| Baseball History In The Making - The New S.F Giants. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1646 |
| Catalog #: | 355519 | |
| Clip Number: | 355519-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 031-031-05 | |
| Timecode: | 00:44:03 - 00:45:40 | |
| Location: | New York and San Francisco | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Sports Arena / Stadium CROWDS: Spectators, Sports LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, San Francisco LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York SPORTS/BASEBALL: Professional | |
| Description: | In New York, where the polo grounds and Ebbets Field are tenanted only by ghosts and memories - the Giants are hailed by their new home town-San Francisco. In the first big league regular season game ever played on the West Coast, proceed to trounce the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-0! It's New York's Ebbets's Field empty. Camera takes a shot where the fans would stand in line separated by pipes. Outside MCUS - Ebbets’s Field. MCUS - Concession Stand - Closed. MLS - The out field of Ebbs Field. OHS - Empty seats. Behind Shot M - Pitchers mound. and batting mound. Crowded San Francisco streets jammed packed with baseball fans. MS - Banner hung from one side of the street to the other. "San Francisco Welcomes S.F. Giants" - "Maligayaws -Bati - Giants!". MS - Willie Mays riding in a convertible with Hank Starr. MS - Chinese girls dressed in native dress beating on drums. MLS - Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants. MCUS - Mrs. John J. McGraw the greatest Giant of them all. MS - Spencer of the Giants hits the ball and scores a homerun. Finel score San Francisco Giants 8 - Dodgers 0. LS - Baseball fans cheering, yelling and applauding. | |
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