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1955 Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees
Title card superimposed on a baseball: "Sports - Six stars Join Baseball's Hall of Fame" / People stand outside the Hall building / A revolving baseball / Inductees Joe DiMaggio, Charles Hartnett, John Baker, Theodore Lyons, Raymond...
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Babe Ruth shows some of the techniques that made him a great baseball player.
Babe Ruth shows some of the techniques that made him a great baseball player.
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Babe Ruth at bat
ECU eyes and nose of Babe Ruth / CU hands on a bat / CU egg and feet in baseball cleats / CU Ruth / Note: exact month/day not known
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A look at the play of noted tennis player Bill Tilden
[GHOC Episode I-06] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "Tilden New Net Champ" with photo of tennis champ Bill Tilden in play on tennis court / [1920s] montage the "big four" on 1920s sports: New York Yankees...
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Baseball Hall of Famers Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb play each other in charity golf tournament on Long Island, NY in 1941
[Sportfolio episode 15] Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / card: "place commercial here" / Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb doing hand-over-hand motion with golf club like baseball bat to determine who tees off first; crowd looks on / Cobb...
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Baseball's Johnny Vander Meer pitches his second no-hitter; Babe Ruth attends the game in Brooklyn, New York
Countdown / Sportfolio intro sequence / card: "Insert commercial here" / WS night game at Ebbets Field, with the Brooklyn Dodgers hosting the Cincinnati Reds / Babe Ruth, now retired, sits in stands, signs autograph / Cincinnati pitcher...
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Giants beats Senators in first game of 1933 World Series
Title cards: "SPECIAL" and "Giants win World Series opener!" / Elevated view of the Polo Grounds decorated with bunting with a crowd of tens of thousands / New York Giants players are photographed at their dugout / Babe Ruth talks to man...
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Arnold Johnson buys Philadelphia Athletics from Mack family and moves them to Kansas City; Connie Mack retrospective
Title card: "Kansas City at the Bat" / title "Philadelphia To" superimposed over WS city / MS new Athletics owner Arnold Johnson with others including maybe KC mayor William Kemp holds up Kansas City Athletics t-shirts, microphones in...
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Baseball World Series and home run record
Roger Maris playing baseball / CU Babe Ruth talking to camera / Yankees play in World Series / Yankees win. Baseball World Series and home run record on October 04, 1961 in New York, New York (Footage by Getty Images)
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Yankee Roger Maris hits 61st home run to break Babe Ruth's record
/ fans in stands at Yankee Stadium / Roger Maris hitting 61st home run to break Babe Ruth's record / Maris running around bases, being congratulated at the end / Maris stepping out of dug out and waving to crowds. Yankee Roger Maris hits...
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B/W 1935 Babe Ruth practicing batting + running around bases
B/W 1935 Babe Ruth practicing batting + running around bases
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Big League baseball returns to Baltimore in 1954 after 52-year absence with the former St. Louis Browns now the Orioles
Title "Baltimore" superimposed over parade float / Oriole bird float / VS baseball players ride in convertibles down 33rd Street West, street lined with spectators / confetti from tall building / players toss Styrofoam baseballs to...
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Sports writers pick the greatest players as New York Yankees mark their 50th Anniversary
Lou Gehrig, dressed as cowboy, on horse / Babe Ruth hits homerun, rounds first base, rounds third and to home / 1927 banner going up pole / pan 1927 Yankee team / CU Bob Meusel, Tony Lazzeri, Herb Pennock / VS Lefty Gomes pitching / CU...
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Babe Ruth arrives in Japan
Title card: "Japan goes big for Babe, Tokyo - Fans turn out by thousands to welcome US baseball stars led by Ruth! Series with native champs 'biggest news' in Empire" / fans on dock waving flags as 'Empress of Japan' docks / Ruth and...
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Baseball action with the Pirates and Cubs in Chicago, Senators and Athletics in Washington, and Yankees and Red Sox in New York
Title card: "Baseball War Rages on Wide Front -- In Chicago, National League champion Cubs battle with Pittsburgh Pirates -- Mgrs. Hornsby and Ens exchange greetings" / high angle spectators in stadium seats / MS Pittsburgh Pirates...
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New York Yankees player Babe Ruth hits a home run during a baseball game. (voice-over: Terry O'Sullivan)
New York Yankees player Babe Ruth hits a home run during a baseball game. (voice-over: Terry O'Sullivan)
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Babe Ruth, now a Yankee, hits a home run in New York's Polo Stadium
Babe Ruth, now a Yankee, hits a home run in New York's Polo Stadium
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New York Yankee player Lou Gehrig retires as spectators cheer at Yankee Stadium.
New York Yankee player Lou Gehrig retires as spectators cheer at Yankee Stadium.
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Pregame festivities at 1934 All-Star Game in New York City
Title card: 'Casey At The Bat! New York -- American League stars beat Nationals, 9 to 7! Game thrills 50,000 people and brings $45,000 to retired baseball players' fund' / on field at the Polo Grounds, NY Giants manager Bill Terry on...
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New York Yankees player Babe Ruth strikes out during a baseball game.
New York Yankees player Babe Ruth strikes out during a baseball game.