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
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...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US troops discover bodies of dead prisoners in Nazi concentration camp liberated at end of World War II
Title card: 'Official US Army Signal Corps Motion Pictures' / Title: 'ETO Nazi Atrocities' superimposed over map of Western Europe / US soldiers looking at bodies of dead prisoners lying on ground in liberated concentration camp /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Mountainside is exploded with dynamite for cement production in Monolith, California
Title card: 'Monolith, Calif. - Terrific Explosion Crumbles Mountain Side, 190,000 Pounds of Dynamite Used to Move Rock in Production of Cement' / MS explosion and large chunk of mountainside falls with lots of dust and debris / shot...
Sky News
The cricket world pays tribute to Phillip Hughes
The cricket world pays tribute to Phillip Hughes
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Elderly Men Playing Cards for Money in Rural China
Elderly Men Playing Cards for Money in Rural China
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Prince Bernhard reviews Dutch airmen at Ypenburg, Netherlands
Title card in Dutch with cartoon of soldiers / Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands walks on airfield; military airplane stands in background / Prince conducts military review of Dutch airmen; planes stand behind the troops / montage...
Sky News
Prince Charles meeting Appleby Beavers
CLEAN: Exterior shots Prince Charles wlk along row greeting young Beavers, pan to smiling Brownies, scout holds flower and card, on 11 April in Appleby, United Kingdom
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US swimmer George Blagden wins long-distance swimming race in Toronto
Title card: '15-Mile Swim Champ, George Blagden, Memphis law student, winner of marathon at Toronto' / swimming contestants dive off dock into water of Lake Ontario and start racing / swimmers racing, crowd on embankment watching /...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Derby Stakes horse race at Epsom Downs, England, in 1938
Title card: 'The Derby, 400,000 Fans See English Classic' / two overhead shots of huge crowd at Epsom Downs Racecourse / ground level view of crowd / man buying ticket at gate / King George VI and wife Queen Elizabeth stepping out of car...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Balloonist Captain Stevens demonstrates high altitude camera at Wright Field, OH
Title card: 'Long Range Photo Ace Wins Award, Wright Field, O. - Capt. Stevens, given Mackay Trophy for 227-mile air picture, shows camera' / Albert Stevens, Captain in US Army Air Corps, kneeling next to camera picks it up to show it,...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
League of Nations session at Palais Wilson in 1935
QS title card: 'The League' / headquarters of the League of Nations, Palais Wilson, as seen from across Lake Geneva / POV from window of another building of Palais / INT session room with delegates and audience in attendance / delegates...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Aerial views of Blackpool, UK
Title card: 'Over the ships near the Lune and on to Blackpool' / rudder of airplane moves high above ground / VS ships / shadow of airplane / speeding locomotive / flyover of coastline and jetty with large buildings (believed to be...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Army football players practice by holding back plane and exercising on field in San Francisco; swimmer in icy bath in Philadelphia preparing for marathon
Title card: 'Soldiers Train For Grid Fray, San Francisco, Cal. - West Coast Army players use plane in novel practice' / biplane with engine revved up being held back by Army football players, dust swirling / title card: 'Plenty of kick'...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Railroad workers make 'music' while working on tracks
Title card: 'Hammers make railroad music - Vaughan's Gap, Tenn. - dusky track workers find way to make it seem play' / a group of African-American railroad workers approaches camera, walking on railroad track as train passes on another...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Memorial mass for Father Louis Hennepin, early explorer of the Niagara River
MS priests conduct outdoor mass for Father Louis Hennepin next to bunting-festooned building, large crowd under trees in foreground / aerial pan large crowd / Tilt down crowd, mass in bkgd / title card: 'The service is celebrated on Goat...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Elephants at Boston Zoo get a bath in 1929
Title card: 'Bathing Season Gets Big Start, Boston - Husky Beauties Insist on Hose and Sturdy Life Guards Heartily Agree' / MS man hoses down elephants at zoo, visitors watch behind iron fence / CU man hoses down elephants
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Black Sunday Dust Storm in Texas
Title card: 'Dust more dust' / VS long pan of arid, rutted fields with partially buried farm houses and barns / man exits cyclone shelter or root cellar / VS weakened cattle with a dog standing in open portion of wall; wind ruffles his...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
British airship designer Dennistoun Burney exhibits new automobile he has designed in London
Title card: 'Builds Automobile Shaped Like R-100, London, England - Sir Dennistoun Burney, airship designer, evolves new type streamline for cars' / two new automobiles designed by Burney driving down street in London traffic./ view from...