Yesterday's Newsreel World Series Scandal (1919)

Synopsis

Episode 63 of “Yesterday’s Newsreel” provided viewers “television highlights of the news of yesteryear” by providing vintage clips of famous people and events from the first half of the 20th century. This episode opens at mark 00:30 with the famed 1919 World Series scandal — famously known as the Black Sox Scandal — in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused of intentionally losing the 1919 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for money from gamblers. There are scenes of New York Giants manager John McGraw (mark 01:05 ) as well as Sox players Eddie Cicotte and Shoeless Joe Jackson, in addition to rare footage from Game 1 (mark 01:35 ). Mark 02:43 takes us to 1926 and “Paving the Way,” a look at the world’s faster bricklayer who can lay 100 bricks a minute, and at mark 03:22 see “Ready for Gas” — which explains how firefighters don gas masks in order to more effectively combat fires, and how lessons learned during World War I was preparing men for possible gas attacks as WW2 approached. Even British babies are shown being placed inside specially designed gas-proofed suits (mark 04:45 ). Personalities of 1930 (mark 05:05 ) include sculptor George Grey Barnard and Secretary of War Elihu Root, and at mark 06:00 there is a look at a passenger train collision near Carpenter, Michigan. Mark 06:50 features “Broadway Ballerina” — a dancer rhythmically making her way down the street in 1930 to offer New York City residents a brief respite from the…

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Running time

11 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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• Stock Footage