Costumed Babe Ruth plays in celebrity baseball game at Westchester Country Club

Title card: "The Babe Goes Country Club" / various shots of Babe Ruth and baseball players parading on field in Napoleonic era Navy costumes, accompanied by drum major, accordion and saxophone players / CU Ruth in bicorn hat and navy costume says he is an admiral of the Swiss Navy and pretends to use sword to cut baseball; players in costume laugh / country club members sit in chairs on field / Ruth misses pitch and gets upset / Ruth swings at pitch, misses and takes off jacket / player in top hat and undergarments with heart on seat of frayed shorts runs on field / Ruth hits home run and runs bases wearing bicornered hat / [Note: film has nitrate deterioration]
Title card: "The Babe Goes Country Club" / various shots of Babe Ruth and baseball players parading on field in Napoleonic era Navy costumes, accompanied by drum major, accordion and saxophone players / CU Ruth in bicorn hat and navy costume says he is an admiral of the Swiss Navy and pretends to use sword to cut baseball; players in costume laugh / country club members sit in chairs on field / Ruth misses pitch and gets upset / Ruth swings at pitch, misses and takes off jacket / player in top hat and undergarments with heart on seat of frayed shorts runs on field / Ruth hits home run and runs bases wearing bicornered hat / [Note: film has nitrate deterioration]
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DETAILS

Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
542138606
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
July 06, 1935
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:13:16
Location:
Westchester, New York, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr001538_04_01.mov