Rookie Boston Red Sox pitcher Billy Rohr comes within one out of throwing a no-hitter against the New York Yankees in baseball game at Yankee Stadium, April 1967. Rohr faces the last batter as scoreboard (in background) shows the Red Sox' 3-0 lead and zero hits for Yankees. Yankee catcher Elston Howard lines a single into right field, breaking up the no-hitter. Rohr gets final out and crowd cheers and teammates congratulate him. Final shot is Rohr standing at top step of dugout, chewing gum, contemplating how close he came to the rare baseball feat.
Newsreel clip on baseball's 1967 All-Star Game at Anaheim Stadium, home of the California Angels. View of the huge crowd spread over three decks. National League team poses on field before the game. In the second inning, the Phillies' Richie Allen hits a long home run off the Twins' Dean Chance to give National League 1-0 lead. In the sixth, Brooks Robinson of the Orioles homers off Fergie Jenkins of the Cubs to tie the game 1-1. Pitchers dominate the game, racking up 30 strikeouts. Finally, the Reds' Tony Perez hits the game-winning homer off Jim "Catfish" Hunter in the 15th. National League wins 2-1.
Cotton farming in the southern states Texas, Mississippi, Alabama in the United States. Houses of cotton farmers among trees on plantations . Cotton plantation area near the houses. Farmers on their horses. A horse deployed on to a plow tills the farm. Another farmer with a pair of horses tilling. Farmers pulverize 4 to 6 inches of soil by using disc harrow along with a spike tooth harrow. Farmer plows with a "middle buster" that throws the earth into rows of beds about three feet apart. A farmer employs four horses in a plow. Farmer takes seeds from a sack and disperses them in the field. An African American boy stands in the field and smiles.
Cotton farming in the southern states Texas, Mississippi, Alabama of United States. Young cotton plants in a farm. Horse plow for loosening soil for aeration near the plants. Farmers spread calcium arsenide pesticide to prevent the boll weevil from damaging the crops. Use of spring tooth cultivator for obtaining better harvest. Plants of cotton sprung up in field. African American men, women and children work in a farmland.
Cotton farming in the southern states like Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama in the United States, early in the 20th century. Fruit development stages of the cotton plant. A farmer shows fruit in plant. Next stage is blossom, the developed flowers in cotton plant. A young girl attaches a flower to a boy's collar. The boll in fruit of plant develops. Man shows cotton fibers from the boll.
U.S. Government film documents cotton farming practices in southern states Texas, Mississippi, Alabama in the United States. Protection of developing cotton fruit from its arch-enemy boll weevil. A boll weevil eating up a cotton fruit. Farmers sprays a protective Calcium Arsenide pesticide in the cotton farms in night hours. Farmer on his mule cart, rides across the farm.
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