- Title: F-4100
- Summary: THE JACKIE ROBINSON STORY (PT 1): JACKIE ROBINSON WAS THE FIRST BLACK AMERICAN BASEBALL PLAYER IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE. CHRONICLES HIS EARLY LIFE, HIS EDUCATION, HIS COURTSHIP WITH RAE, HIS EXPERIENCES IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES, BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER, & THE RACISM HE FACED WHEN HE JOINED THE BROOKLYN DODGERS IN 1947. AFRICAN-AMERICANS. AMERICAN SPORTS. FIRST UCLA STUDENT-ATHLETE TO WIN VARISTY LETTERS IN FOUR SPORTS (FOOTBALL, BASEBALL, TRACK & BASKETBALL). SPORTS MILESTONES.
- Description:00:00:39 - PRE-TEEN WALKS DOWN WIDE DIRT ROAD. GEORGIA, 1920s 00:01:04 - BOYS RUN ONTO BASEBALL FIELD. MEN HIT BALLS, FIELD PRACTICE, 1920s 00:01:31 - BLACK PRE-TEEN ASKS MAN TO HIT HIM ONE. KID CATCHES BALL WITH BARE HANDS. MAN CALLS HIM OVER, GIVE HIM AN OLD BASEBALL GLOVE. EXCITED BOY RUNS AWAY 00:02:31 - SHARECROPPER'S WIFE, SOUTHERN HOUSEWIFE BRINGS LAUNDRY BASKET INTO THE HOUSE. BOY RUNS INTO HIS HOUSE, SHOWS MOTHER BASEBALL GLOVE. MOTHER HUGS HER SON 00:02:41 - CALENDER MONTH PAGES THROWN ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER SHOWS PASSAGE OF TIME WITH IMAGES OF BOY, PLAYING WITH BASEBALL & MITT, SHINING SHOES, DELIVERING NEWSPAPERS ON BICYCLE. PAPERBOY. DATE UP TO 1937. 00:03:23 - SHARECROPPER HOUSEWIFE MOTHER CALLS SONS INTO KITCHEN, PLACING LETTERS ON SHIRT. SON MOVES THE LETTERS PJC (PASSADENA JUNIOR COLLEGE). SON GOING OFF TO COLLEGE 00:04:03 - NEWSPAPER ARTICLE "JACKIE ROBINSON BREAKS BROAD JUMP MARK". BEATS HIS BROTHER'S RECORD 00:04:10 - UNIVERSITY DEAN & COACH TALK ABOUT ROBINSON 00:04:50 - NEWSPAPER HEADLINE "UCLA LANDS ALL-SPORTS RECORD HOLDER" 00:04:52 - UCLA COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME. CUT TO "MACK ROBINSON" & JACKIE'S GIRLFRIEND IN STANDS CHEERING. OPPONENTS COME DOWN HARD ON ROBINSON. JACKIE INJURED HIS BACK IN FOOTBALL GAME 00:05:44 - ROBINSON IN LOCKER ROOM WITH SPORTS MASSAGE THERAPIST. 00:06:17 - UCLA CAMPUS LATE 1930s. BLACK COURTING COUPLE SITS & TALKS 00:07:16 - SON HELPS HIS MOTHER IN KITCHEN 00:07:32 - EXTERIOR/NIGHT: MAN BRINGS HIS STREET-CLEANER BROTHER "LUNCH" 00:08:59 - ROBINSON PLAYS BASKETBALL FOR UCLA 00:09:16 - IN LOCKER ROOM AFTER BASKETBALL GAME, ROBINSON COOLING DOWN 00:09:45 - MACK & JACKIE ROBINSON OPEN MAIL WITH REJECTION LETTERS. CAN'T GET A JOB 00:10:28 - NURSES QUARTERS HARLEM HOSPITAL. JACKIE'S GIRLFRIEND & HER FRIEND READ LETTERS FROM THEIR SWEETHEARTS. BLACK NURSING STUDENTS 00:11:00 - THRONGS OF CHEERING CROWDS FILL TIMES SQUARE CELEBRATING JAPANESE SURRENDER. ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD VJ-DAY, END OF WWII. 00:11:09 - SPINNING NEWSPAPER HEADLINE "WAR ENDS" 00:11:15 - ROBINSON RETURNS FROM ARMY. UNPACKING. BROTHER READS MAIL, ROBINSON GETS A JOB 00:11:54 - SIGN READS "BASEBALL TODAY, PANTHERS VS EAGLES" 00:11:57 - NEGRO LEAGUE. ROBINSON PLAYS FOR THE PANTHERS, UP AT BAT. PITCHER DELIBERATELY GIVES HIM A HARD TIME. DESPITE THAT, ROBINSON HITS DOUBLE, STEALS TO THIRD THEN HOME 00:13:55 - NEGRO LEAGUE TEAM RIDING ON BUS HOME 00:15:24 - JACKIE GOES INTO DINER, ORDERS FOOD FOR THE TEAM. OWNER GIVES HIM HARD TIME. CHEF SAYS HE'LL DO IT. OWNER WON'T LET THEM USE THE RESTROOM. RACISM IN THE SOUTH, 1930s. 00:16:42 - NEGRO LEAGUE PLAYERS IN LOCKER ROOM TALKING CONTRACTS 00:17:29 - NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME, PANTHERS VS EAGLES. SCOUTS IN THE AUDIENCE 00:17:50 - CLYDE SUKEFORTH, SCOUT FOR THE BROOKLYN DODGERS APPROACHES ROBINSON ABOUT MEETING BRANCH RICKEY 00:18:40 - ROBINSON ASLEEP, CLYDE SUKEFORTH WAKES HIM UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. ANGRY ROBINSON DIDN'T MEET HIM. ROBINSON DIDN'T BELIEVE HE WAS A SCOUT 00:19:20 - TRAIN APPROCHES & PASSES AT NIGHT 00:19:26 - NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE 00:19:31 - BROOKLYN BASEBALL CLUB, BRANCH RICKEY'S OFFICE. ROBINSON MEETS WITH RICKEY & SUKEFORTH. OFFER HIM JOB WITH THE BROOKLYN ORGANIZATION, WITH MONTREAL. 1946. RICKEY GIVES ADVICE "NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS ON THE BALLFIELD, YOU CAN'T FIGHT BACK" 00:24:20 - INTERIOR ROBINSON'S HOME. MOTHER KNITTING, BROTHER RELAXING. PHONE RINGS. ROBINSON CALLS HOME TO TELL THEM OF HIS NEW JOB WITH BROOKLYN. 00:25:34 - ROBINSON VISITS REVEREND CARTER FOR ADVICE 00:27:55 - NEWSPAPER HEADLINE "NEGRO SIGNED FOR DODGER FARM, ROBINSON TO PLAY FOR MONTREAL". 00:28:00 - CENTRAL PARK, ROBINSON COURTING RAE. SHE GIVES HIM ULTIMATUM, MARRY ME NOW 00:29:12 - RAE & JACKIE SIT IN THE BACK OF THE BUS. JIM CROW LAWS. SIGN FOR COLORED TO SIT IN REAR. 00:29:36 - THE ROBINSONS GET OFF BUS IN DAYTONA BEACH, MET BY ATTORNEY GAINES. 00:30:07 - MONTREAL SPRING TRAINING CAMP IN SANFORD, FLORIDA. ROBINSON LEFT OUT BY FELLOW TEAMMATES. RESENTMENT AMONG THE WHITE PLAYERS. FINALLY THEY INCLUDE HIM 00:31:25 - SIGN FOR "TODAY'S GAME, MONTREAL REDS VS MONTREAL BLUES". MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME, 1946. SHORTY HOPPER. ROBINSON. SCOREBOARD. RICKEY COMPLIMENTS ROBINSON. HOPPER GRABS HIS ARM, ASKS RICKEY "DO YOU REALLY THINK HE'S A HUMAN BEING?" 00:35:14 - TWO WOMEN SIT ON PORCH KNITTING & TALKING. RAE ROBINSON AFRAID FOR JACKIE 00:35:51 - TEAM ARRIVES FOR GAME. GATE LOCKED. NOTICE ON THE GATE, "CANCELLED IN ACCORDANCE RELATING TO SPORTS EVENTS BETWEEN WHITE & COLORED". COLOR BARRIER. JIM CROW. ROBINSON WANTS TO BOW OUT, RICKEY WON'T LET HIM 00:36:42 - SPORTS ANNOUNCER HANDED BREAKING NEWS BRIEF. TALKS ABOUT SOME CITIES EXPRESSING PRETTY STRONG SENTIMENT AGAINST