field, mountains in bkgd / MCU men, women, girl and boy refugees standing in group with belongings / MS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Soviet Foreign Minister rejects Western proposal of disarmament at the UN General Assembly meeting
Title: "Acheson Tells Russia: End Korea War to Prove Peace; Vishinsky Stalls" superimposed over UN flag flying / high angle Palais De Chaillot (UN bldg) in Paris / side view Palais De Chaillot, Eiffel Tower in bkgd / high angle inside...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Conference for world peace opens; event at Madison Square Garden; Englishman speaks opinion
Man at podium, maybe Jiri Hronek / audience / high angle WS event at Madison Square Garden / photographers aiming cameras at men in fg / CU British man, possibly philosopher William Olaf Stapledon, SOT saying many English people...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Soviet embassy in Washington after death of Joseph Stalin
The USSR Embassy in Washington with a flag waving from the roof / An elaborate overhang of the entrance doors and facade / CU the embassy's metal plaque with inscription in Russian and English / the Soviet flag at half mast atop building...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Atomic bomb drill in Times Square
Title: "Quiet Shrouds New York in A-Bomb Drill" superimposed over graphic of mushroom cloud expanding over New York skyline / air raid sirens going off / Times Square pigeons take flight / police and air raid wardens directing people...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Sen. Joseph McCarthy and US Army lawyer Welch exchange in hearing; Cohn, Adams in room
Title "McCarthy vs. Welch - Outbreak at Hearings" superimposed over hearing / pan people watching hearing / subcommittee members around table including Sen. Joseph McCarthy, US Army attorney Joseph N. Welch, and Army General Counsel John...
The Recount
Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine - A War Expert's Analysis
John Heilemann talks with international affairs and national security guru Tom Nichols, contributing writer at The Atlantic, longtime senior faculty member at the U.S. Naval War College, and author of eight books on foreign policy and...
The Recount
The Lockout Continues, but Here’s Why MLB’s Owners Have Already Won
Baseball fans are still holding their breath for the sport’s season to start on time. Since MLB owners locked out the players in early December, the work stoppage is now the second-longest in major league history. Spring training is on...
Bridgeman Arts
A is for Atom part 2 - 1952 Cold War-era cartoon about atomic energy
American animation about atomic energy - atom - nuclear. Dr Atom illustrates the way protons , neutrons and electrons function. Periodic table of elements - elements are represented by buildings - explanation of function of isotopes -...
Curated Video
How Mercenaries, Wagner Group Are Shaping Ukraine Invasion
Mercenaries and private security have been in the spotlight after a viral video showed Russian prisoners being recruited to join war efforts.
Bridgeman Arts
A is for Atom part 4 - 1952 Cold War-era cartoon about atomic energy
American animation about atomic energy - atom - nuclear. CU baseball - rotating globe - nuclear missile. Oak Ridge - site of construction of first atomic bomb. Nuclear reactor - atomic power plant - glowing electricity runs along pylons...
The Recount
Foreign Policy Back on Center Stage for U.S. Presidents
John Heilemann talks with Michael Beschloss, NBC News Presidential Historian, host of Fireside History with Michael Beschloss on Peacock/MSNBC, and author of ten books focusing on the presidency. Heilemann and Beschloss discuss the...
Curated Video
Pop Quiz: Why Do We Think Aliens Look Like That?
Pop Quiz on "In The Loop" asks where humans got the conception most have of aliens, from Hollywood to the world of astrobiology.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
At the Pentagon in Washington, DC, Gen. Omar Bradley speaks about the Cold War
SOT Gen. Omar Bradley, during a proposed speech at the Pentagon: 'convinced that a total war is not inevitable ... the enemy faces little prospect of changing. It will be the same evil face peering over the same iron curtain with the...
The Recount
How Biden Is Rallying NATO - A Military Expert Weighs In
John Heilemann talks with international affairs and national security guru Tom Nichols, contributing writer at The Atlantic, longtime senior faculty member at the U.S. Naval War College, and author of eight books on foreign policy and...
Bridgeman Arts
A is for Atom part 3 - 1952 Cold War-era cartoon about atomic energy
American animation about atomic energy - atom - nuclear. Dr Atom illustrates the way protons , neutrons and electrons function. Scientists working with complex machinery in laboratory - explanation of nuclear fission. Explosion to reveal...
Bloomberg
Henry Kissingers Lessons on U.S. Foreign Policy
Oct. 22 -- Walter Isaacson, president and chief executive officer at Aspen Institute, talks with Tom Keene about former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissingers approach to foreign policy. He speaks in todays This Matters Now on...
Bridgeman Arts
People riding subway (New York?), chatting, reading newspapers. Clip from 1960s Cold War educational film.
Peace Education program of the American friends Service Committee, "The Language of Faces", c.1960. Cold War film.
Bloomberg
China’s Xi Calls for Unity, Warns Against New Cold War
Jan.25 -- President Xi Jinping, speaking at the Davos Agenda event, urged the world to work in harmony to help the recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, saying that “confrontation will lead us to a dead end.” He also called for an end...
Bloomberg
How the Cold War Gave Us GPS
Oct.18 -- GPS is a network of satellites which allows you to open your phone and know where you are anywhere in the world. We take this service for granted. But it was created by the U.S. military during the Cold War and designed to...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Gen. Omar Bradley Pentagon speech about Cold War nuclear strategy
As he delivers a proposed speech at the Pentagon, SOT Gen. Omar Bradley discusses US role and strategy in Cold War era: 'air power and the atomic bomb are not enough. There are many military targets against which an atomic bomb would be...
Hearst Metrotone News
United States President Ronald Reagan proposes a four point peace during a speech at the United Nations in New York City.
United States President Ronald Reagan proposes a four point peace during a speech at the United Nations in New York City.