Summary

Hero orphans honored for saving train

Source Sherman Grinberg
Newsreel Pathe
Negative # 5689
Clip SR002597_05_01mov
Date 05/10/1933
Title Hero orphans honored for saving train
Description Title card: Orphans show how they saved train! / six boys seated in two rows with sound from one describing event / the run down three floors of building and clamor up to railroad tracks waving sheets / locomotive speeds past / boy tells of getting a telegram from Babe Ruth, We had the opportunity of speaking on the radio / While was there, we were given wristwatches
Personality Jacob Merinizek, Johnny Murdock, Douglas Fleming, Rudolph Borsche, Frank Mazzola, Michael Mazzola
Country United States
Province/State New Jersey
City Passaic

Keywords

archival
newsreel
orphans
heroes
Passaic Orphan Asylum
orphanages
trains
rescues
photo opportunities
flagging
locomotives
telegrams
Babe Ruth
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