Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's State of the Union speech features a birthday greeting for 73-year-old House Speaker Sam Rayburn
Title: "State of the Union - 84th Congress Hears President" superimposed over US Pres. Dwight Eisenhower addressing a joint session of Congress / EXT US Capitol / INT rear shot Eisenhower escorted down aisle of Congress / Front view of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Actor John Wayne speaking in Hollywood urging people to buy US Defense Bonds
Title card: "Treasury Department - US Savings Bonds Division presents John Wayne" / actor John Wayne leaving sound stage and stopping in front of door to his dressing room where he starts to speak to camera / Wayne speaking / President...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower vows to end segregation in the federal government and military during his 1953 State of the Union address
VS President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers State of The Union address from podium in the well of the US House of Representatives chamber; behind him sit Vice President Richard Nixon and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA);...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's return to Washington feted by a Congressional delegation and marching band
Title card: "Roosevelt's Advice to Congress!" / With the Capitol Dome in the bg a large military band marches, approaching camera / VS scores of Senators and Congressmen walking; Secretary of State Henry Thomas Rainey walking with a cane...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Adlai Stevenson accepts the Democratic presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, July 1952
MS crowd outside Adlai Stevenson's home "Blair House" at night / Stevenson in house doorways, microphones in front of house, crowd in fgd / crowd with light on them waves / CU Stevenson waving, microphones behind him / cameramen filming...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Repeal of Prohibition fails in the US House of Representatives
Title card: "Congress in Action! Here is dramatic scene when repeal revolution was broken" / VS the House of Representatives chamber with hundreds of men / VS the Speaker of the House greets another; and the session is gaveled, the men...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Bipartisan congressional leaders are briefed on Indochina prior to Eisenhower and Churchill meeting in Washington DC in June of 1954
Title card: "Churchill, Eisenhower--Big Two Meeting in Washington" / aerial Washington DC and Capitol / spinning globe / high angle British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Dwight Eisenhower walk up to each other on...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
83rd Congress adjourns and Pres. Eisenhower takes vacation in Colorado
Title: "Focus on Washington And The President" superimposed over the US Capitol: CU dome / VS CU Richard Nixon, US Vice President, signing bills / CU signing / MS pose L to R: Sen. William F. Knowland, R-CA and Senate Majority Leader;...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1952 Democratic National Convention floor, with delegates voting, candidates conceding and candidate announced
Title: "Convention Finale -- For the Democrats" superimposed over donkey shadow / "Stevenson" superimposed over high shot convention floor / delegates waving states and Stevenson signs superimposed over candidate Adlai Stevenson at...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Former Pres. Truman returns to Washington DC to attend dinner honoring Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House
Title Card: "Mr. Truman Returns to Washington" / Back shot of former US Pres. Harry Truman's feet walking along sidewalk / Back shot Truman's back as he walks along sidewalk flanked by two men /MS Truman and men crossing street / CU...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
After his third inauguration, Franklin D. Roosevelt returns to White House
Crowd on east side of the US Capitol Building / three-car motorcade with Secret Service agents and motorcycles / soldiers wearing helmets in car with heavy gun / VS POV cars on street; Franklin Roosevelt, seated in car, tips top hat...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Will Rogers and US House Speaker John Nance Garner talk and laugh together
Title card: "Will Rogers Sets Congress Right On Wrong Questions - Noted humorist discusses vital subjects with Speaker Garner on visit to Washington" / VA Humorist Will Rogers (on right) and Speaker of the US House of Representatives...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
1932 presidential candidates Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Title card: "Candidates Key Up the Public for Big Election Campaign - President and Mrs. Hoover receive Mrs. Edith Kermit Roosevelt and committee at White House garden party" / WS group photo of President Herbert Hoover and First Lady...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Representative Henry Thomas Rainey and his wife Ella make New Years' resolutions for 1933 in Washington, DC
Title card: "Raineys tell their 1933 resolutions - Candidate for Speaker of House and his wife exchange pledges" / Henry Thomas Rainey and wife Ella standing next to one another in front of building for photo opportunity talking to one...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Dwight Eisenhower speaks on defending civil rights and fighting discrimination in 1953 State of the Union address
VS President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers State of The Union address from podium in the well of the US House of Representatives chamber; behind him sit Vice President Richard Nixon and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA);...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
French President Vincent Auriol speaks before Congress
Title "Pres. Auriol of France Before US Congress" superimposed over French President Vincent Auriol at podium, House Speaker Sam Rayburn seated behind / looking down on Congress in session, people seated in balcony / various shots MS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt attends funeral for Speaker of the House Jo Byrns of Tennessee
MLS low angle view of US Capitol dome with American flag flying at half staff / MLS flag-draped coffin carrying body of Rep. Joseph W. Byrns Sr. (D-TN), Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is carried down steps of Capitol / MLS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
British PM Clement Attlee concludes speech to US Congress and receives standing ovation
MLS well of the House of Representatives chamber as British Prime Minister Clement Attlee speaks with House Speaker Sam Rayburn before returning to podium with Rayburn and VP Alben Barkley looking on / VS high angle shots of the floor of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Opening ceremony for Wheeler Dam, the third huge project of the TVA
Title: "The Camera Reporter" superimposed over Pathe News cameraman using movie camera / High angle WS cars driving over dam / MS three cars driving toward camera on dam "Wheeler Dam" written on overhead structure / MS section of dam...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Dwight Eisenhower finishes his first State of the Union Address
Overhead shot of Pres. Dwight Eisenhower standing at podium on rostrum speaking, US Senators and Representatives sitting listening, two movie cameras in foreground during Eisenhower's first State of the Union Address in the House Chamber...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway appears before Congress
Title card: "Ridgway Reports to Congress" superimposed over General Matthew Ridgway in front of Congress / overhead of joint session of Congress with members filing in / Ridgway shaking hands with Vice President Alben Barkley and Speaker...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's State of the Union address over scenes of American life, industry
CU SOT Eisenhower speaking to Congress / speech continues over aerial city blocks / pedestrians crowd sidewalks and cross street, can see kiosk / WS birdseye view flat land, people, buildings / industrial structures, maybe shipbuilding /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's first State of the Union address
Title: "Eisenhower Spotlights… A New 'Year of Decision'" superimposed over the dome of the United States Senate / superimposed over people in map of United States "to advance the security, prosperity and well-being of the American...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands visits Washington, DC
Title card: "Washington Welcomes Queen Juliana" / portrait of Netherlands' Queen Juliana and husband Prince Bernhard / title card: "Queen Arrives with Husband Prince Bernhard" / KLM airplane "The Flying Dutchman" taxiing, with United...