Film stars arrive for a baseball training camp in Tucson, Arizona. Film stars James Stewart, Shelley Winters and Dan Duryea arrive at the camp. They arrive at the training camp with the Cleveland Indians. People seated in a stadium. The film stars play baseball.
Baseball's Cincinnati Reds at spring training in Tampa, Florida, March 1950. Players warm up with calisthenics. Trees and light stands in background. Players examine baseball with dark stripe on it. Shots of pitchers warming up include sidearm thrower Ewell Blackwell (with collar), famous for almost throwing back-to-back no-hitters in 1947. Batter Johnny Wyrostek (#22) takes swings in batting cage.
Players on St. Louis Browns charge onto the field at baseball spring training, March 1950. Close up of manager Zack Taylor. Shots of pitchers warming up: #28 Dick Starr, #30 Bill Kennedy, #23 Cliff Fannin. Shot of catchers Les Moss (L) and Sherm Lollar putting on face masks. Pitcher Ed Albrecht throws. Hank Arft swings at pitch. Unknown player takes swing. Long shot of field from behind home plate. (Note: There is no indication where this footage was shot but the Browns trained in Burbank California that year.)
South Korean President Syngman Rhee in the United States. He addresses a Joint Session of the Congress in Washington DC. Officials gather in a large number in a hall. They give a standing ovation to the South Korean President. The officials seated in the hall. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon seated with the officials. Rhee stands at a podium and addresses the officials. He urges for U.S. air and naval support for an attack on Red China.
French nurse Genevieve de Galard-Terraube receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington DC. Genevieve de Galard-Terraube stands with other people outside a building. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to her. Cameramen take her photographs.
A film titled: 'Joe learns the hard way' depicts a training of army photographers in the United States during World War II. A group of U.S. Army photographers carry photographic gear on backs. Joe, an army photographer, walks along with them. They walk inside the building of Signal Corps Photographic Center. Army men put down their gear. They take out their still photograph cameras from the gear and walk over to an instructor. The instructor explains various uses of the still camera equipment. Joe watches the camera. A B-24 Liberator aircraft in flight. Joe takes picture of the aircraft. Interior of a classroom. An instructor gives lessons. Students take notes in the classroom. Students load film in the still cameras both in classroom and in the field. Joe does not pay attention and sleeps in the class. The instructor gives a demonstration with a camera. A blackboard in the background. Interior of the classroom during a test. Joe cheats in the test. He stands near the door of a dark room for developing photographs. A sign near the door reads: 'School Darkroom'. He enters the room. He comes out of the room with pictures in hand. He enters his room and sits on a bed. Joe looks at pictures he took which are not very good.
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