Fox Movietone News Story 23-946

Description: 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.