Summary

LITTLEST EXPERT ON YESTERDAY'S CHAMPIONS

Source Archive Films by Getty Images
Title: LITTLEST EXPERT ON YESTERDAY'S CHAMPIONS
File Number: HC-33 35mm; 1 inch; Beta SP; NET-323 Beta SP (at 01:47:13:00); DigiBeta
Color: B W
Type: Documentary
Year: 01/01/1951
Description: B W 1910a EARLY 20TH CENTURY SPORTS FOOTAGE (1910s) 00:50:21:00 B W 1951 cu The boy narrator introduces self and subject 00:52:12:00 B W 1910 ws NY Giants play Chicago Cubs in 1910 ballplayers on the field and spectators in the stands 00:52:19:00 B W 1951 ms Man and woman in field seats Man holds umbella Woman in fashion of the times - wide flower hat Men seated wearing derbys and straw hats 00:52:23:00 B W 1951 ms Scoreboard below spectator filled stands show, Matthewson pitching and Brown of Chicago Advertising billboards in ballpark 00:52:31:00 B W 1951 cu Three finger Brown warms up 00:52:37:00 B W 1951 ms Christy Matthewson warms up on the mound Train passes on elevated line in distance Polo Grounds Coogan's Bluff Ballfield billboards 00:52:42:00 B W 1951 cu Matthewson Chicago manager Frank Chances and John McGraw, manager of the Giants 00:52:58:00 B W 1910 ws Field level view of a 1910 college football game Players in a block and tackle pil up spectators in stands Grandstand hunt ballplayer carried off field 00:53:13:00 B W 1951 ms A running play Spectators Stands 00:53:19:00 B W 1910 ms Running play Grandstand in BG Football uniform of 1910 - helmets and padded vests Injured ballplayer in the pile up 00:53:40:00 B W 1951 ws Track and field racers go over hurdles 00:53:49:00 B W 1912 cu Hurdle winner Fred Kelly, 1912 Olympic games 00:53:53:00 B W 1912 ws Pole vaulter goes over, 1912 Spectators Stands Fashions of the times 00:54:00:00 B W 1912 ms King Gustav of Sweden attends the 1912 Olympic Games Imperial uniforms 00:54:08:00 B W 1951 cu US Olympic Champ, Matt McGrath 00:54:16:00 B W 1951 ms McGrath spins into the shot put throw 00:54:21:00 B W 1951 cu Boy narrator 00:55:05:00 B W 1910s ws Spectator filled stands watch early airplane take off (circa 1910), field judges in grandstand (This is the 1910 AIR SHOW in LOS ANGELES, sponsored by the Aero Club of California a duplicate of VTM-21BX, this is of better visual quality) 00:55:13:00 B W 1951 ws Airplane takes off and flies around trylon 00:55:28:00 B W 1951 ms Glenn Curtiss sits in early monoplane 00:55:42:00 B W 1951 ws Airplane comes in for landing Crowd mobs aviator after he lands and carries him on shoulders 00:56:06:00 B W 1951 ws Early airplane stunt flying Diving airplane straightens out 00:56:19:00 B W 1900s ms Early circa 1905 car race up Pikes Peak 00:56:28:00 B W 1900s ms Pikes Peak racers round curve up mountain (circa 1905) 00:57:01:00 B W 1911 ws Early car race at the Indianapolis speedway (the first, in 1911) spectators Fashion styles Grandstand crowd 00:57:08:00 B W 1911 ws Early race cars roll down the speedway (first Indianapolis 500, 1911) 00:57:10:00 B W 1951 ws Race cars go around the turn 00:57:13:00 B W 1951 ws HA race cars coming into stretch Good view of early race car fearures and modeling 00:57:21:00 B W 1951 ms Crashed race cars Injured drivers 00:57:32:00 B W 1951 ws The finish line Flag waver as race car speeds across 00:57:36:00 B W 1951 ms Race winner poses seated in the winning race car surrounded by fans Good view of early race car body features 00:57:39:00 B W 1951 cu Barney Oldfield, racer 00:57:45:00 B W 1951 ms Jack Johnson, heavyweight champion, steps into a race car (CU) smiles 00:57:47:00 B W 1951 ms James Jeffries jumps rope in training camp as fans look on 00:57:58:00 B W 1951 ms Jeffries punches bag in camp 00:58:05:00 B W 1951 ms Jeffries shown in on exhibition boxing match 00:58:20:00 B W 1951 cu Boy narrator
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