Ralph Boston jumps and betters his own American long jump record during California relays in California. Dyrol Burleson wins over Tom O'hara in a race.
New York Yankees get ready for 1952 baseball season at spring training in St. Petersburg Florida. Shot of manager Casey Stengel talking. Shot of Yankees' "Big Three" starting pitchers warming up -- Allie Reynolds, Vic Raschi and Eddie Lopat. Catcher Yogi Berra catches a ball. Announcer notes absence of Joe DiMaggio, who retired after last season, but notes Yankees have plenty of other talent, including shortstop Phil Rizzuto, seen bunting. Candidates for Yankees' first base position run across the base and catch throws. Announcer says DiMaggio's replacement in center field will be Mickey Mantle, seen catching a fly ball (with trees in background), unleashing a strong throw, and flashing a big, youthful smile in a closeup view as he removes his cap. Yogi Berra bashes a long fly to right field.
Newsreel clip on baseball's 1955 All-Star Game in Milwaukee, hosting the game for the first time since the Braves moved there two years earlier. American League manager Al Lopez and National League manager Leo Durocher chat before the game. Baseball commissioner Ford Frick watches from stands. Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Robin Roberts starts game for the National League, throws wild pitch to allow first run. In the second inning, Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hits a long home run to score himself, Nellie Fox of the Chicago White Sox and Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, giving AL a 4-0 lead. But National League rallies in the eighth inning to tie the game. In extra innings, Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals hits a sudden-death home run to right field to give the National League the victory. Musial rounds the bases and is congratulated at home plate by happy teammates, including Willie Mays (#24)
African American women sit in on porch of a simple wooden shack house near Tuskegee, Alabama, during time of poverty in the Great Depression. A girl holds a cat. Two small children climb up steps. Wide view of open land and farm land near the house. A child cleans their face in a wash bin. She smiles after washing her face. Close up views of a woman man with a hand-fashioned long hammer on shoulder. Children play with sand at a table. African American girl sweeps the ground.
Equestiran statue of George Washington in Richmond, Virginia (The Virginia Washington Monument). Various statues. People pass at roadside. The Virginia State Capitol building. A squirrel eats. Cars in lot in front of Old First Baptist Church (Greek Revival designed by Thomas Walter at northwest corner of 12th Street and East Broad Street. Note cupola over portico, which was later removed. The building later became the Hunton Student Center of Virginia Commonwealth University). New construction underway of another building beside the church. View down Broad Street. Cars pass at nearby intersection. A horse cart on a road with an African American driver, parked in front of the H. W. Rountree & Bro. Trunk and Bag Company located at 201 – 217 North Fourteenth Street. Scene changes to a long view down Broad Street. Next scene is sign that reads "White House of Confederacy Entrance on Clay Street". View of the back porch columns at the White House of the Confederacy. African American men on a horse cart pass by a parked streetcar or trolley. Another horse cart approaches, with two African American people on it. The cart is loaded with boxes. It passes by Triangle Service Station and then near a parked streetcar.
Exterior view of a building on an African American college campus in the United States. Various athletic programs of the African American college are shown as students exercise, perform gymnastics and practice boxing at the college. A student athlete competes in a long jump competition. Marching band and girls with flags march on an athletic field before a college football game. Two college football teams compete as African American college fans look on and cheer for their team, led by cheerleaders.
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