A baseball game being played at Navin Field, in Detroit, Michigan. Based on the uniforms, the size of the crowd, and the action seen in the clip, this is very likely the second game of a doubleheader played by the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox May 30, 1916, on the holiday then known as Decoration Day (now Memorial Day). Clip opens with shots of one White Sox player, two Tigers players hitting. Camera pans across packed stands. Tigers outfielder and Hall of Famer Ty Cobb (with split grip on bat) reaches out to get a hit. White Sox catcher Ray Schalk removes mask, gets ready for throw. Detroit player tries to score; Schalk receives the ball, applies the tag. Umpire's call is difficult to discern. Action shifts to an overhead view. Three White Sox players score on a hit, the last one sliding past an attempted tag by Detroit catcher Oscar Stanage. Detroit pitcher Harry Coveleski gets final out of the inning. Detroit player reaches first base on infield error. The next batter pokes a ball over first baseman for a single. Other Tigers players hit. The Tigers would win this game 9-8.
Workmen guide a truck carrying the top half of a wood frame house on a narrow path through woods. The truck in a large clearing in the woods. Next the bottom half of the house is seen with cables wrapped around it and a steel girder above. in the next scene, has been moved to the clearing and men stand atop it, while an 80 ton crane slowly raises the upper half and maneuvers it toward the lower half. The Crane belongs to the C.P. Ward Company, a New York State General Contractor Firm. The crane operator and workmen guide the upper half of the house into place.
American President Woodrow Wilson heads for the Paris Peace Conference, following the armistice in World War I. USS George Washington leaves Hoboken Port in New Jersey. A board reads "US Army Transport Service'. Small boats along USS George Washington. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
American President Franklin D Roosevelt at the unveiling ceremony on Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. President Roosevelt arrives in his car as crowd cheers. He waves his hat and takes a look at the monument. Gigantic head of Thomas Jefferson carved on the side of a mountain. A large American flag alongside. Sculptors continue their work of sculpting heads of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial at Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. Gigantic heads of George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson. Sculptors continue their work of sculpting heads of America's heroes. A Native American Indian stands with another man at the base of the large mountain.
Poor children and their mothers being taken for a day outing on a ship in New York harbor. Children drink and play with blocks seated at table. Man feeds milk to toddler with a bottle. Children eat sandwich. Young boy sleeps on bed. Group of children waving. Baby lying in the crib. (during Great depression poverty).
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