Fox Movietone News Story 23-946

Item Description
Fox Library Number
Fox Movietone News Story 23-946

Title
Babe Ruth plays golf--outtakes

Sound or Silent
Sound

Contributing Institution
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections


Digital Collection
Fox Movietone News Collection


Collection
Fox Movietone News Collection


Filmed on or about
1934-11-06

Filmed on or about (end)
1934-11-06

Decade
1930

Date Note
Filmed on November 6, 1934.

Content Description
George Herman "Babe" Ruth, with teammate Frank "Lefty" O'Doul, plays golf against United States Ambassador to Japan Joseph Clark Grew and Japanese professional golfer Charles Akiboshi.

Geographic Location
Tokyo (Japan)


Subject
Ruth, Babe, 1895-1948.
Grew, Joseph C. (Joseph Clark), 1880-1965.
Golf.
Golfing--Japan.
O'Doul, Lefty, 1897-1969.
United States--Relations--Japan.
Major League Baseball (Organization)--History--20th century.
Japan--Relations--United States.


Keywords
Tokyo Golf Club. Ruth, George Herman, 1895-1948. O'Doul, Francis Joseph, 1897-1969. Akiboshi, Charles.


Camera Crew
Matsuyama (Camera operator)


Newsreel Producer
Fox Movietone News (Production unit)


Physical Format
Film: 16mm. Sound. B&W. Positive. 1.37:1 (Academy). Variable-density optical. Acetate.


Citation
Babe Ruth plays golf--outtakes. (Fox Movietone News Story 23-946.) Fox Movietone News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.

Rights
Copyright Moving Image Research Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208.

Donor
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation


Time Period
Great Depression (1930-1938)


Type
Moving Image

Format
video/H264

Media Type
Motion pictures (visual works)

Digital Specifications
This standard definition .h264 video is an access copy derived from a NTSC videotape reproducing a film original which may not be still in existence.