Clip opens with view of some of the 40,000+ fans who crowded Yankee Stadium in New York for "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" on July 4, 1939. The Yankees played two baseball games against the Washington Senators that day. Distant footage from left field shows Senators retiring Yankees and running off the field. Yankees run onto the field. In game two, Yankees second baseman Joe Gordon hits a long single that drives in three Yankee runs. Gehrig seen taking framed petition headlined "Don't Quit." Flag reading "1927 Champions" raised on flagpole. Members of that great Yankee team, including Babe Ruth (in white suit) and current Yankee coach Earle Combs (in Yankee uniform) walk up to home plate for the ceremony. Players, executives, dignitaries, photographers gathered at home plate. Gehrig listens to speech, head down. (The only sound bite in this clip is heard here as the announcer says: "In a case like yours, all league and glove lines are obliterated..." ) Next, in footage from game two, Yankees get hits off Washington pitcher Alex Carrasquel. Fans stand up to watch the action. Senators won the first game 3-2; Yankees took the second game, 11-1. (Note: Gehrig, the fabled "Iron Horse" of the Yankees, had to retire that year because of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis aka ALS, often called "Lou Gehrig's disease," which would kill him within two years.)
Test flight of the Bermuda clipper flying boat aircraft from Port Washington, New York. Officer get into the clipper aircraft. They takes their seats. Pilot in the cockpit. Clipper taxis on water and takes off. Clipper in flight. Other aircraft in flight in the background.
Alien immigrants arrive at Ellis Island in New York by ferry. Ellis Island ferry coming into slip. Tug boats bring aliens to Immigration Building from SS Siboney. Aliens walk towards Immigration Building for processing to enter America. Doorway and American flag, entrance to administration building. Ellis Island ferry slip and life-ring 'Ellis Island' in foreground.
People of Newark celebrates their annual Rose Day Festival. People present bouquet of roses to young ladies. Men women and children visit a rose farm. Several species of roses can be seen. Shots of a young lady posing beside rose laden wines.26 June 1941.
Zinc miners deposit work checks on check board at the top landing shaft of the zinc mine in Franklin,NJ. An old man in charge finds out a drunken miner and sends him off from the mine.
Zinc mine workers pile up timber in cross-sections on a haulage track at zinc mine in Franklin,NJ. Shift boss notices poorly piled sticks and orders workers to fix them. The disordered timber-pile on the track causes derailment of the haulage car.
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