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Game 7 World Series baseball match between Detroit Tigers and St. Louis Cardinals in Detroit Michigan

Scenes from game 7 of the World Series in 1934: Detroit Tigers, of Detroit, Michigan play against the St. Louis Cardinals from St. Louis, Missouri, at Navin Field in Detroit Michigan. The players include Frankie Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, Dizzy Dean and Joe "Ducky" Medwick. The players playing the game. Notable persons watching the game include: Henry Ford, son Edsel Ford, Will Rogers and R Judge Landis (Kenesaw Mountain Landis), the first Commissioner of Major League Baseball. A large crowd of spectators watch the game in the stadium. Fans throw pop bottles and fruit onto the field in the 6th inning of game 7 after Cardinals star Ducky Wucky Medwick slides into the Detroit 3rd baseman Marv Owen. Medwick is removed from the game by Commissioner Landis. St. Louis Cardinals with its infamous "Gashouse Gang" win the game and the series. From a "25 years ago today" retrospective in a UN newsreel, dated September 24, 1959.

Date: 1934, October 9
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044711
Baseball game between Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox, likely Memorial Day 1916

A baseball game being played at Navin Field, in Detroit, Michigan. Based on the uniforms, the size of the crowd, and the action seen in the clip, this is very likely the second game of a doubleheader played by the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox May 30, 1916, on the holiday then known as Decoration Day (now Memorial Day). Clip opens with shots of one White Sox player, two Tigers players hitting. Camera pans across packed stands. Tigers outfielder and Hall of Famer Ty Cobb (with split grip on bat) reaches out to get a hit. White Sox catcher Ray Schalk removes mask, gets ready for throw. Detroit player tries to score; Schalk receives the ball, applies the tag. Umpire's call is difficult to discern. Action shifts to an overhead view. Three White Sox players score on a hit, the last one sliding past an attempted tag by Detroit catcher Oscar Stanage. Detroit pitcher Harry Coveleski gets final out of the inning. Detroit player reaches first base on infield error. The next batter pokes a ball over first baseman for a single. Other Tigers players hit. The Tigers would win this game 9-8.

Date: 1916, May 30
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063735
Family in a house and union men in an auto factory in Detroit, Michigan.

Interior of a house, woman hand over a newspaper to her husband, he sits on a chair as the daughter turns dial on the console radio when the father of the girl asks her to turn the radio volume down. Father comes out of house and dumps garbage in a refuse can. Woman walks outside a supermarket, and then enters, housewife picks vegetables, points at a meat counter, and butcher shows her a piece of meat. Man takes bills from the drawer, walks to table, removes pay check from the wallet and studies it. Interior of an auto factory, two men talking, and another one join them. Three men walk through glass door marked, "Conference Room", the three men walk to a table where management representatives are seated and are introduced. All sit and start discussions. Two men get up, shake hands and walk out. View of union UAW CIO local 22 headquarters signs on building. Boy and girl children learning to dance together in a hall of the union building.

Date: 1950
Duration: 4 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032773
A family of an auto worker in Detroit, Michigan.

Interior of a house, husband and wife flip through "New Homes" magazine. Man hands his wife a couple of twenty dollar bills which she places in bank deposit book. Man and woman come up, walk to door. Scenes in suburban neighborhood. Housewife hangs wash on line in backyard as neighbor comes to fence. Woman walks over to neighbor and talks. Man mowing grass with push mower, struggles with old mower. Neighbor brings him his new mower. Man and woman greet neighbors, group around a table in the living room, enjoying a game of playing cards. Man and his husband enter election headquarters. A young girl seated in a house, girl sobs over school books as her mother tries to comfort her. Father walks in, takes off coat, sits and helps daughter with school work. Woman enters "Andres Jackson Intermediate School" entrance. She walks along corridor, enters empty class room, goes over to teacher's desk, shakes hands with teacher.

Date: 1950
Duration: 6 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032774
Pedestrian and vehicular traffic on the streets of Detroit, Michigan.

Pedestrian and street car traffic at intersection of a street in Detroit, Michigan (1920). View of road with hairpin curves (1916). Views of City Street with pedestrians, buses and automobile traffic in Detroit, Michigan (1929). Heavy automobile traffic on Miller Road in Detroit, Michigan (1929).

Date: 1929
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030094
View of the harbor, railroad station and busy streets in Detroit, Michigan.

Sun over harbor and view of skyline in Detroit, Michigan. Detroit Financial District buildings visible. Steamship ferry boat leaves dock. View of skyline and waterfront. Several steamship ferry boats at a dock. Ore freighters in harbor and on river. View of the Michigan Central Station in Detroit (or Michigan Central Depot, MCS) with passengers coming and going through the railroad train station main entrance. Cars parked in front of the railroad station. Views of city from elevated area. Workers build a house. Vehicular and pedestrian traffic in business district, including streetcars and automobiles. Shops and businesses along downtown streets. A police officer directs traffic from a raised platform in the center of an intersection. Sidewalks crammed with pedestrians. Linked 2-car streetcars pass by on streets.

Date: 1921
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675030154