Scenes from 1962 World Series baseball action in the United States. San Francisco Giants meet the New York Yankees. Chuck Hiller, a Giants player makes the first National league grand slam ever in World Series play. New York Yankee Tom Tresh gets a 3 run home run in game 5. As play shifts to San Francisco, it rains for a long time delaying continuation of the series. Giants Willie McCovey hits one to Yankee Bobby Richardson for the final out and the New York Yankees win the World Series. Footage from a newsreel released December 24, 1962.
Newsreel clip on baseball's 1962 All-Star Game in Washington -- the first of two played that year. View of new D.C. Stadium packed to capacity for the game. A woman wearing a hat with '1962 All Star Game' written on it. U.S. President John F. Kennedy, a known baseball fan, throws out the ceremonial first pitch. Game begins, scoreless for five innings. In the sixth, Hall of Famer Stan Musial hits a single to right field. Maury Wills comes in to run for him, steals second, then scores on a hit by the Pittsburgh Pirates' Dick Groat. President Kennedy and officials seated near him cheer. Groat scores on an infield hit. Racially mixed crowd watches the action. Billy Moran and Rich Rollins of the American League get hits, then Roger Maris of the Yankees hits a long blast to deep center field -- but Willie Mays catches it against the center field wall. Kennedy, wearing sunglasses and smiling, munches on some peanuts. In the seventh, Wills gets on base, advances from first to third on a single, and scores sliding into home on a fly ball in foul territory. Announcer notes Kennedy stayed until the end of the game. Mays catches the final out in center field. The National League wins the game 3-1.
Airship USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) taking off. Captain at controls in the command condola. The USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) in flight. Crewmen open hatch at top of the Shenandoah and one walks along top of the airship while in flight. USS Los Angeles approaches flight deck of USS Saratoga (CV-3) on January 28, 1928. Airship dumps water ballast that falls on mooring crew of ship, who scatter. Mooring cable seen stretched at right side of picture.
The United States Navy airship USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) leaves from hangar Number one at Lakehurst NJ in the United States. USS Los Angeles (constructed as LZ-126) moored to the high mooring mast at Lakehurst Naval Station. A tower in view.
Development of air power. Mooring of U.S. Navy airship USS Los Angeles in the United States. The airship comes in and is moored to USS Potoka out on the water. The ship underway at sea. Interior of a helium producing plant at Fort Worth in Texas.
The Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg airship in flight over Lakehurst New Jersey upon arriving on its first flight to the United States. View of huge tail fins with Nazi swastika emblem. The German airship being moored at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. Ground crew maneuvers the airship. Side of airship shows letters 'Hindenburg'. Hindenburg moored to tower at Lakehurst base.
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