Baseball Heroes At War Bonds Event

Official War Bonds Jubilee at the polo grounds / Crowds seated looking down on baseball field where players are beginning to walk out / More crowd shots of the baseball fans / Image of the war bonds used as tickets to enter the stadium that day for official tickets / Shot of 12 of the returning baseball players and special figures who had returned for the day posing together in a team picture position / Shot of 81 year old Connie Mack, former manager of the Philadelphia Athletics / shot of Eddie Collins, second baseman for the Philadelphia A's in uniform / shot of Johannes Peter 'Honus' Wagner, shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates in uniform / shot of Frankie Frisch New York's 'Fordham Flash' or 'The Old Flash' and switch hitter for the NY Giants in uniform / shot of Roger Duke of Parade on baseball diamond at NYC Polo Grounds / various angles of the crowds in the stands / war bonds superimposed over crowds / retired baseball players pose for a picture / Connie Mack kneels to watch the game / Eddie Collins in his Philadelphia Athletics uniform / Hans Wagner in his Pittsburgh Pirates uniform / Frankie Frish in his New York Giants uniform / Rodger Bresnahan wearing catcher's uniform and putting on hat / Irving Berlin talking on the field with Jimmy Walker, former mayor of New York / various angles of crowd of servicemen and civilians around former Detroit Tiger first baseman Hank Greenberg in military uniform / Greenberg shaking hands with Barney Ross / Carl Hubbel in New York Giants uniform signing autographs / clip also includes Irving Berlin, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, Tris Speaker, Duffy Lewis, Bill Klem, Red Murray and George Sisler.
Official War Bonds Jubilee at the polo grounds / Crowds seated looking down on baseball field where players are beginning to walk out / More crowd shots of the baseball fans / Image of the war bonds used as tickets to enter the stadium that day for official tickets / Shot of 12 of the returning baseball players and special figures who had returned for the day posing together in a team picture position / Shot of 81 year old Connie Mack, former manager of the Philadelphia Athletics / shot of Eddie Collins, second baseman for the Philadelphia A's in uniform / shot of Johannes Peter 'Honus' Wagner, shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates in uniform / shot of Frankie Frisch New York's 'Fordham Flash' or 'The Old Flash' and switch hitter for the NY Giants in uniform / shot of Roger Duke of Parade on baseball diamond at NYC Polo Grounds / various angles of the crowds in the stands / war bonds superimposed over crowds / retired baseball players pose for a picture / Connie Mack kneels to watch the game / Eddie Collins in his Philadelphia Athletics uniform / Hans Wagner in his Pittsburgh Pirates uniform / Frankie Frish in his New York Giants uniform / Rodger Bresnahan wearing catcher's uniform and putting on hat / Irving Berlin talking on the field with Jimmy Walker, former mayor of New York / various angles of crowd of servicemen and civilians around former Detroit Tiger first baseman Hank Greenberg in military uniform / Greenberg shaking hands with Barney Ross / Carl Hubbel in New York Giants uniform signing autographs / clip also includes Irving Berlin, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson, Tris Speaker, Duffy Lewis, Bill Klem, Red Murray and George Sisler.
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Editorial #:
502852809
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
26 August, 1943
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Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:55:18
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
16mm B/W Neg 486 29.97i
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Barcode:
b867-1943-001_p_sub2
Object name:
b867-1943-001_p_sub2