Roman Catholic clergymen attend requiem mass for late Pope Pius XI in New York City. Laymen stand beside road. Clergymen arrive at the St. Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) in a line. Bishop Donahue sits at a platform before catafalque. He and other clergymen perform rituals to pray for late Pope Pius XI.
Clip opens with view of some of the 40,000+ fans who crowded Yankee Stadium in New York for "Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day" on July 4, 1939. The Yankees played two baseball games against the Washington Senators that day. Distant footage from left field shows Senators retiring Yankees and running off the field. Yankees run onto the field. In game two, Yankees second baseman Joe Gordon hits a long single that drives in three Yankee runs. Gehrig seen taking framed petition headlined "Don't Quit." Flag reading "1927 Champions" raised on flagpole. Members of that great Yankee team, including Babe Ruth (in white suit) and current Yankee coach Earle Combs (in Yankee uniform) walk up to home plate for the ceremony. Players, executives, dignitaries, photographers gathered at home plate. Gehrig listens to speech, head down. (The only sound bite in this clip is heard here as the announcer says: "In a case like yours, all league and glove lines are obliterated..." ) Next, in footage from game two, Yankees get hits off Washington pitcher Alex Carrasquel. Fans stand up to watch the action. Senators won the first game 3-2; Yankees took the second game, 11-1. (Note: Gehrig, the fabled "Iron Horse" of the Yankees, had to retire that year because of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis aka ALS, often called "Lou Gehrig's disease," which would kill him within two years.)
New York World's Fair held at Dupont Building in New York City, United States. A chemist demonstrates Lucite (Polymethyl Methacrylate). He demonstrates tubes and a tongue depressor. He inverts the tubes. The test tubes are filled with a thick viscous liquid. ' Ammonia' written on the podium. He opens his mouth and uses the tongue depressor.
New York World's Fair held at Dupont Building in New York City, United States. A machine is operated during the fair. View of Exton bristles in the machine.
A map of United States of America. Greyhound passenger bus pasing through toll booth on highway between Boston and New York. Tourist bus arrives in New York, USA. View of tourists inside the bus. Buildings in New York City. View of the Statue of Liberty from a boat. Heavy traffic outside the New York Public Library. Tourist couples travels on busy streets sitting in open top level of a double decker bus. View of the Empire State building and Will's building. Tourist couple enjoys view of the city from rooftop of Empire State Building. A telescope on the rooftop. Wide, sweeping, elevated views of skyscrapers and buildings of Manhattan, New York City, as seen from atop the Empire State Building in the early 1940s.
A Ford motor company advertisement in technicolor for the new, quiet engineered 1939 Ford automobile. A panoramic view of a forest. Deer in the forest. A man takes photographs of companions, a man and two women in the forest. Their 1939 Ford car parked in the background. They all get in the car and drive away on a road in the forest.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy | Links ©2024 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2024 CriticalPast LLC.