Paper print. Early motion picture documentary. A crowd at a horse race track in Saint Louis, Missouri in the year 1904. A large crowd of spectators gathered at the race track. They take their seats in the stands. Trees in the background. Many persons carry umbrellas and parasols to shade them. A huge tent is set up in a field at the track.
Processing of Alaskan fur seal pelts in a plant in Saint Louis, Missouri. Workers clean seal pelts. Senior officials check one of the pelts. A man washes a pelt lying on a table. Men and women workers inspect and fold fur seal pelts at the plant.
The ninth annual convention twins parade in Saint Louis, Missouri. Twin children parade on a road with their mothers. Twin children in a pram pass in the parade. Twin winner men, women and children in pram pose with their trophies.
Basketball game between the Boston Celtics and the St. Louis Hawks during the NBA (National Basketball Association) championship at Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri. The game in progress. Spectators cheer. Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks scores 21 points in the first half. By the end of the game, Bob Pettit scores a then-playoff record of 50 points. The St. Louis Hawks defeat the Boston Celtics with a score of 110-109.
Newsreel clip entitled "Cards Trump Yanks," showing game 7 of baseball's 1964 World Series. Sportsman's Park in St. Louis filled to capacity. Cardinals score when in fourth inning when wild throw to first base brings home Ken Boyer. With Mel Stottlemyre pitching for Yankees, Cardinals pull a double steal, allowing Tim McCarver to score. Dal Maxvill drives in a run with single to right. Yankees great Mickey Mantle hits three-run homer in the sixth inning, cutting Cardinals lead to 6-3. Ken Boyer connects for homer in the seventh, making it 7-3. Yankees hit two home runs in the ninth but Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson bears down to get final out on popup by Bobby Richardson. Cardinals mob Gibson, celebrate the team's first World Championship since 1946.
Spectators watch animals performing at St Louis Zoo, Missouri. Baby elephants perform tricks in the zoo. Trainer Floyd Smith around the eight performing Siamese Elephants wearing tutu. Spectators including children look on. An elephant named Pumi performs on a tricycle. A chimp named Captain Roy drives a motorbike in a showboat number under supervision of trainer Mike Kostial (working for George Vierheller). The chimp stands on one foot on the motorcycle and puts the other foot out behind him in the air while driving the motorbike around a ring. Two more chimps jump on his back on the motorcycle. Children watch the show and smile. The chipmanzees drive dodgem cars shaped like small boats. A chimp wearing water skis (with roller skate wheels beneath) is towed behind one of the boats in chimpanzee Captain Roy's show. Mr. George Vierheller looks on and smiles.
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