Lost & Rare Sports Films: Sports Immortals / Touching All Bases / The Brown Bomber / King of Sport / 1936 Olympic Highlights
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DVD Details
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 15 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: July 3, 2012
- Originally Released: 2012
- Label: Festival Fims
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SPORTS IMMORTALS (1939) 10m Ed Thorgersen Sports Review newsreel with super rare behind-the- scenes footage of Red Grange, Helen Wills, Barney Oldfield, Babe Ruth, Knute Rockne, Man O' War, Gertrude Ederle, Jack Dempsey, Bobby Jones and 12-year-old Sonja Henie.
TOUCHING ALL BASES: (1939) 44m must-see rarity for all baseball fans. From sandlots to the Major Leagues, baseball's Centennial is celebrated on a grand scale in this star-studded homage presented by The American League and the Kellogg Co. Included is Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth speaking at opening of the Cooperstown Museum, highlights of the 1939 World Series, the first nighttime baseball game, fielding and batting instruction by major leaguers like Ted Williams, Bob Feller, Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio and much more!
THE BROWN BOMBER (1939) 7m intimate portrait of the Heavyweight Champion of the World - Joe Louis! We see Joe at training camp, reading, relaxing, playing pool, playing "hot records" on his phonograph, answering fan letters from around the world, working out with trainer Jack Blackburn, shadow boxing, weighing in before a bout and more. Commentary by St. Clair Bourne.
KINGS OF SPORT (1940s) 6m World Spotlight Newsreel presented by Look Magazine entitled "Kings of Sport." Buddies argue about who is the greatest sports figure of all time, which leads to rare film clips of Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Bobby Jones (golf), Bill Tilden (tennis), Helen Wills (tennis), Jesse Owens, Red Grange, Knute Rockne, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey and many more. You decide!
1936 OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS (1936) 7m. 52 nations gather in Berlin for the 1936 International Olympics, aka The Hitler Games, staged by Hitler and the Nazi party. Witness the Parade of the Nations, lighting the torch, triumph of the USA track and field athletes, Jesse Owens breaks world records, diving stars & more! Narrated by Jack Martin.
TOUCHING ALL BASES: (1939) 44m must-see rarity for all baseball fans. From sandlots to the Major Leagues, baseball's Centennial is celebrated on a grand scale in this star-studded homage presented by The American League and the Kellogg Co. Included is Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth speaking at opening of the Cooperstown Museum, highlights of the 1939 World Series, the first nighttime baseball game, fielding and batting instruction by major leaguers like Ted Williams, Bob Feller, Jimmie Foxx, Joe DiMaggio and much more!
THE BROWN BOMBER (1939) 7m intimate portrait of the Heavyweight Champion of the World - Joe Louis! We see Joe at training camp, reading, relaxing, playing pool, playing "hot records" on his phonograph, answering fan letters from around the world, working out with trainer Jack Blackburn, shadow boxing, weighing in before a bout and more. Commentary by St. Clair Bourne.
KINGS OF SPORT (1940s) 6m World Spotlight Newsreel presented by Look Magazine entitled "Kings of Sport." Buddies argue about who is the greatest sports figure of all time, which leads to rare film clips of Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Bobby Jones (golf), Bill Tilden (tennis), Helen Wills (tennis), Jesse Owens, Red Grange, Knute Rockne, Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey and many more. You decide!
1936 OLYMPIC HIGHLIGHTS (1936) 7m. 52 nations gather in Berlin for the 1936 International Olympics, aka The Hitler Games, staged by Hitler and the Nazi party. Witness the Parade of the Nations, lighting the torch, triumph of the USA track and field athletes, Jesse Owens breaks world records, diving stars & more! Narrated by Jack Martin.