The defending champion of baseball's American League, the Detroit Tigers, practice at spring training in Lakeland Florida, March 1941. Players warm up throwing arms, with pitchers Bobo Newsom (#12) and Schoolboy Rowe (#14) in foreground. Close up of manager Del Baker talking. Player slides into sliding pit. Shots of pitcher Tommy Bridges (#10) warming up; outfielder Barney McCosky (#21) hitting a ball and running to first base; Hall of Fame second baseman Charlie Gehringer (#2), hitting a ball and running to first;, Hall of Fame first baseman Hank Greenberg (#5) posing for the camera with bat; pitcher Newsom warming up; and Greenberg hitting a ball and running to first.
Players on the Boston Bees baseball team (formerly the Boston Braves) do spring training drills in San Antonio Texas, March 1941. Players warm up by throwing and catching. Manager Casey Stengel, a future Hall of Famer, clowns around with a movie camera for three of his players. Pitcher Hank LaManna throws a couple of pitches toward the camera. Shortstop Eddie Miller turns a double play in practice.
Gridiron training of Navy team in Annapolis,Maryland. United States Navy team seated on ground as coach Bill Ingram instructs them. Building in the background. Team members run on ground and perform exercise. They practice ball catching. Players practice with tackling dummy.
U.S. President Truman and British Leader Winston Churchill arrive in Fulton, Missouri. President Truman and Winston Leonard Churchill step down from the President's railroad train car. Photographers take pictures. Truman and Churchill get in to a car and travel the streets in a motorcade. Large crowd of spectators gathered on either side of the street, holding American and British flags. President Truman waves his hat and greets the onlookers. President Truman waves his hat and Winston Churchill smokes a cigar, as they stand on steps of Westminster College building.
Allied air attack in Germany during World War II. Aircraft gun camera footage shows tracer bullets hit building, vehicles, and a moving train. Grasslands in the background.
Allied attack in Germany during World War II. Tracer bullets travel toward and hit railroad train moving on tracks. Aircraft gun camera footage shows smoke column mushrooms up. Grasslands on either side of track. Buildings in background.
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