Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Scenes from Palestine as UN General Assembly votes to approve partition of Palestine between Jews and Arabs
Page in Paramount News synopsis book for 1947 that reads "Palestine partition approved!" / two wide shots of village in Palestine / Jewish workers walking along carrying building blocks / Jewish workers standing on ladder lifting blocks...
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Homes and cathedral are destroyed by sudden landslide in Nicolet, Quebec
Title: "Crater of Ruin - Freak Landslide Hits Old Quebec Town" superimposed over wrecked homes / PAN wreckage and wrecked homes / Top view wrecked homes and wreckage / MS two men on top of debris of wrecked homes / PAN from bridge to...
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President Dwight Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower arrive in Denver for vacation in Colorado
Title "The Eisenhowers - Vacation in Colorado" superimposed over Pres. Dwight Eisenhower walking across tarmac at Lowry Air Force Base with USAF officer / Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower coming down steps from airplane, small...
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Elizabeth II reviews 72,000 British veterans at Hyde Park
Title superimposed on Queen Elizabeth and Philip, Duke of Edinburgh standing in a convertible, "Summer Portrait of a Queen - Elizabeth reviews 72,000 vets" / A wide shot of thousands of veterans standing in formation / A elevated view of...
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Shriners convention parade; Temples from US, Canada, Mexico, Panama Canal
Title card: "Paramount News Issue No 92" / title "Shriners Shine - 10,000 Parade in Atlantic City" superimposed over parade / LS looking down Atlantic Avenue as parade moves along, crowds to sides / Shriners marching wearing fezzes /...
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Female conjoined twins separated in operation in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, return home to Molenend
Title "Separated . . . Holland's Siamese twins come home apart" superimposed over nurses holding separated twins Folkje and Tjitske de Vries / shot of exterior of hospital in Leeuwarden where operation separating them was performed / de...
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Mrs. America pageant won by Wanda Jennings of Missouri
Title: "Mrs. America - Missouri Shows the Way!" superimposed over map of United States / contestants in the Mrs. America pageant disembark a Greyhound bus / signs with contestants' names and state in front of bungalows / woman makes a...
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World War I airplanes are used to combat budworms responsible for the destruction of forests in New Brunswick
Title: "Woodland Blight - Aerial Daredevils in 'Battle of the Budworm'" superimposed over planes dusting forest / Aerial pan airfield in forest / MS men climbing into RCAP helicopter / CU pilot looking out / CU Angle shot of helicopter...
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Crusade for Freedom greets and honors German carrier pigeon "Leaping Lena" for flying anti-Communism message thru the Iron Curtain
Title: "Welcome For 'Leaping Lena' - The Anti-Red Pigeon" superimposed over homing pigeons being released and flying away / Back view photographers taking pictures of pigeon in cage under nose of plane at New York's Idlewild Airport...
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Spokane, WA civil defense drill
Title: "Nation Looks to - Health and Preparedness" superimposed over people walking / skyline, street scenes and traffic / flags and signs / preparations for civil defense drill to evacuate entire metropolitan area / women pushing pins...
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United Nations meets to discuss Vietnam
Title "Future of Asia… the Great Debate at Geneva" superimposed over United Nations General Assembly in Switzerland / exteriors United Nations Palace of Nations / backs of Asian soldiers / overhead General Assembly room / Soviet...
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During Korean War, personnel from Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic headquarters in Norfolk, VA, give blood at Red Cross blood center
Shot of exterior of Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic headquarters building / VS van with words on its side "American Red Cross bloodmobile, Tidewater Regional blood center, Norfolk, VA" / sign over entrance to building to building...
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United Nations and communist Red Cross teams leave encampment in Panmunjom, North Korea
UN Red Cross team members leaving carrying luggage and duffel bags walking down steps; truck passes in fg, MPs present; pan to line of jeeps as they get in them / North Korean and Chinese Red Cross team members leaving, shaking hands,...
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United Nations Red Cross team arrives; looks over papers probably on talks in Panmunjom, North Korea
Helicopters in field having delivered UN Red Cross team members, their bags on the ground, man walking up walkway / members standing by bags / members reading over papers, men with cigarettes in mouths / member from Denmark looking at...
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United Nations Command and communist Red Cross teams in Panmunjom, North Korea
Pan maybe UN Command Red Cross officers posing for picture / maybe communist Red Cross team posing for photographers / Note: exact day not known
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United Nations and communist Red Cross teams meet in Panmunjom, North Korea
Pan UN Red Cross team at conference table at truce building, others sit behind / North Korean and Chinese Red Cross team, man standing reading papers in hand / teams at table / Note: exact day not known
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Five Americans win Nobel Prizes in chemistry, medicine, physiology, and literature
Title: "Nobel Prizes Presented in Sweden -- Five Americans Honored" superimposed over Nobel prize ceremony / high angle Nobel Prize winners in tuxedos walk two by two down aisle at ceremony / low angle German Max Born, Nobel Prize winner...
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Seven-alarm fire in Philadelphia
Title card superimposed on the firemen spraying jets of water on a burning building, "7 Alarms - Big Philadelphia Fire Destroys Defense Stock" / Men spraying water on twisted wreckage of a collapsed building and men looking through...
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US Senator Robert S. Kerr makes statement about the importance of US agriculture
Title: "Senator Robert S Kerr, A Timely Statement" superimposed of Kerr at desk / Two shots SOT Kerr sitting at desk speaking to camera, talking about importance of agriculture to US economy and in keeping country prosperous in its fight...
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Annual Baby Parade in Wildwood, NJ
Title: "Wildwood-By-The-Sea 46th Annual Baby Parade" superimposed over parade float /aerials crowded boardwalk at Wildwood / parade with children on floats / Queen Oceania, Suzanne Kay Harris, being crowned by Mayor Ralph James / WS...
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Changes in US military command in DC; at NATO, French president awards Gen. Ridgway the Grand Cross of the French Legion of Honor
Title: "Change of U.S. Military High Command" superimposed over honor guard saluting at Bolling Field, Bolling Air Force Base / Intertitle: "Gen. Vandenberg Leads Exodus…" superimposed over Retired Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt...
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Ice Capades preview: Donna Atwood and Bobby Specht perform; comedy duo and skaters in "Little Sheba" big dog costume
Title "Dancing Skates - Cream of Ice Performers" superimposed over skaters on rink / Ice Capades performers on lit ice stage / skaters / performance in circle / performers / legs of women skating to camera / performers / audience...
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Estes Kefauver wins Minnesota primary
Title: "Politics - Kefauver's Victory in Minnesota" superimposed over Democratic Party symbol, a donkey / aerials of St. Paul / Senator Estes Kefauver sitting at desk with Adlai Stevenson / sign - "Voting Place" / people enter revolving...
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A look at some of the midterm election winners in the 1954 US elections
Title: "South Carolina" superimposed over high angle shot Democratic convention in SC, with banner "States Rights Democrats" hanging above stage / CU victorious Senate candidate Strom Thurmond speaking at microphones / side angle MS...