Buyout Footage Historic Stock Footage Archive
Download full films or create your own custom cuts
San Francisco Welcomes Its New Baseball Team The Giants
- Standard Definition: (24-hr. turnaround)
- SD NTSC -- $160.00
720 x 480 29.97i DV-NTSC Quicktime - SD PAL -- $160.00
720 x 576 25i DV-PAL Quicktime
keywords: sports, pro baseball, giants move to sf, new york giants, san francisco giants
Synopsis: The New York Giants arrive at their new hometown in a ticker-tape parade to become the new San Francisco Giants with Willie Mays and Hank Bauer ride in an open car...(read more)
- Date: 1958
- Duration: 00:01:37
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
New York Giants Move West To San Francisco
In New York, where the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field are tenanted only by ghosts and memories – the Giants are hailed by their new hometown - San Francisco. A ticker tape parade down Market Street bid the San Francisco Giants welcome.
Baseball greats Willie Mays and Hank Bauer ride in open car. Managers Walter Walt Alston and Bill Rigney. In the first big league regular season game ever played on the West Coast, the Giants proceed to trounce the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-0!
- Related Titles:
- Newsreels: 1958 - April 17
