| Kids playing baseball in Fangotta, Cuba | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 2451 |
| Catalog #: | 474701 | |
| Clip Number: | 474701-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | Cuba 5 | |
| Timecode: | 05:04:22 - 05:10:04 | |
| Location: | Fangotta, Cuba | |
| Year Shot: | 1996 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | AGE GROUP/TEENAGERS: Recreation LOCATIONS/CARIBBEAN: Cuba SPORTS/BASEBALL: Amateur | |
| Description: | Various shots male youths playing baseball on a field in Fangotta, Cuba, an area that is decribed as a "very poor riverside slum". Late afternoon. Great MSs of young males (children, teenagers and some adults) playing baseball; for the most part, the camera is concerned with the actions at home plate. The players use an aluminum bat, a beaten rag ball and decent leather catching gloves. Most of the boys are shirtless, no one wearing formal equipment; one adult male wears a battered Chicago Bulls jersey while a teenager wears a NY Yankees baseball cap, testifying to the fact that American-styled capitalism penetrates even the toughest markets, embargo or no embargo. Good shots of batters and catcher. Good TLS/MSs of the pitcher, outfielders and basemen. Wonder if there's any trash-talk going on? In some shots there are tin shacks and rusted buildings on the verge of collapse in BG. Great baseball material, kids on a makeshift diamond. | |
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