Newsreel clip titled "Chicago Cubs Head For Pennant Year With Lofty Hopes.' Shows Cubs at spring training camp in 1941 at Catalina Island California. Team runs around baseball field situated near mountains and houses, seen in the background. Close ups of team manager Jimmie Wilson, holding catcher's glove. Shots of Hall of Fame pitcher Dizzy Dean on pitching mound, showing young boy how to throw. Shots of Cubs players warming up their arms. Dean (#22) seen throwing to Wilson in batting cage. Pitcher Larry French (no cap) seen throwing to Cub batter who takes a weak swing. Unidentified player throws pitch to outfielder Dom Dallessandro (#31). Player slides into second base as Billy Herman (#4) practices double play. Players hold bats in mock firing position. (World War II period).
Titled 'Pittsburgh Pirates Getting Into Shape at Training Camp.' Hall of Fame baseball shortstop and Pirates coach Honus Wagner plays around with a movie camera. Reverse film special effect with players. Close up of Pirates manager and Hall of Fame second baseman Frankie Frisch. Players running, doing calisthenics with mountains as backdrop. Shots of batters and pitchers warming up, including brief shots of 1940 National League batting champion Debs Garms (#18) and famous 'eephus ball' pitcher Rip Sewell (#30).
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) delivers a speech praising the film industry during the 13th Academy Awards night at the Millenium Biltmore Hotel (506 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90071, United States) in Los Angeles, California. Hollywood celebrities watch the speech by the president. “We have seen the American Motion Picture become the foremost in all the world. We have seen it reflect our civilization throughout the rest of the world. The aims, and the aspirations and the ideals of a free people and of freedom itself.” President Roosevelt said. Best actor Academy Award being presented to James Stewart and Best Actress award winner Ginger Rogers also receives her award.
Members of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) dressed in white robes and wearing conical hoods with face masks gather at the foot of Stone Mountain outside Atlanta in Georgia. They march with a person leading the march carrying a big cross with lighted bulbs. They perform an induction ceremony for new members, after leading the new men, each wearing a small face mask, across a field. They burn a large cross in the field during the membership induction ceremony.
Skiers carrying their ski boards climb up Mount Hood in Oregon. They ski down the snow covered slopes of the mountain as people cheer them on.
A film titled 'Chimps cut cute capers' shows Chimpanzees perform amusing stunts to entertain the audiences in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. Chimpanzees hang and swing on trapeze swings, ride ponies and walk on stilts. Views of faces of boys and girls in the audience as they watch the show. Children laugh and smile. A boy in a cowboy hat smiles. Advertisement for savings bonds at the end of the clip reads, "America's Opportunity Drive - Buy U.S. Savings bonds."
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