Scenes from game 7 of the World Series in 1934: Detroit Tigers, of Detroit, Michigan play against the St. Louis Cardinals from St. Louis, Missouri, at Navin Field in Detroit Michigan. The players include Frankie Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, Dizzy Dean and Joe "Ducky" Medwick. The players playing the game. Notable persons watching the game include: Henry Ford, son Edsel Ford, Will Rogers and R Judge Landis (Kenesaw Mountain Landis), the first Commissioner of Major League Baseball. A large crowd of spectators watch the game in the stadium. Fans throw pop bottles and fruit onto the field in the 6th inning of game 7 after Cardinals star Ducky Wucky Medwick slides into the Detroit 3rd baseman Marv Owen. Medwick is removed from the game by Commissioner Landis. St. Louis Cardinals with its infamous "Gashouse Gang" win the game and the series. From a "25 years ago today" retrospective in a UN newsreel, dated September 24, 1959.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower's plans for 1956 are still a secret after a press conference in Key West, Florida. President Eisenhower speaks at an informal press conference. Newsmen question him about his plans for 1956. The President parries newsmen 's questions and smiles.
A wingless aircraft, the 'Aerodyne' based on aerodynamic principle is demonstrated in a model form at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A man demonstrates and controls the wingless aircraft. The aircraft in a model form in flight.
A modern automated station wagon automobile with many new features is shown in Chicago. It is a 1956 Chrysler Plymouth Plainsman, designed by David Scott and built by Ghia as an experimental Station Wagon. The car displays a Texas longhorn cattle emblem. Various modern and inventive features of the car are shown, such as a tail light that moves forward to reveal the gas tank filling tube, a powered rear door, a powered retracting step for children to enter the rear of the car, power folding seats, and unique taillight design. A woman with children stands beside the car. The boy and girl children climb up in the back of the car and sit facing toward the back. The car drives away and the children smile as the automatic rear window closes.
Fashions in New York for overweight girls. New styles for overweight youngsters are shown. Girls aged 7 to 15 display specially designed and proportioned clothing for heavier weight girls. Plus size girls wearing designed, attractive and inexpensive dresses. The girls gather at the "No Calorie Bar" of the "Lane Bryant Chubby Shop" and drink beverages prepared by a boy working behind the counter.
The finals of a boxing match in the Eastern Golden Gloves Division in New York. A boxing match in a boxing ring. Spectators watch the match. The boxers fight. One boxer knocks out. The referee enforces the rules of the ring during the boxing match. The boxers fight in a ring.
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