Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Activity in rail freight yards in Chicago and Lincoln Park, NJ, in 1939
Close view of freight train moving past camera / CU wheels of freight cars rolling by on tracks / close view of freight train rolling past camera / freight cars rolling by themselves along tracks in freight yard / man standing beside...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Replica of old Belgian village at 1933 Chicago World's Fair
People walking up and down avenue, buildings in background / people walking up and down street in replica of old Belgian town / people walking on streets in replica of town / tilt up replica of building with tower and cupola / two shots...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Middle Eastern town by water; oil tanker, pipelines, derrick in oil fields; maybe in 1940s
Docked oil tanker / oil derrick / worker writing down readings on pipe gauges, area surrounded by fence / CU gauge / worker taking gauge readings / sailboats by dock with sails furled, people and buildings in bg / street scene, maybe...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Farman Goliath airliner lands, bearing passengers, in France circa 1920
Farman Goliath airplane approaches on airfield, with tail marking 'F-FFHMY' / chalkboard displays arrivals of airplanes, including the Goliath / passengers hop out of plane, which is labeled with airline name 'Compagnie des Grands...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Freight train wreckage after crash near Clinton, MA, in 1932
Title card: "Wreck Turns Fast Freight Train into Flaming Torch - Blaze sweeps cars after crack express leaves track near Clinton, Mass." / pan train wreckage by tracks along maybe Wachusett Reservoir, dark smoke pours from wreck, men...
Sky News
Plane Wheels Touching Down On Runway
CLEAN: Exterior shot close-up of plane wheels landing on runway as Air Canada plane lands at Heathrow airport. on July 01, 2015 in London, England.
Sky News
Tradesmen pushing laden down cart through bazaar in India
CLEAN: Shows Exterior shots Sadaar Bazaar in Old Delhi tradesmen pushing wheeled cart through market crowds laden down with sacks of produce on November 10, 2015 in Delhi, India.
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At Idlewild Airport in NY City, new mechanical docking system for passenger airplanes that keeps passengers and luggage dry
Rain falling as passenger stands next to piece of luggage being carried on conveyor belt underneath parked plane at Idlewild Airport (later known as John F Kennedy International Airport), piece of luggage slides onto another conveyor...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Canadian government film "Wings of Youth" shows members of Royal Canadian Air Force undergoing training at start of WWII
Man turning propeller / close shot of pilot in cockpit / close shot of pilot's hand moving flight control stick / elevator and aileron on plane moving up and down / pilot in cockpit signaling / close shot of stop being removed from in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Young girl christens world's largest, fastest locomotive in Dallas
[Shaky footage] Title card: "Dallas, Texas - Christen world's largest, fastest, most powerful locomotive! Miss Harriet Earl, age five, launches 360,000 pound monster on its swift career" / Harriet, standing on front of locomotive, throws...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Benito Mussolini's Italy tests out new tanks in preparation for war on the European continent
LS Italian tanks proceed across field towards camera and trees in foreground / VS tanks plow thru muddy terrain / VS Italian military truck with tracks over wheels rides over and thru sluggish, muddy ground, towing artillery cannon / LS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Display of Chinese and North Korean weapons; testing on proving ground in Seoul, South Korea
Communist field weapon / closer shot, can see tag reading Howitzer type 92, jeeps in bg / CU rifles laid out and tagged / soldiers gathered behind watching others testing weapons on proving ground, Army vehicles in fg and bg; pan to...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
During Korean War, US Army Engineer Corps in action as US forces fight Communist forces in South Korea
Footage compiled by Department of Defense for Armed Forces Day 1952: truck and piece of machinery with wheels on side of road next to cliff / CU power drill drilling hole in cliff / wider shot of drill and machinery running drill /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Men moving Lake Champlain steamboat "Ticonderoga" by rail to museum in Shelburne, VT
Title "Steamboat blocks traffic - on highway!" superimposed over steamboat sitting on newly constructed rails / shot from behind cars stopped on road waiting for steamboat in distance to cross road / two shots of cars stopped on road as...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Egyptian and Israeli soldiers fight in frontier war for El Sabha in El Auja Demilitarized Zone; Amb. Eban and Hassan express viewpoints
Quick shot title card: "Paramount News Issue No 24" / title card: "The eyes and Ears of the World Paramount News" with stars and mountain logo / title card: "Israel-Egypt Crisis-Battle Fought at Frontier" / WS countryside, smoke rising...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
At Ft. Bragg, the US Army demonstrates helicopters' use in combat: transporting soldiers, equipment, wounded
Title "Army Aviation Spreads Wings" superimposed over plane flying over airfield / planes in flight / MS officers and others watching, some looking through binoculars / Army helicopter landing, soldiers carrying equipment running out of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Oakland-bound United Air Lines Flight 409 crashes in Wyoming
Title superimposed on the crash site, "Grim Aftermath... Airliner Crashes into Wyoming Peak" / A small airplane flies over the mountain / Pan up from snow drifts to wreckage of the airplane / Men preparing to climb to the site; they...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US soldiers at Korean battlefront struggle with muddy conditions
CU Tank driving by / CU treads of tanks moving in mud / MS group of soldiers stand talking, fire on ground, one soldier lights cigarette from fire / MS two soldiers cleaning tank gun barrel / CU soldier cleaning up tank gun barrel / CU...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Australian five-day bicycle race at Mudgee
Title superimposed on racing bikes, "In Australia - Bicycle Endurance Test" / A pack of bicyclists rolls on a country road with several vehicles following / A man running after a biker, handing him food; a man splashes another rider with...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Hurricane Hazel causes destruction in 1954
Title: "Hazel From the Carolinas to Canada - a graphic report on the destructive Hurricane" superimposed over house underwater / destruction done by Hurricane Hazel / heavy winds blowing trees and flood waters / 2 people walking into...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Last sluice gate is opened on Tignes Hydroelectric Dam that will flood the small village of Tignes and form a lake
Title card: "Tignes, France -- A Town That Progress Doomed" / Intertitle: "Alps Village Yields to Man-Made Floods" superimposed over lake and Alps / high angle small snow covered village of Tignes / CU sign "Tignes" Alps and bldg in bkgd...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Chinese Nationalist Navy and civilian refugees withdraw from the Tachen Islands
Title Card: "Paramount News - The Actual Camera Record Tachens Evacuation" / VS US fleet off Tachen Island, partial ship and gun on ship visible / Angle view gun and ships, shore in bg / CU sailor looks through binoculars / PAN view...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
GOP Presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower says Richard Nixon completely vindicated himself as they campaign together in Wheeling, W VA
Title: "Wheeling, W. VA." superimposed night shot over people waving at airport / CU people waving / Dwight Eisenhower, Republican Presidential candidate, and running mate Richard Nixon out of plane / CU Eisenhower and Nixon talking and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
CC7101 electric locomotive sets new record for fastest land speed at 271 km per hour
Title: "Speed World Record Set by French Locomotive" superimposed on POV train moving on tracks / two locomotives on tracks / CU front view CC 7107 locomotive / CU man in side cab of train looking at watch / MS signalman outside gives...