Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Air Force pilots demonstrate ejector seats while in flight
Title: 'Jet Pilots Shot to Safety' superimposed over pilot ejecting out of US Air Force plane / MS plane in flight; pilot ejects, moves in jet stream, loses hat, parachute deploys / another ejection, pilot and parachute speed away from...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Thomas Edison signs over factory where he made his first electric lamp to Henry Ford for the Ford Museum in Detroit
Title card: 'Ford Gets Home of Electric Lights - Mazdabrook, N.J. - Old Edison Factory Goes to New Museum in Detroit' / MS crowd mingles outside Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Glass House, small old factory where Thomas Edison made his first...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Marching band and athletes parading on field of arena in Italy probably during 1950's
Title 'La Settimana Incom' superimposed over rotating globe and side view of statue / title in Italian (roughly 'gymnastic games of Firenze') superimposed over marching band on arena field; title in Italian superimposed over band, banner...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Contest to determine handsomest lifeguard in Miami Beach
Title: 'Florida' superimposed over line of lifeguards walking on beach past table with female judges sitting at it, crowd of people standing in background watching / closer view of female judges / closer view of lifeguards walking in...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Edward VIII of England during his brief reign as king
Title: 'England' superimposed over British Coat of Arms / Coat of Arms / two shots of funeral procession of King George V / Garter King of Arms proclaims Prince of Wales King Edward VIII / members of College of Arms standing on balcony...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Poughkeepsie Regatta on the Hudson, 1929
Title card: 'Columbia wins from 8 crews, Poughkeepsie, NY - Big crowds watch shells in Intercollegiate Regatta' / POV shells far away on Hudson River with telephone pole and resistors in foreground as the race starts / high angle view of...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Explorer Richard E. Byrd, pilot Floyd Bennett, and the 'Josephine Ford' in 1926
Title card: 'In 1926 began a series of daring flights breaking new aerial trails and changing our concept of time and space' / Arctic explorer Richard E. Byrd, at left, stands with pilot Floyd Bennett / Byrd's Fokker airplane, the...
Getty Images
Annual Report Text
The 3D text of 'Annual Report' flies in, focuses, then zooms out. Part of a matching series. Good for business reports, both video based and powerpoint. Includes isolated on green version.
Getty Images
Cassius Clay Stripped of Boxing Title
Cassius Clay steps out of US Customs House in Houston to crowd of waiting press as he faces a possible 5-year prison term for efusal to take the oath of induction into the Army / circle of African American men holding signs protest...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Football Barcelona win Spanish title
CLEAN : Football Barcelona win Spanish title
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson with Gen. Mark Clark in Europe in 1945
QS title credits for War Dept Bureau of PR official motion picture release / US Undersecretary of War Robert Porter Patterson walks away from plane marked 'US Air Transport Command' with logo; Gen. Mark Clark hops down out of plane / VS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Hamilton plays play Winnipeg in Grey Cup Canadian Football Championship in Toronto in 1953
Title card: 'Football' on side of football, which spins / action shot from game / in parade in Toronto before game, car drives by camera with sign on top that says 'Toronto Board of Trade Presents You Grey Cup Parade' / majorettes go...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Cartoon on 1935 US policy of neutrality
Title card: 'Shall we be dragged in again?' / VS cartoon showing 'USA' over doorway with bunting decoration; three figures with drums, placard, and flute, labeled France, England, and 'Save Ethiopia' approach with (Mussolini) Italy...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Aerial view of Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth, UK
Title card: 'Over to Dartmouth - the Royal Naval College' / flyover of the Britannia Royal Naval Collage / Note: exact year not known
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Celebration in Vienna of anniversary of composer Franz Schubert's death
Title card: 'Honor Memory of Franz Schubert, Vienna - World gathers to pay tribute on 100th anniversary of his death' / pan across people marching in parade across square in Vienna, crowd watching / closer view of people marching, some...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Oil well fire in Santa Fe Springs, CA
Title card: 'Risk Lives In Oil Fire Fight - Santa Fe Springs, Cal - Flames sweep 9 derricks and cause $3,000,000 loss' / fire burning, oil derricks in background / men spray water on burning derrick with fire hose, other men watching /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Race car driver Ray Keech dies in crash during race in Altoona, PA
Title card: 'Extra - Death Ends Motor Race, Altoona, PA - America's speed king, Ray Keech, crashes' / four shots of race cars driving around track / title card: 'On famous board track driver Woodbury loses control and four cars pile up...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Steel manufacturing in Pennsylvania in 1929
Title card: 'Bigger Output Aids Prosperity - Johnstown, PA - Great steel mills work at top speed to fulfil demand' / VS workers silhouetted by giant crucibles shooting columns of flames as molten steel is poured / Note: exact day not known
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
French pilots taking off on transatlantic flight from Old Orchard Beach, ME
Title card: 'French Fliers Land In Spain, Old Orchard, ME - Lotti, Lefevre and Assolant start flight across the Atlantic' / three French pilots standing in front of plane 'Yellow Bird', from left to right Armand Lotti, Rene Lefevre and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Traders on the floor of the New York Produce Exchange, 1929
Title card: 'New Ring for Big Bull Market, New York - Securities Market Opens Giving Third Exchange for Busy Traders' / pedestrians on city street outside New York Produce Exchange / CU printing on window: 'New York Produce Exchange' /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Rama IX crowned King of Siam in 1950
Title card: 'Rare Films: Siam Crowns Young King' superimposed over Phumiphon Adunyadet - named Rama IX after crowning - riding atop a palanquin with umbrellas shading him from the sun / WS Buddhist temples behind a low wall / tilt-up...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Franklin Roosevelt and the US in 1936
Title: 'America' superimposed over US Pres. Franklin Roosevelt standing for photo opportunity on night of his reelection with group of people on porch of house at his Springwood estate at Hyde Park, NY / CU Roosevelt / two shots from...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Army recruits in Canada during Korean War
Title: 'Canada Enlists Special Brigade' superimposed over recruits standing at long table outdoors being interviewed by solders seated across table / group of recruits standing in front of building / line of recruits walking past camera...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Seeing eye dogs in New York City
Title card: 'Dogs see for blind masters - New York, trained canines guide the sightless through city's traffic perils' / men standing with dogs (sighted men in center) / as trainer Joseph Weber looks on, blind man 'performs' with black...