Newsreel clip looking back at the life of baseball's greatest player, Babe Ruth, after his death from cancer on August 16, 1948. Ruth speaks to the camera. Outside view of Yankee Stadium (1 E 161 St, Bronx, NY 10451, United States) in New York. Young boys watch in the stands. Ruth swats a home run. Spectators stand and cheer as Ruth runs around the bases. Ruth wipes his face with a towel. Ruth surrounded by two police officers and large group of children, eating hot dogs and ice cones. Ruth gives a baseball bat to a young boy. An older Ruth climbs out of a 1940s-style car, walks into a doctor's office. A group of kids wait for him outside on the steps. The scene shifts to Ruth's late-in-life visit to Yankee Stadium. Ruth puts on his old #3 Yankee uniform, emerges from the tunnel to a huge ovation from fans. He tips his cap, stands on field as Yankees pay tribute.
United States Presidential elections of 1948. A huge crowd of supporters wait for the train 'Dewey Victory Special' of Thomas Dewey, the Republican candidate for U.S. Presidential elections. Supporters of Dewey outside the Sunrise Feed and Feed store in Warrensburg, Missouri, listen to Dewey as he addresses the crowd from the back of his train.
A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. One delegate takes his seat and speaks about the Communist Coup of February 1948 in Czechoslovakia and Czech refugees.
Aerial views from aircraft flying over The Greenbrier Resort buildings, golf course, and tennis courts in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in the United States. People seen below playing golf and tennis. (This footage was shot during reopening festivities for the resort in 1948, after it had been closed and used as a government medical facility in World War 2.)
UN delegates are seen gathering for a meeting of the Security Council at the temporary United Nations headquarters in Lake success, Long Island, New York. One of the first to be seated is Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union. Another delegate stops to converse with him. Camera pans across delegates settling into their respective places at large curved table. Their nations are identified by placards at each place. Attention is focused on French Delegate Alexandre Parodi, who has apparently just been elected President of the Council for the month of May, 1948. At TC: 00:54, He is seen standing with Secretary General Trygve Lie. And at TC:01:19 he gently uses a gavel. At TC:01:28, another delegate holds the gavel with him as they laugh. After a while, the delegates settle down and begin to conduct business.
Scenes from reopening festivities in 1948 for the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, following its closure (usage as a government medical facility) in World War 2. Famous men and women pose for photographs. Closeup of Mrs. Fulton Cutting Junior. View of Winston Guest with his wife C.Z. Guest (formerly Lucy Douglas Cochrane) standing with John Simms Kelly ("Shipwreck" Kelly) and his wife Brenda (formerly Brenda Frazier). Dolly Dorelis wearing sun glasses. Mrs. Byron C. Floyd. Then Congressman John F. Kennedy poses with his sister, Kathleen ‘Kick’ Kennedy.
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