1929 baseball newsreel, entitled, "Athletics and Cubs Clash in World's Series." Long-distance aerial shot of Wrigley Field, Chicago. A's starter Howard Ehmke warms up (with submarine motion) before the game. Title card notes he struck out 13 Cubs. A's manager Connie Mack and Cubs manager Joe McCarthy (both Hall of Famers) shake hands before game. Title card says 51,000 spectators in attendance. A's first baseman and Hall of Fame slugger Jimmie Foxx seen rounding third, touching home after hitting home run to give A's 1-0 lead. A's outfielder Bing Miller singles to score Mickey Cochrane. Fans exit ballpark across the field after A's win. Shots of packed Wrigley Field stands. Camera pans across part of ballpark during game; note absence of famous ivy on Wrigley Field outfield walls..
Four-man bobsled teams on the steep slopes of Mount Van Hoevenberg in North American Championship. Long racing sleds seen. Shots include team members boarding bobsled and point of view shots from aboard moving sled as it races down the course.
Models display summer creations of fashion designers in Paris. Models wearing suits from the Jacques Heim 1967 Summer Collection. Models wear an Arab type evening dress designed by Lanvin and a Dior dress is shown. A woman stands beside a vintage car takes off her Dior coat. A coat of sacking trimmed in leather and a long evening beach dress by Pierre Cardin.
Cowboy expert shows young boys some tricks with the Australian bull-whip in Australia. A horse in the background. Several boys gather around the cowboy. He demonstrates use of the bull whip and teaches boys how to use the whip. He performs daring stunts where he breaks small sticks being held between the hands of two boys. Two boys hold a long piece between their teeth, facing each other, and the cowboy breaks it in the middle. They perform the stunt again, with the boys leaning their heads much closer so the gap is smaller. He whips an apple off a boy's head. The cowboy expert snaps a penny off a boy's extended tongue.
Striking workers seen outside of a General Motors plant at Atlanta in Georgia. Several cars parked outside the Chevrolet Motor Company. Workers stand in a group during a labor strike. A tent on the street for the Union local chapter 34. Workers collect food distributed from a truck. Workers seen entering the offices of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) International Union local 34 chapter. Inside, workers seen preparing a meal. Men wearing aprons cook and make coffee. Men take food and eat in a group at a long dining table.
Papal legate Cardinal Mundelein arrives to preside at the 8th National Eucharistic Congress in New Orleans. 100,000 pilgrims from all over the world gathered. Three days long celebration gets underway with a parade.
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