- Title: F-4115
- Summary: KING OF DIAMONDS: BASEBALL HIGHLIGHTS OF "THE IRON HORSE" LOU GEHRIG 1903-1941
- Description:01:36:08 - LOU GEHRIG HITS A HOME RUN, RUNS THE BASES 01:36:27 - CU NEW YORK YANKEE LOU GEHRIG 01:36:34 - 1903. TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY NEW YORK CITY. CROWDED STREETS AND TENEMENTS. KIDS PLAY BASEBALL IN THE STREETS 01:36:45 - WRIGLEY FIELD, CHICAGO. 1919. INTER-CITY HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. LOU GEHRIG AT 16 YEARS OLD HITS HOME RUN TO WIN THE GAME. CU GEHRIG AT 16 YEARS OLD 01:37:05 - 1920. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS 01:37:20 - CU GEHRIG AS A COLLEGE STUDENT 01:37:28 - 1925. NEW YORK YANKEE SPRING TRAINING. CU WAITE HOYT. CU BABE RUTH. GEHRIG AT FIRST BASE. 01:37:50 - GEHRIG AT BAT SPRING TRAINING, 1925 01:37:59 - CU GEHRIG IN PINSTRIPES. NEW YORK YANKEE UNIFORM 01:38:03 - NEW YORK YANKEES PLAY BASEBALL. GEHRIG BENCHED 01:38:13 - CU MANAGER MILLER HUGGINGS 01:38:18 - MONTAGE LOU GEHRIG PLAYING FIRST BASE CIRCA 1925 01:38:33 - GEHRIG AT BAT, HITS THE BALL, FANS STAND EN MASSE. GEHRIG HITS HOME RUN, RUNS THE BASES 01:38:49 - CU YANKEES TRIS SPEAKER, TY COBB, LOU GEHRIG AND BABE RUTH 01:38:53 - GEHRIG POSING WITH BABE RUTH "THE HOME RUN TWINS" 01:38:58 - GEHRIG WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS TAKING PHOTOS 01:39:00 - ECU GEHRIG SIGNING AUTOGRAPHING BASEBALL 01:39:06 - BABE RUTH WITH BOY FANS IN YANKEES UNIFORMS 01:39:15 - HS STADIUM FULL OF FANS 01:39:18 - BABE RUTH AT BAT, HITS A HOME RUN, RUNS THE BASES 01:39:34 - CU GEHRIG IN DUGOUT 01:39:45 - 1932 YANKEE SPRING TRAINING. 01:39:53 - SHIRT-LESS LOU GEHRIG HITS BALL IN SLOW MOTION DEMONSTRATES POWERFUL BACK AND SHOULDERS 01:40:05 - LOU GEHRIG FIELDING AT FIRST BASE 01:40:12 - LOU GEHRIG HITS HIS FOURTH HOME RUN IN ONE DAY IN PHILADELPHIA CUTS TO PHILLY ATHLETICS MANAGER CONNIE MACK. RUNS BASES. 01:40:49 - SLOW MOTION LOU GEHRIG AT BAT HITTING THE BALL 01:40:53 - CU BASEBALLS ON THE GROUND FORM THE NUMBER 2000. GEHRIG PLAYED IN 2000 CONSECUTIVE BALL GAMES SETTING A NEW WORLD RECORD 01:40:57 - GEHRIG WITH YANKEE PLAYERS AND NEW YANKEE MANAGER JOE MCCARTHY. MCCARTHY CONGRATULATES GEHRIG ON HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, SOF 01:41:31 - STILLS, GEHRIG MARRIAGE TO ELEANOR TWITCHELL 01:41:49 - CU BABE RUTH & WIFE IN STREET CLOTHES IN STANDS WATCHING BASEBALL GAME 01:41:54 - 1935 SPRING TRAINING. YANKEES PLAYERS WALK FAST AROUND THE FIELD. WADDLE LIKE DUCKS 01:41:58 - CU GEHRIG, 1935 NOW CAPTAIN OF THE YANKEES 01:42:10 - 1935 BASEBALL SEASON. GEHRIG ARGUES WITH UMPIRE OVER CALL 01:42:29 - MAKE UP ARTIST WORKS ON LOU GEHRIG PUTTING MAKE UP FOR HOLLYWOOD FILM 01:42:40 - MAN PAINTS BIG THICK FAKE CLOWN MUSTACHE AND EYEBROWS ON GEHRIG. CELEBRITY "SAINTS AND SINNERS" HITS WITH TINY BAT, CLOWNS THROW BASEBALLS AT HIM 01:43:06 - CU SPINNING SUSPENDED BASEBALL WITH GEHRIG STATISTICS OVER. 1936. GEHRIG HITS 49 HOME RUNS. 1937, 37 HOME RUNS. 1938, 29 HOME RUNS. SLIPPING IN HOME RUNS 01:43:23 - 1939 BASEBALL SEASON. GEHRIG AT BAT. CU HANDS GRIPPING BAT. SPECTATORS FANS CIRCA 1939. LITTLE POWER IN SWING, GREAT EFFORT TO REACH FIRST BASE 01:43:50 - FANS STAND EN MASSE 01:43:53 - GEHRIG TAKES HIMSELF OUT THE REGULAR LINEUP IN A SLUMP. CU GEHRIG MANAGES A SMILE 01:44:03 - EXTERIOR MAYO CLINIC CIRCA 1939 01:44:11 - NURSES AND DOCTORS AT MAYO CLINIC. 1939 LAB WORK LOOKING UNDER MICROSCOPES 01:44:34 - CU TELETYPE WITH "GEHRIG STRICKEN WITH INFANTILE PARALYSIS" "DISEASE FATAL" 01:44:44 - JULY 4, 1939. ONE OF THE SADDEST DAYS IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL. LOU GEHRIG RETIRES FROM BASEBALL 01:44:55 - CU PAN STARS OF YANKEE TEAMS OF THE PAST IN SUITS. 01:45:10 - BABE RUTH WITH ARM AROUND GEHRIG 01:45:15 - FUR CLAD MRS. GEHRIG IN STANDS WITH ANOTHER FUR CLAD WOMAN. WOMAN SMOKING A CIGARETTE. 01:45:17 - LOU GEHRIG AND YANKEE BUSINESS MANAGER ED BARROW LOU FIGHTS BACK TEARS 01:45:28 - SPECTATORS, FANS STAND EN MASSE 01:45:30 - LOU GEHRIG GIVES FAREWELL SPEECH "TODAY I CONSIDER MYSELF THE LUCKIEST MAN ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH" 01:45:59 - LOU GEHRIG TAKES JOB AS COMMISSIONER OF NEW YORK CITY PAROLE BOARD SWORN IN BY MAYOR LAGUARDIA 01:46:19 - LOU GEHRIG STUDIES, READS. WIFE SITS ON ARM OF HIS CHAIR 01:46:30 - AMERICAN FLAG AT HALF MAST. 1941. FLAGS FLY AT HALF MAST AT YANKEE STADIUM. GEHRIG PASSES AWAY CU MONUMENT IN GEHRIG'S MEMORY 01:46:53 - HS YANKEE STADIUM. IMAGES OF LOU GEHRIG IMPOSED OVER THE STADIUM.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1903
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: F-4115