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The Macabre Origins of the Grim Reaper
There are fewer images of Death personified than the scythe-wielding skeletal form of the Grim Reaper. But where did it come from? You may have heard that this haunting figure emerged as a result of the Black Plague, but that’s only a...
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Sickle cell anaemia
There are about 4.4 million people in the world who have sickle-cell anaemia, while an additional 43 million are carriers. but did you know? Having the sickle cell allele actually protects you against malaria. This means you are more...
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FDA Advisers Reviewed a Sickle Cell Treatment
The Food and Drug Administration says there’s an unmet need for help for patients suffering from severe sickle cell anemia. A new drug that uses gene editing could solve that.
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MS Man extracting the sap of the poppy / Rajasthan, India
MS Man extracting the sap of the poppy / Rajasthan, India
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1954 year-end retrospective from Paramount News
Title card, "An Editorial - Paramount News presents a Year Ends, A New Year Begins" & "In 1954, the guns were silenced..." / A pan of an arid area and paddies / Maps of the World, Malaya, Indonesia, Burma, Kenya, Morocco & Tunisia,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Soviet embassy in Washington, DC throws lavish party for 35th anniversary of the Russian Revolution
Title: "Washington -- Curtain Lifted for Party at Red Embassy" over black then superimposed over cake with hammer and sickle on it / MS EXT Soviet Embassy / MS Soviet flag flying on embassy / CU embassy plaque / high angle servers put...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Scenes of prosperity in US, poverty elsewhere, Communism in Europe and Soviet Union, and growing conflict between US and Soviet Union
Title card: "Now - the story that affects the welfare and freedom of all the earth's people . . . The Story of the East-West split!" / title card: "What was behind this clash of ideals and the widening breach in the political structure...
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Marchers in a parade carry emblems and icons of communism, including a large banner of Joseph Stalin's face.
Marchers in a parade carry emblems and icons of communism, including a large banner of Joseph Stalin's face.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Andrei Gromyko arrives at New York upon the death of Stalin
Title superimposed on a hammer and sickle logo: "Now - Malenkov, report of events following Premier Stalin's death" / A vast crowd and procession in Moscow's Red Square; Lenin's tomb in the foreground / A sizable chandelier over a mass...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Bastille Day 1936
Title card: "France's Red Threat" superimposed over large crowd at Bastille Day celebration / French soldiers march in parade / overhead large crowd / singing, with raised fists, crowds moves pass store fronts / CU Maurice Thorez, French...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Soviet Union and West Germany agree to establish diplomatic relations during Moscow conference
Title "Adenauer Mission Ends - Bonn Debates Moscow Agreement" superimposed over officials at conference / pan facade of Spiridonovka Palace topped by hammer and sickle / pan conference table with General Secretary of Communist Party...
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,...
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US Military Builds School in Vietnam
Gate to school / children playing on playground / young Vietnamese children dressed in school uniforms / children standing in front of school building / two US soldiers laying bricks / soldiers working at construction site, laying bricks...
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Farmer cutting grass for use as animal fodder
Farmer cutting grass for use as animal fodder
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MS TS Farmer harvests rice in paddy field / Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
MS TS Farmer harvests rice in paddy field / Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
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CU TS Shot of Grandmother and Man farmers are harvesting onion / Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan
CU TS Shot of Grandmother and Man farmers are harvesting onion / Toyooka, Hyogo, Japan
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MS Shot of young batwa boy hand carves art out of wood / kigez, kabale, uganda
MS Shot of young batwa boy hand carves art out of wood / kigez, kabale, uganda
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Rice harvest close up
Rice harvest close up on a steep rice terrace in China, fixed camera, she is working very close to it.
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Pro-Russian protesters in Simferopol during Ukrainian crisis
Russian flags, men in fatigues, red flag with hammer and sickle, pov from auto as car passes with Russian flags, people standing on side of street holding Ukrainian flags, Crimea parliament building