Broadway Comedians Stage Softball Game For War Relief Fund
Crowds cheer in the stands at the New York Polo Grounds / a male dwarf performer runs out to bat as part of a comedic softball game staged by Broadway / the man swings and throws his bat and the catcher kicks him in the butt, making him fall down / the crowd laughs in the stands / a fat performer walks up to plate / the pitcher throws the ball and the fat man hits it, as he runs to first base comedically slowly, all the performers gather and follow him / the crowd cheers and laughs in the stands / a performer goes up to bat and hits the ball, as he runs the bases he shoots the basemen dead with a prop gun, at home plate other performers join in for a big shoot out.
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DETAILS
Editorial #:
502852459
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
01 June, 1942
Upload date:
Licence type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:46:17
Location:
New York City, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
16mm B/W Neg 486 29.97i
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Barcode:
b717-1942_084_p_sub2
Object name:
b717-1942_084_p_sub2
- Little Person,
- Baseball - Sport,
- Cheering,
- Crowd of People,
- 1942,
- 1st Base,
- Adult,
- Archival,
- Arts Culture and Entertainment,
- Base - Sports Equipment,
- Baseball Catcher,
- Baseball Pitcher,
- Batting - Sports Activity,
- Black And White,
- Broadway - Manhattan,
- Charity and Relief Work,
- Connection,
- Documentary Footage,
- Falling,
- Following - Moving Activity,
- Gun,
- Happiness,
- Home Base - Sports,
- Hope - Concept,
- Humour,
- Kicking,
- Large,
- Laughing,
- Making,
- Men,
- New York City,
- Newsreel,
- People,
- Performer,
- Produced Segment,
- Prop,
- Real Time - Footage,
- Report - Produced Segment,
- Running,
- Slapstick Comedy,
- Softball - Sport,
- Sport,
- Sportsperson,
- Swinging,
- Throwing,
- USA,
- Video with Sound,
- Walking,
- World War II,