| THE BASEBALL BELLES FROM CARDIFF Various shots of schoolgirls playing baseball - also shots of Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6702 | |
| Catalog #: | 369800 | |
| Clip Number: | 369800-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 5 | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:29 - 01:31:42 | |
| Location: | Cardiff, Wales | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, Wales, Cardiff SPORTS: Women SPORTS/BASEBALL: Amateur | |
| Description: | THE BASEBALL BELLES FROM CARDIFF Various shots of schoolgirls playing baseball - also shots of Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson. "Baseball Belles": British girls learning to play baseball at Cardiff, Wales. Line of teenage girls w/ bobbed hair emerge from entrance which is cut into stands. They walk past a few smiling guys. Girls they don't have uniforms but many wear dark tunic over a white blouse. Wide shot baseball field w/ game in progress. Shot (w/ camera behind catcher) of batter getting a hit. (Interestingly there is no pitcher's mound here but a rectangle marked by 4 white pegs.) Cut to good shot of Babe Ruth at the plate getting a hit. Then back to the girls' game. Slow-motion shot: pitcher throws a ridiculously high pitch. Batter swings & misses, but then starts to run anyway. Cut to shot of Walter Johnson pitching. Then to one of the girl pitchers throwing underhand. Another crazed batter misses but takes off running. Slo-mo shot of same batter ducking to avoid getting hit in the head with the ball. Shot from high in stands looking down at the improvised baseball diamond. | |
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