Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Funeral of King George VI
Funeral of King George VI / Big Ben in heavy fog / aerial of funeral procession / CU crown, scepter, orb, and flag on King's coffin / crowd watches procession / pallbearers carry coffin into St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle / low...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Funeral service for US Senator Robert A. Taft in Cincinnati, OH
Title card: "World News" / title: "Hometown pays tribute to Sen. Taft" superimposed over men carrying Sen. Robert Taft's coffin past camera / two shots on roof of building and other buildings in background, US flag on roof at half mast /...
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Eisenhower reviews marines and plays golf in Quantico, VA and communist workers build Panmunjom Peace Pagoda on eve of Korean War armistice
WS Rear shot of "Mighty Mite" jeep carrying President Dwight D Eisenhower and Gen. Thomas S. Gates driving past troops standing at attention / MS Eisenhower shaking hands with Gates and another officer / MS army officers getting out of...
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Pres. Eisenhower plays golf during the top secret meeting regarding plans in the event of a Korean War truce
MS Photographers taking pictures / WS people carrying golf bags walking down hill on golf course / MS President Dwight D. Eisenhower hitting golf ball / walking / same shot / MS Eisenhower walking out of clubhouse / VS Eisenhower walking...
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Soldiers collect and build toys for children; Women's Auxiliary Air Force wraps them for Christmas
MS soldier hammers sign up that says "Santa's Helpers" / CU soldiers' hands making wooden toys / MCU soldier putting wheels on tricycle / MCU soldier attaching pull string to wooden horse on wheels / MS soldier soldering doll stroller /...
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Thunderbird National Guard Unit from Oklahoma, members of Army's 45th Division, leave Korea for United States
"World News" superimposed over spinning globe / title "45th Division Leaves Korea for States" superimposed over marching soldiers / soldiers with duffel bags over shoulders walk toward dock / General Maxwell Taylor, Eighth Army...
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During First Indochina War, French military in Indochina (now Vietnam) return wounded Viet Minh POWs to Viet Minh
Title "French return wounded POW's to Viet Minh" superimposed over Red Cross ambulances driving over pontoon bridge across river, mountain in background / ambulances pulling into camp / ambulances parked next to tents / wounded POWs...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Chinese Communist and Russian delegates arrive in Geneva for 1954 Geneva Conference
Four shots of small crowd of officials standing on tarmac at airport waiting / photographers and cameramen standing on scaffold waiting / crowd waiting / plane carrying Chinese Communist delegates taxiing towards camera / delegates...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : US says first flight of Afghan interpreters fleeing Taliban arrives in country (2)
The United States' top diplomat in Afghanistan, Ross Wilson, says that the first flight carrying Afghans who worked as interpreters for American troops and diplomats has arrived in the United States, marking the start of an operation to...
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After end of Korean War, released anti-Communist North Korean prisoners being driven through demilitarized zone to South Korea
Two shots of UN Indian officer and Chinese Communist officers talking next to line of parked jeeps / UN Indian soldier standing next to line of parked jeeps / jeeps driving past camera / jeeps driving past guard booth with US and South...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
80th birthday celebration in London for British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Card: "Paramount News Issue No 32" / card: "Paramount News" / title "Churchill at 80 receives rare tribute from Britain" superimposed over Prime Minister Winston Churchill sitting in chair posing for photos / close shot of Churchill in...
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May Day celebrations in Moscow, Warsaw, Bucharest, Sofia, and Prague
Title: "Moscow - and Behind Iron Curtain - Red Propaganda on the March" superimposed over Soviet May Day parade in Moscow / WS Red Square with parade featuring troops marching in formation / MS crowd marching, waving, carrying pictures...
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Closing ceremony at 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki
Overhead shot of crowd in Olympic Stadium / field level shot of Olympic flame burning in cauldron, officials standing nearby / crowd applauding / Olympic flame slowly going out / athletes standing on field holding their countries' flags...
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High school students in Woodruff, WI, collect one million pennies to help doctor build hospital
Card: "Paramount News issue no 85" / title "A penny's worth of charity one million times!" superimposed over pennies pouring into pile of pennies / two shots of huge pile of pennies / pennies pouring into pile of pennies / woman carrying...
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Shortly after her coronation, British Queen Elizabeth II attends Derby horse race at Epsom Downs Racecourse, in Epsom, England
Title "Britain's Coronation Derby" superimposed over wide shot of Epsom Downs Racecourse / motorcade led by car carrying Elizabeth driving through parking lot towards racecourse / close shot of sign saying "Coronation Derby 1953" /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Prison riots in Illinois and Ohio
Title card: "Riot and Ruin - Aftermath of Tension behind Prison Bars" / The tall walls of the Southern Illinois Penitentiary (later knows as the Menard Correctional Center), with people in the street clustered around a door / Sign under...
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Oregon housewife Cleo Maletis is crowned as Mrs. America of 1956
Title: "Oregon Housewife Is New Mrs. America" superimposed over Mrs. America of 1956, Mrs. Cleo Maletis of Portland, OR / WS contestants showing sewing skills / CU Mrs. Texas (Mildred Campbell) sewing / CU Mrs. California (Martha Lizak),...
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1953 Torger Tokle Memorial Tournament highlights ski jumping at Bear Mountain, NY
Title superimposed on a Ski jumping hill, "Snow or No - Ski Season off to Flying Start" / The hill seen through glass windowpanes / Merrill Barber and Art Devlin smile as they stand waxing skis / long line of jumpers approach and pass as...
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Church built in one day in Santa Rosa, CA
Title card: "Work of Faith - Build Church in a Day" / large crowd gathered to build church / CU clock / building begins / carpenter and electrician work / crane sets roof upon building frame / painters paint exterior / crane holds...
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Cross-country bike race in snow
Title: "Spain Cross-Country Cycling??" superimposed over bicyclists riding in the snow / cyclists carry bikes up snowy stairs and then run downhill with bikes on shoulders / back on bikes riding pass crowd through large puddle / winner...
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Cleanup and aid following earthquakes that severely damaged the Ionian Islands off Greece
Title: "Latest Films--Greece's Quake Disaster" superimposed over rubble / ships off coast / high angle damaged bldgs, some still standing, others just piles of debris / buckled walkway / VS wrecked bldgs and bldg with wall missing / VS...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : EU sanctions: Russia-bound cargo ship intercepted in the Channel
A merchant ship carrying vehicles to St. Petersburg, suspected of belonging to a Russian company targeted by EU sanctions, has been diverted to Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Russian LNG tanker docks in France amid Ukraine war
A new Russian tanker flying the flag of the Bahamas and carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG), the 'Rudolf Samoylovich,' has docked at the Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG terminal in the port of Nantes-Saint Nazaire in western France (Footage by...
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British swimmer Ted May lost at sea in attempt to swim English Channel from Cap Gris Nez in France
Title "Distance swimming - Lost in the Channel" superimposed over two men rubbing the UK's Ted May with grease before he swims / two shots of man showing instrument to May / two shots of two men rubbing May with grease before swimming /...