Twenty Five Years Ago

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keywords: sports, pro baseball, 1936 world series, new york yankees, new york giants, guest of honor baseball great babe ruth, new york worlds fair preparations, helicopter innovation, gyrocopter, bicycles, tandem bicycle, bike riding

Synopsis: Scenes of Baseball World Series New York Yankees vs New York Giants with Baseball great Babe Ruth as guest of honor, preparations are seen as planners look over preliminary plans for New York World's Fair, a new flying machine the Gyrocopter makes a landing before onlookers as its blades are folded up and it takes to the streets in automobile mode, while in Germany a new flavor of the tandem bicycle is shown but with the seating arrangement being side-by-side rather that front to back...(read more)

Date: 1961
Duration: 00:01:45
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: United States, Germany

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Twenty Five Years Ago

Twenty-Five Years Ago - 1936

25 years ago this was not an unusual baseball picture; the New York Yankees playing in the World Series against the New York Giants. Images of Yankee Manager, Joe McCarthy and Giants Manager, Bill Terry. Carl Hubbell and Red Ruffing (opposing pitchers – not shown). Scenes of Babe Ruth, guest of honor, in the stands.

New York was also in the midst of hectic preparations for its World's Fair and Grover Whalen points out highlights of the great exposition to visiting dignitaries.

Highways were crowded even in 1936. Scenes of a helicopter with folding blades shown in flight. After landing the blades were folded and the helicopter automobile then complete its journey through the city streets.

The Germans came up with a switch with a tandem bike. Scenes of a tandem bicycle with a boy and girl riding side by side on one set of wheels.