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Dignitaries and members of a team attend the ceremony of "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" at Yankee Stadium in New York.
Ceremony of "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" at Yankee Stadium in New York. Trophies and a frame on which "Don't Quit" is written, lying on a table. A large crowd of baseball fans in the stadium. Seventh Regiment Band marches during the ceremony. Dignitaries and members of the 1927 Yankees World Championship team attend the ceremony. An official of the New York Yankee team makes an announcement on Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day. Lou stands in front of a microphones. Cameramen take photos. Other team members stand in the background. Joe McCarthy makes a presentation. George Herman Ruth, Jr. (Babe Ruth) talks to an official. Babe Ruth, dignitaries and other members stand and pose.
Baseball games between the New York Yankees and the Washington Senators on "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day"at Yankee Stadium in New York.
Clip opens with view of some of the 40,000+ fans who crowded Yankee Stadium in New York for "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" on July 4, 1939. The Yankees played two baseball games against the Washington Senators that day. Distant footage from left field shows Senators retiring Yankees and running off the field. Yankees run onto the field. In game two, Yankees second baseman Joe Gordon hits a long single that drives in three Yankee runs. Gehrig seen taking framed petition headlined "Don't Quit." Flag reading "1927 Champions" raised on flagpole. Members of that great Yankee team, including Babe Ruth (in white suit) and current Yankee coach Earle Combs (in Yankee uniform) walk up to home plate for the ceremony. Players, executives, dignitaries, photographers gathered at home plate. Gehrig listens to speech, head down. (The only sound bite in this clip is heard here as the announcer says: "In a case like yours, all league and glove lines are obliterated..." ) Next, in footage from game two, Yankees get hits off Washington pitcher Alex Carrasquel. Fans stand up to watch the action. Senators won the first game 3-2; Yankees took the second game, 11-1. (Note: Gehrig, the fabled "Iron Horse" of the Yankees, had to retire that year because of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis aka ALS, often called "Lou Gehrig's disease," which would kill him within two years.)
Aviator Charles A Lindbergh bids farewell to his mother as he prepares for his solo flight from New York to Paris.
Aviator Charles A Lindbergh prepares for his solo flight from New York to Paris. Lindbergh before his plane the Spirit of Saint Louis. He arrives at Roosevelt field, New York. A large crowd gathered around his plane. His mother, Evangeline Lindbergh bids him farewell. He prepares his plane for the flight. Men work on the tail of the aircraft.
Charles Lindbergh takes off for his solo flight from New York to Paris.
Air Mail ace Colonel Charles Lindbergh takes off for his solo flight from New York to paris. Men ready his plane the Spirit of Saint Louis outside a hangar at Roosevelt Field. A man fuels the plane as people watch. Lindbergh climbs into the cockpit and takes his place at the controls. The plane taxis past a car and takes off. A large crowd at Broadway awaits news of the flight. A flag flies in the breeze. As darkness approaches French aviators go out to search for Lindbergh.
Charles Lindbergh takes off for his trans-Atlantic flight from New York
American aviator Charles Lindbergh begins his solo trans-Atlantic flight. Men prepare Lindbergh's plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis' at Roosevelt Field (Piombo Roosevelt Field, 630 Old Country Rd, Garden City, NY 11530, United States) in New York. Lindbergh and the officials head towards the plane. A crowd gathered around to view the event. A man refuels the plane. Lindbergh helped into his flying gear. He climbs into the cockpit. The plane taxis and takes off. People watch it disappear in the sky. Lindbergh's plane in flight.
Governor Smith presents the State's Medal of Valor to aviator Charles Lindbergh in New York.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh welcomed in New York. He reviews troops marching by in his honor at Central Park Mall. Lindbergh with his mother Evangeline Lindbergh on the podium. NY Governor Al Smith presents Lindbergh the State's Medal of Valor as his mother looks on. Policemen control the large crowd. People wait for him in Central Park. A decorated float with a model of Lindbergh's plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis'. Governor Smith with Lindbergh and his mother on stage. Lindbergh addresses the gathering and stands amidst two officers.