Tug boats pushing an oil barge across Hudson River in United States. Coastline in the background. A view of buildings in Lower Manhattan.
Film 'Let There Be Light' shows World War II casualties afflicted by neuropsychiatric disorders (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD, today), and being treated with methods such as hypnosis and "narcosynthesis" to address their "battle neurosis." A medical ship stands in a harbor in the United States. Patients are taken out of the ship. The psycho neurotic patients taken to the Mason General Hospital. Patients taken out of the the ambulance.
Baseball immortals gather at Yankee Stadium, on July 30, 1955, for the annual Old Timers day. Players welcomed onto field. Ty Cobb shakes hands with fan in stands. Shots of participating players including Yankees' Joe DiMaggio, Cubs' Gabby Hartnett, Dodgers' Burleigh Grimes and White Sox' Ted Lyons. Players in dugout include A's Jimmy Foxx (with bat), and at far right, NY Giants' Bill Terry talking with Boston Braves' Tommy Holmes. 89-year old Cy Young sits and smokes a pipe. Shots of Yankees' great 1940s outfield of Charlie Keller, Joe DiMaggio and Tommy Heinrich. Shots of fans in stands. Yankees' current manager Casey Stengel accepts birthday cake from newspaper writers. Old Timers game in progress, players come around to score.
AFL President Samuel Gompers along with Hugh Frayne, General Organizer of the American Federation of Labor, and AFL Secretary Frank Morrison. The three men seen shaking hands and posing for cameras. Views of parade in Buffalo. Gompers rides in a car during the Parade convention. President Wilson, in attendance for the parade in Buffalo, enters building along with the First Lady, Mrs. Wilson. U.S. Army troops in formation enter building. President Wilson and Mrs Wilson depart in a car. Cars in parade with U.S. Army soldiers marching beside.
Men quickly lead a few mules and many horses, from a stable area, toward the Buffalo stockyard. Owners and businessmen follow in wagon and a carriage, plus a few on foot. "Bailey and Mayer, Sale Stables" is painted on the side of the wagon. Later, many horses, are led back to the stable area, accompanied by two men in the Bailey and Mayer wagon. (Filmed by Edison Company, June 1897)
Baseball pitching great Edward Charles "Whitey" Ford announces his retirement in the spring of 1967. Dressed in a civilian suit and tie, he is seen running from the Yankee dugout, past Mickey Mantle, #7, onto the field, and acknowledging the acclaim of the fans crowding Yankee stadium. Narrator notes that Ford retires with more wins than any other pitcher in Yankee team history. Whitey Ford stands in the infield, as fans rise from their seats to give him a standing ovation. Camera zooms in on cheering fans and Photographers taking pictures. Later, an emotional Whitey Ford fights back tears before he steps before microphones
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