Summary: A panorama of baseball from its beginnings a century ago at Cooperstown, N. Y., to modern major league competition. Among the immortals of the game shown in action are Carl Hubbell, Walker Cooper, Johnny Mize, and Mel Ott, of the Giants. A Giants-Dodgers game at the Polo Grounds and a visit to the game's Hall of Fame are included.
Credits: Directors, Russell T. Ervin, Rod Warren; narrator, Ted Husing; music arranger, Harry D. Glass.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 11Jun48; MP3094.
BIG LEAGUE GLORY. Paramount Pictures Inc., c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Grantland Rice Sportlight)
Summary: A panorama of baseball from its beginnings a century ago at Cooperstown, N. Y., to modern major league competition. Among the immortals of the game shown in action are Carl Hubbell, Walker Cooper, Johnny Mize, and Mel Ott, of the Giants. A Giants-Dodgers game at the Polo Grounds and a visit to the game's Hall of Fame are included.
Credits: Directors, Russell T. Ervin, Rod Warren; narrator, Ted Husing; music arranger, Harry D. Glass.
© Paramount Pictures Inc.; 11Jun48; MP3145.
BIG MAN FROM THE SOUTH. Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc., c1944. 1 reel, sd.
© Soundies Distributing Corp. of America, Inc.; 3Apr44; MP1485.
BIG MOUTH BASS. RKO Pathe, Inc., c1948. 8 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (Sportscope, no. 9)