Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks before outdoor audience while campaigning for the presidency
Title card: "Democrats Fire First Gun - Candidate Roosevelt criticizes Republican Administration and promises financial reform" / looking over audience heads at speaker's platform with Franklin D. Roosevelt / closer shot Roosevelt...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Lightfoot Solomon Michaux preaches in Washington, DC
Title card: "Dusky preacher makes things look black for devil - Elder Michaux, colored evangelist of Washington DC, conducts service to save bothers and sisters from Satan" / A group of African Americans with a stage decorated with a...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
UT high school band featured at International Association of Lions Clubs convention in Los Angeles
Title card: "Utah proud of band which made big hit at Lions' convention - Wasatch High School players of Heber City give you sample of their best at Los Angeles" / A marching band marches forward following the drum major with his baton;...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Representative Edith Nourse Rogers attends dedication of Fort Devens in Massachusetts
Title card: "Mrs. Rogers at dedication of Fort Devens - Congresswoman from Massachusetts aids in making it permanent post" / US Army officer standing in front of microphones on outdoor platform introducing Rogers, Rogers and other...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Close-up of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with American flag superimposed
MCU Franklin Delano Roosevelt with waving American flag superimposed / Note: exact month/day not known
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Armistice shrines in Compiegne, France, 1932
PAN lettering on tomb for Marshal Ferdinand Foch, supreme allied commander, World War I / CU railway car where armistice was signed / VS children kneel down at graves / VS woman and boy at Alsace-Lorraine Memorial / Note: exact month/day...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Battle of Midway aftermath
[Video unstable at times] World War II / Midway Island battle aftermath / wreckage / bombed ruin of hospital / priest dressing for mass in bombed-out chapel / soldiers at attention for funeral of battle casualties / flag-draped bodies /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Giuseppe Zangara, who attempted to assassinate Franklin D. Roosevelt
Title card: "Special - Roosevelt's Would-be Assassin!" / title card: "First pictures of Giuseppe Zangara who wounded six in attempt to slay President-Elect. Only quick action by police saved him from lynching." / tilt down tower and EXT...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
NRA supporters march in Pittsburgh
Title card: "Pittsburgh hails NRA in big parade" / Hundreds of white-clad people follow a National Recovery Administration banner; a large crowd watches from sidewalks / A float with two women holding reins / Men carrying a banner,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Midway Island at sunset
Seagulls flying over Midway Island / CU seagull on beach / adult and young seagulls / seagulls in flight / sunset / sailor playing accordion / other sailors listening / sailors watching sunset / American flag / thunder and heavy black...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Men in NY City being drafted for military duty in World War I
Title card: "New York City - America calls up its citizens for military duty, and everywhere Exemption Boards are busy examining draft men" / young men in line walking up to man sitting at desk and handing him piece of paper, man at desk...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Chimpanzees in uniforms do tricks for children and adults at the St. Louis Zoo
Title card: "They're in the Army Now!" MS four chimps wearing uniforms sit on chairs in cage, children and adults in bkgd outside of cage watch, trainer steps into picture / CU chimp picks nose / MS chimps walk holding onto each other,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
American Legionnaires parade in Chicago during their 1933 convention
Title card: "The American Legionnaires on parade in Chicago" / A cavalry in the parade with thousands watching from sidewalks and an aerial view of the procession / Soldiers with rifles proceeding past / A marching band with the drum...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
The White House and Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt
EWS beauty shot the White House, with bare trees and some evergreens in fg / [shaky from this point on] VS White House grounds / special effect shot US flag flutters, superimposed on CU of Pres. Franklin Roosevelt / Note: exact day not...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Ski jumpers take off, land, fall, and slide on the snow in Winsted, Connecticut
VS ski jumpers jumping, landing, falling, as crowd looks on / SLO-MO rear view of ski jumper going airborne and descending / MLS jumper touches down, skis for a moment, falls and slides for a while / VS ski jumpers jumping from various...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
New Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC, in which Court is in session for first time
Title card: "News flashes!" / two shots of exterior US Supreme Court Building, US flag flying in front of building / two men opening large doors at entrance of building / shot of Great Hall inside building, lit chandeliers hanging from...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
House Speaker Henry Rainey calls the US House of Representatives to order
Speaker of the House Henry Rainey calling United States House of Representatives to order / interiors of the House chamber / United States Capitol / United States flag superimposed over face of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt reviews West Point cadets with Maj. Gen. William Connor
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt and West Point superintendent Major General William Connor stand in open car / WS cadets in dress uniforms marching in review on field / LS looking down rows of cadets at attention / cadets marching in bg,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit Washington, DC
Title card: "Welcome - America greets Britain's Rulers" / In elaborate British Navy uniform, George VI detrains at Union Station, followed by Queen Elizabeth; dignitaries greet them / George is introduced by Secretary of State Cordell...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's Maine vacation, 1936
Title card: "News Flashes" / President Franklin Roosevelt on vacation / CU Roosevelt smiling / Roosevelt's car driving through town to harbor / LS seagulls on a roof / sailboat "Sewanna" raising American flag / Roosevelt at the helm /...
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
Celebration of US Navy Day in 1936
Title card: "Navy Day 1936" superimposed over warships and helicopters / CU Navy enlistment poster / Line of US warships and planes / CU warship / VS plane taking off from aircraft carrier / WS warships with planes flying over / MS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Strike sympathizers attack a General Motors plant in Flint, MI, during auto workers' strike
VS people sympathetic to striking auto workers run alongside Chevrolet Parts Plant No. 9, smashing windows in an attempt to get at strikebreakers working within / tear gas wafts in their midst / strike sympathizer grabs a tear gas...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US aviator Dick Merrill lands in New York after round trip flight to England
Title "Aviation conquers Atlantic" superimposed over close shot of spinning propeller / plane taxiing after landing at Floyd Bennett Field small crowd waiting on tarmac / two shots of Merrill on left and co-pilot Jack Lambie standing on...