Heavy weight boxing champion Floyd Patterson arrives to train for fight against Pete Rademacher in Seattle, Washington, United States. Floyd being greeted by people. Floyd hits a punching bag and practices for the match. Patterson in a boxing ring. A young boy waiting for the fight to start. An American boxer T. Peter ("Pete") Rademacher and Floyd in the boxing ring. The spectators seated in a stand. The fight starts. The boy drinks and watches the match. A close up of Patterson. Floyd Patterson gives an autograph.
National Trout Derby on the Yellowstone River in Livingston, Montana. Participants in the Childrens' event are seen seated at the bank of the Sacajawea lagoon. The three young boys fishing together in the second scene are Jack, Raymond, and Elroy Birkeland, and are holding fishing poles. Men in waders are fishing in the center of the river. A woman at the edge of the river tries to catch a fish. A boy holds up a fish he caught. View of fish that were caught being weighed. The winner of the fishing contest, with a 4lb fish, is Hank Fabian of Livingston.
New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox meet in Boston as Yanks' Mickey Mantle and Red Sox' Ted Williams battle for the American League batting crown. Crowd of 36,000 fills Fenway Park to see the baseball game. Mantle seen talking with Yankee manager Casey Stengel in the dugout. Mantle comes up for first at-bat, camera focuses on his batting grip. Swings at pitch from Red Sox pitcher Tom Brewer and hits a single. It would be his only hit of the game. Ted Williams seen striding onto field. He comes to bat in second inning and hits a pitch from the Yankees' Don Larsen for a three-run homer. Announcer notes he gets another hit during the game, extending his lead over Mantle in the batting race. Williams rounds third base, touches home, gets quick handshake from Red Sox infielder Gene Mauch. (Note: Williams would win the batting championship over Mantle, hitting. 388 to Mantle's .365.)
Several competitors are seen as they participate in an International Ski Jumping competition in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany. The last is number 16, Pentti Uotinen of Finland, seen as he lands and skis toward the camera. The words,"Tip Top," are displayed on his outfit. (Note: the winner was competitor number 35, Ossi Laaksonen, of Finland, not seen in this clip.)
The Kentucky Derby in the United States, and the Grand National Steeplechase in the United Kingdom. The spectators seated in a stand to watch the Kentucky Derby horse race. A weapon trainer, James E. Fitzsimmons. The horses run in the Kentucky Derby horse race. America Jockey William Lee Shoemaker on horse Gallant Man during the race. Iron Liege competing against Gallant Man. Iron Liege wins the race. Iron Liege with jockey as they receive the prize. Change of scene to Liverpool, England. The horses jump the famous fences in the England Grand National Steeplechase. The horses fall while jumping. Sundew wins the race in Liverpool, England.
Gregory C. (Greg) Bell, a sophomore at Indiana University, is seen making his record-setting long jump of 26' 7", to win the national collegiate title on June 14, 1957, in Austin Texas. Bell sitting on the ground after his jump. Sequence shifts to the track where Don Bowden, of California, is running well ahead of favored Ron Delany, of Villanova, to win the 800 meter run in 1 minute and 47.2 seconds. (Note: Delany won the 1500 meter run in 4 minutes 6 and a half minutes.) The next day, on June 15, 1957, Bob Gutowski, of Occidental College,California, is seen breaking the World record in the pole vault at a height of 15 feet 9 3/4 inches. He poses momentarily afterwards.
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