Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Ceremony at Suresnes for American dead; US Generals Matthew Ridgway, George Marshall, Omar Bradley present
Title "In France - American War Dead Remembered" superimposed over cemetery with rows of crosses on graves, can hear Taps / crosses, most with small American flags beside them / Generals Matthew Ridgway and George Marshall arrive walking...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pilot Jacqueline Cochran becomes first woman to fly faster than sound in USAF jet from Edwards Air Force Base, CA
Title "Jackie Cochran, First woman to fly faster than sound" superimposed over aerial shot of jet flying low overhead /VS member of ground crew towing jet across tarmac with tractor / Cochran in flight suit walking towards camera next to...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Society of the Remagen Bridge created by Pres. Dwight Eisenhower, who meets with its members
Ten year anniversary of the World War II crossing of the bridge at Remagen / President Dwight Eisenhower meeting with active and former soldiers, all have been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross / each man was part of the bridge...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Ceremony on 9th Anniversary of V-E Day held in Paris soon after surrender of French military at Dien Bien Phu in Indochina (now Vietnam)
Title card: "Dien Bien Phu - democracy lauds gallant defense" / two shots of military veterans marching under Arc de Triomphe / people in crowd watching / officials approaching Arc / honor guard presenting swords / President Rene Coty...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Japan's Hirohito visits the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo for the first time since the end of World War II
Title: "Emperor Leads Homage to War Dead" superimposed over Empress Nagako and entourage procession / standing crowd waiting for arrival of emperor at the Yasukuni Shrine war memorial / VS crowd seated on ground waiting / LS Empress...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Queen Elizabeth in Australia
Title: "Queen Elizabeth Unveils US Memorial in Australia" superimposed over the Queen and her husband Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh / Elizabeth and local official walking toward viewing area over Three Sisters rock formation / Philip,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
World War II Austrian prisoners return home from prison in Russia to Vienna
Title "After 10 years . . . Austrians come home from Red captivity" superimposed over train carrying released prisoners pulling into station / train carrying released prisoners pulling into station, crowd waiting on platform / released...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Soviet soldiers march into British sector of Berlin to lay wreaths at War Memorial
Title "Berlin - British Sector Sees Red on Army Day" superimposed over marching Soviet soldiers / Soviet soldiers and communist delegates marching, Brandenburg Gate and buildings in bg / soldiers marching; pan down to their feet /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Melee in West Berlin between Communist youths from East Berlin and West Berlin policemen
Title "West Berlin, Reds battle police at army reunion" superimposed over Communist youths beginning to gather / pan across crowd of Communist youths moving forward to disrupt reunion of members of British tank division from World War...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
In harbor at Kiel, Germany, Soviet Union returns military ships it received during World War II from US Lend-Lease program
Title "Kiel, Germany - Soviet returns Lend-Lease ships" superimposed over row of returned warships lined up at dock / ships sailing in harbor, ship being returned sailing in background / closer shot of ship being returned sailing along /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Ridgway greeted by Eisenhower with Pleven and Gruenther; NATO leaders sign European Defense Pact; Berlin scenes from 1948
Title card: "Report From Berlin-Paris-Europe's Days of Firmness and Challenge" / arrival of Gen. Matthew Ridgway, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, followed by group, line of soldiers on side, people behind barricades on other side,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
People listen to draft numbers being announced in US peacetime draft lottery
CU and PAN Reporters typing, making lists of names / CU lists of names on machine / PAN sorting name list / CU sorting name list / MS man writes number 158 and 192 on blackboard / MS C.C.C. boys gather around radio to hear their numbers...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Young men gather around radios to listen to US military draft numbers
MS Group around radio, Seaman's Institute / MS group of people in country store (hear draft numbers) / PAN group of C.C.C. boys listen to radio / MS football players lay and crouch on football field listening to radio
Curated Video
Three hundred American paratroopers jumped over Groesbeek in the Netherlands on Thursday to mark 70 years since the largest airborne battle in history. (Sept. 18)
Three hundred American paratroopers jumped out of the sky over Groesbeek in the Netherlands on Thursday to mark 70 years since the Battle of Arnhem, the largest airborne battle in history.
Launched on 17 September 1944, operation...
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Usukan Bay World War II Japanese wrecks, Mayne Rock, Sabah, Malaysia
Usukan Bay World War II Japanese wrecks, Mayne Rock, Sabah, Malaysia
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ZO, AERIAL, German bunkers, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France
ZO, AERIAL, German bunkers, Pointe du Hoc, Normandy, France
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ZO, AERIAL, German Submarine pens, Lorient, Brittany, France
ZO, AERIAL, German Submarine pens, Lorient, Brittany, France
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WS Aerial view of Oradur-sur-Glane, Oradur, Aquitaine, France
WS Aerial view of Oradur-sur-Glane, Oradur, Aquitaine, France
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Honor Flight recipients gather for trip to Washington DC
Men on either side of poster reads 'Honor Flight Arizona', 'We waited 68 years for one final mission'
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Japanese board USS Missouri to surrender
/ Foreign Affairs minister for Japan, Mamoru Shigemitsu limps on board USS Missouri / followed on board by Chief of the Imperial Staff, General Yoshijiro Umezu / Japanese representatives gather on deck surrounded by military / Fleet...
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B/W August, 1944 soldiers standing on off-road vehicle holding US flag / Paris liberation / documentary
B/W August, 1944 soldiers standing on off-road vehicle holding US flag / Paris liberation / documentary