Christos Theofilou better known as Jim Londos or The Golden Greek wrestles Everett Marshall at the Madison Square Garden. Various wrestling moves are performed by both wrestlers. Referee pins Marshall and Londos retains NWA World Heavyweight Title after a nerve-wracking hour long challenge.19 November 1934.
The eve of Independence Day (or Liberation Day) in Pyongyang,North Korea. Shows various events being held at a Sports Festival at the Pyongyang Stadium. Athletes take part in various events like javelin throw, discus, long jump, pole vault, track race, boxing and others.Spectators gather in large numbers and cheer for their favorites. The festival is part of celebration marking the anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japan.
A Korean farmer manually spreads artificial fertilizer in a rice paddy field. Farmers pick out rice seedlings from seedling beds when they become 8 inches long. A farmer tosses plant bundles of rice seedlings into rice paddy. Several Korean farmers plant bundles of rice seedlings in straight lines in seedling bed. A Korean farmer smiling. 1936.
Zinc mine worker uses a long bar for barring the chute car. Miner's hands get caught in between the bar and car when the ore runs from the chute. Shift boss gives first aid to the injured miner.
Deployment of atomic security and testing measures in Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands (sometimes spelled Eniwetok or Eniewetok) before the Operation Sandstone atomic bomb tests. Exterior of the Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission laboratories in Los Alamos,Oak Ridge, Hanford and Brookhaven. American flag post and a distant tower (Zero Tower) on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Loading unloading of cargo at shipyard in Long Beach,California. Convoy of U.S. ships heads for Enewetak. Scenes of men aboard the ships. U.S. troops in Eniwetok Atoll deploy security measures and plant testing and recording instruments near the Zero Tower. Several types of photo cameras in a workshop . Troops mount high speed cameras on an aircraft.
Newsreel clip entitled "Ball Players Train in North" shows major league baseball teams holding spring training in 1943. Teams were not allowed to travel south to Florida because of World War 2 travel restrictions. First part of clip shows men (presumably baseball players) riding in a horse and buggy along a tree-lined road. Giants seen running on field and meeting with manager and Hall of Fame outfielder Mel Ott. Players pose for camera, all wearing long sleeves. Closeup of Giants Hall of Fame pitcher Carl Hubbell. Giants players seen throwing at posters of Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo -- Leaders of the Axis powers during the war. Players look at the posters after throwing; note patriotic war patch on Giant player's sleeve. Clip shifts to Washington Senators training camp the same year. Coach and renowned baseball clown Nick Altrock leads players in warmup drills. Players warm up in outfield, near what looks like a heating plant. Closeup of Senators pitcher Dutch Leonard throwing. Closeup of Senators owner Clark Griffith (in overcoat) talking with manager Ossie Bluege. Closeup of Bluege. Players marvel over of 7-foot player Richard Ahrens, who was signed by the Senators that spring as a possible publicity stunt; he never appeared in a minor or major league game. Washington players pretend to warm themselves up by small campfire on the field. Another shot of Altrock. (Note: There is no indication where these clips were taken but the Giants trained in Lakewood, New Jersey that spring and the Senators trained in College Park, Maryland. )
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