MONTREAL & ROBINSON 00:37:13 - BRANCH RICKEY GETS PRESSURE TO DROP ROBINSON BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS 00:38:33 - RAE & JACKIE PACK FOR HIS FIRST GAME WITH MONTREAL 00:39:17 - 25,000 SEAT ROOSEVELT STADIUM, JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY. OPENING OF THE 1946 INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE SEASON. SPORTS ANNOUNCERS. JACKIE ROBINSON ERRORS IN THE FIRST INNING. ROBINSON BOOED BY BASEBALL FANS. 00:41:34 - ROBINSON AT BAT. BUNTS, SAFE AT FIRST BASE. STEALS TO SECOND, THEN THIRD, THEN HOME. STEALS THREE BASES 00:43:54 - ROBINSON AT BAT. HITS HOME RUN, RUNS THE BASES 00:45:36 - NEWSPAPER ARTICLE "RIOT THREATENED IF NEGRO PLAYS HERE NEXT WEEK. MONTREAL WARNED NOT TO BRING ROBINSON" 00:45:41 - RACIST SPECTATORS TALK ABOUT "THE SHINE PLAYING", "NIGGER BALL PLAYER". PLAN TO HARASS ROBINSON 00:47:15 - JACKIE ROBINSON BOOED BY SPECTATORS AS HE COMES TO BAT 00:47:48 - RAE WAITS FOR JACKIE AT THE PLAYER'S ENTRANCE. THREE WHITE RACISTS CONFRONT JACKIE, THREATEN HIM. JACKIE DOESN'T FIGHT BACK. RACIST POINTS HIS FINGER IN ROBINSON'S CHEST. TWO TEAMMATES WALK HIM TO BUS 00:49:07 - BASEBALL SCOREBOARD MONTREAL & SARACUSE. MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME. COACH HOPPER GIVES SHORTY PAIR OF ELEVATOR SHOES. TEAMMATES CHUCKLE 00:49:49 - SHORTY AT BAT, SHOWS OFF HIS ELEVATOR SHOES TO CATCHER. SHORTY HITS A SINGLE 00:50:27 - MONTREAL-SARACUSE SCOREBOARD 00:50:29 - MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME, 1946. RACISTS HECKLE ROBINSON FROM BEHIND FENCE. RACIAL SLURS. THEY PUT BLACK CAT DOWN, ROBINSON PICKS IT UP & PETS IT. 00:51:28 - JACKIE ROBINSON AT BAT. HAS TO ENDURE RACIAL SLURS FROM OPPOSING TEAM MEMBERS & FANS. RACIST EATS WATERMELON. ANOTHER PUTS DOWN SHOE SHINE KIT. 00:52:06 - OWNERS, MANAGERS MEETING. PICKING BROOKLYN DODGERS TEAM. ROBINSON NOT INCLUDED IN MAJOR LEAGUE 00:54:00 - SPRING TRAINING, BROOKLYN DODGERS & MONTREAL ROYALS. PANAMA. BRANCH RICKEY FINDS OUT THAT 6 DODGERS SIGNED PETITION TO KEEP ROBINSON OFF DODGERS 00:55:05 - RICKEY BERATES DODGER PLAYERS IN HIS ROOM FOR BEING RACIST. BRINGS UP THE FACT THAT PLAYER'S PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS & NO ONE STOPPED THEIR FATHERS FROM BEING IMMIGRANT LABORERS & HOW DARE THEY STOP AN AMERICAN WHOSE FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE 200 YEARS 00:57:39 - MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME, 1946. BRANCH RICKEY PUTS ROBINSON ON FIRST BASE. MONTREAL ROYALS 00:59:44 - ROBINSON AT BAT. DODGER PITCHER GIVES HIM A HARD TIME, BUT ROBINSON HITS HOME RUN. 01:00:14 - SPECTATORS HECKLE ROBINSON
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1920
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1920s
- File Name: F-4100