Newsreel entitled "Babe Gets a New Bat." Shows American baseball legend Babe Ruth playing golf at a St. Petersburg Florida golf course in 1930 with his wife, the former Claire Hodgson. The couple exit clubhouse with unidentified man; pose for camera on a breezy, sunny day; Claire holds up flowers for Babe to smell; Babe takes first shot while others in the background watch; the Ruths walk across golf course. (NOTE: St. Petersburg was where Ruth's team, the New York Yankees, held spring training most of the time between 1925 and 1960.)
Men digging in the city streets for hidden pirate gold in Green Clove Springs, Florida. Octogenarian George Mobley stands with men. George Mobley starts his search for pirate gold. Mobley takes out his hat. Doctor H H. Humphery with a cigar in his mouth. Men digging the street. People stand around a dug out looking at the men digging the street for pirate gold. A giant scoop is pulled up. George Mobley seated in the dug out holding a divining rod. George Mobley with the rod.
College students on their vacations in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Students from all over the country enjoy their Spring Break college vacation. Students dancing and walking on streets and beach areas. Students enjoy on a beach. Cars parked on the street. Two kegs of beer being moved by a hand cart. Group of college students sitting at an outdoor cafe table drinking cans of Budweiser beer and Busch beer.
Baseball's defending champs, the Los Angeles Dodgers, get ready for 1964 baseball season at their spring training camp in Vero Beach Florida. Billboards outside the stadium. Players charge onto field. Shots of top Dodger pitchers Johnny Podres, Don Drysdale, Ron Perranoski and Sandy Koufax warming up their arms, with palm trees in background. Manager Walter Alston stands by the batting cage as a succession of Dodger hitters -- Jim Gilliam, Wally Moon, John Roseboro, Ron Fairly, Willie Davis and Tommy Davis -- hit baseballs and run to first base. Shot of U.S. flag and a smaller flag reading "Dodgers World Champions" flying from flagpole in strong wind.
A photoshoot featuring the Spring 1954 collection French designer Jacques Fath takes place at a castle near The Hague in the Netherlands. Models in dresses with rounded hiplines and wasp waist sit on chairs and walk around. Cameramen admire the models. Film maker records the event and is seen filming from behind his motion picture film camera. Woman takes off her bolero. A woman wears an Ottoman coat and an organdy dress. Women model in walking dress, cocktail dress, and organza cocktail dress. A model in an evening gown by the designer on the castle's balcony.
The Cincinnati Reds baseball team disembarks from a Pan American Sikorsky S-40 flying boat in Miami, after a flight from Puerto Rico, March 1936. Players in Reds uniforms climb off boat. Sign on flying boat reads "Pan American Airways System." Players toss and lightly hit baseballs on a field near the shore. Close up of Reds pitcher Paul Derringer (#25). (NOTES: This was one of the first times a baseball team traveled by air. The Reds held part of their spring training in San Juan in 1936.)
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