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Babe Ruth King of Swat (1956)

1956 · Short film · 8 min

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This black & white film is about learning how to pitch certain pitches taught by the legendary Babe Ruth. The copyright is 1956. Opening: Castle Films presents Babe Ruth, King of Swat in Perfect Control (:06-:20). A teacher teaches geography to a class. A student raises his hand but the teacher will not call on him. Another child sits on the dunce chair while the teacher has the class recite the times tables. A child seated has a Babe Ruth book and he opens the book to see a picture of Babe Ruth (:21-1:27). The boy falls asleep, wakes up and sees the janitor walk by who then turns into Babe Ruth. The child rises, smiling, Babe enters and tells the teacher not to keep the boys inside when there's baseball to be played. Babe Ruth scolds the teacher and the boys all race outside. Babe Ruth has the boys gathered around him. Babe Ruth puts on his glove and prepares to pitch. The teacher comes outside and asks to catch. The teacher shows an old photo of himself playing baseball (1:28-3:51). Babe asks the teacher to catch. The teacher puts on the catchers outfit. Babe throws a pitch and hits the catcher in the throat, the kids laugh. After that, the Babe starts throwing back and forth to the catcher. Babe Ruth throws all types of pitches. Slow motion of Babe throwing (3:52-5:21). Babe shows how to throw a curve ball, the difference between a fastball and a curve. The Babe pitches and the boy who's batting steps away from the pitch. Babe shows the boys how to throw a knuckleball and…

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Running time
8 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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