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INCLUDING RARE FOOTAGE
OF THE FINAL GAMES EVER OF THE
BROOKLYN DODGERS
AND NEW YORK GIANTS
at Ebbets Field and the Polo Grounds

AND THE YANKEES VS. THE BRAVES IN THE WORLD SERIES

"SUMMER OF 1957" Vintage Baseball Season DVD!

Here is the most complete archive of baseball film footage from 1957 ever made available on DVD! Almost all is footage never seen before, A tremendous 3-hour, 24 minute B & W collection of stadium footage, baseball news, highlights from games and player interviews, most of this footage has never seen before!

NOTE: This is NOT a DVD-R. This is an actual DVD made from a GLASS MASTER! These are very high-quality and you'll be amazed to see the picture quality of this DVD! Here is what is on each of the 56 chapters--

"February, 1957 - Ted Williams wins friendly off-season $1,000 wager vs. bonefishing champ Sam Snead at Key Largo, Florida.
"Ted Williams P.F. Flyers tennis shoe commercial featuring Pee Wee Reese of Brooklyn.
"WREX Channel 13 TV Rockford interviews Chisox G.M. Chuck Comiskey in February before Spring Training opens.
"Annual Major Leaguers pre-Spring Training golf tournament in Miami. Jackie Robinson, Don Newcombe, Mickey Mantle, Alvin Dark, Lou Kretlow and Al Lopez.
"1957 Spring Training Review: Braves: Mgr. Haney, coach Keely, Spahn, Juan Pizarro, Bruton, Del Rice, Bobby Thomson, Aaron, Mathews and Adcock at Bradenton. Tigers at Henley Field: Mgr. Jack Tighe, Lary, Bunning, Jim Finigan and Eddie Robinson. Chisox at Tampa: New Mgr. Lopez, Pierce, Donovan, Jack Harshman, Minoso, Rivera, Doby, Dropo and Ron Jackson. Red Sox at Sarasota: Frank Sullivan, Parnell, Nixon, Porterfield, Mgr. Higgins and Ted Williams. KCA's at West Palm: Milt Graff, Mickey McDermott, Billy Hunter, Tom Morgan, Rip Coleman, Noren, Cerv, Vic Power and Harry Simpson. Senators at old Tinker Field: Mgr. Dressen, coaches Walter Beck, Lavagetto, pitchers Stobbs, Ramos plus Jim Lemon, Yost and Sievers. Phils at Clearwater: Hamner, Phil's first black player John Kennedy, Roberts, Simmons, Repulski, Lopata and Ashburn. Pirates: Mgr. Bragan, Friend, Kline, Law, Face, Dan Kildoo, Walls, Frank Thomas, Clemente, Long and rookie Buddy Pritchard. Indians: New Mgr. Kirby Farrell, Feller, Lemon, Wynn, Score, Garcia, Mossi, Narleski, Stanky, Wertz, Colavito and Al Smith. Orioles at Scottsdale: Coach Brecheen, Palica, Mgr. Richards and Kell. Cubs: New Mgr. Bob Scheffing, coach Fitzsimmons, Tom Poholsky, Banks, Baker, Ray Jablonski, Solly Drake and Walt Moryn. Giants at Phoenix: Antonelli, Westrum, Bob Schmidt, Lockman, Gail Harris, Andre Rodgers, Schoendienst, Mgr. Rigney, Mays and Hank Sauer.
"Yankees infielder Gil McDougald is interviewed in Spring Training by Jim Leaming.
"Braves mound mainstay Warren Spahn is interviewed by Dan Ende at Braves Field, Bradenton.
"New York Yankees in Spring Training: Stengel, Mantle, Bauer, Berra, McDougald Carey, Lumpe, Martin, Larsen and Ford. Then, interview with Bob Turley by Jim Leaming.
"Phils veteran infielder Granny Hamner is interviewed by Jim Leaming at Clearwater.
"Slugging outfielder Rip Repulski joins Phils from St. Louis for Del Ennis, and is interviewed by Jim Leaming at Clearwater.
"Spring Rundown on the Cincinnati Reds (Shown in action at Ebbets Field, 1956). Frank Robinson, Klu, Brooks Lawrence, Temple and McMillan, Ed Bailey and Smoky Burgess.
"Opening Day at Connie Mack Stadium First night opener in Phils history! In 12 innings, Dodgers squeak by Phils 7-6. Geno Cimoli's first ML homer wins game! HR Hodges. Mgr. Mayo Smith, rookies Chico Fernandez, Ed Bouchee and Bob Bowman, plus Brooklyn's Duke Snider, Gil Hodges, Don Zimmer and Geno Cimoli.
"Sunday April 21 at County Stadium - Ed Bailey's first inning HR gives Reds quick lead over Braves, but Spahn beats Johnny Klippstein 3-1. Crandall's 2-run single is game-winning blow.
"April 26 at Yankee Stadium - Red Sox win 4th in a row, knocking off Yanks 6-2, Dave Sisler vs. Tom Sturdivant. Jim Piersall's three-run 7th inning HR off Tommy Byrne is crushing blow. HR Enos Slaughter. Mantle, Skowron, Dick Gernert, Frank Sullivan, Slaughter and McDougald.
"May 3 at the Polo Grounds - Pete Whisenant's 3-run 9th inning homer wins wild 11-10 slugfest, Art Fowler vs. Red Worthington, as Reds win 7th in a row! Gus Bell hits inside the park HR and Red Schoendienst and Hank Sauer homer for Giants.
"Sunday May 5 at Ebbets Field - Braves tomahawk Dodger pitchers for 10-7 win, Buhl vs. Maglie. Campy and Aaron each hit 3-run homers, but reliever Ernie Johnson is hero with RBI and 6 innings of outstanding relief.
"May 12 at Briggs Stadium - Larry Doby hits two homers and a circuit poke by Walt Dropo help rookie Bill Fischer to his first big league victory, a 5-4 win over Tigers and Paul Foytack.
"May 17 at Memorial Stadium - First place "Go-Go" White Sox win 5th in a row, beating Orioles 3-2, Dick Donovan vs Art Ceccarelli. Sox skipper Al Lopez, Minnie Minoso, Jim Landis and Oriole boss Paul Richards shown. HR Tito Francona.
"Friday night May 24 at Connie Mack Stadium - Phils beat Bucs 7-3, Bob Friend vs. rookie Jack Sanford with Turk Farrell in relief. Home runs by Chico Fernandez, Repulski, Hamner and "Puddin' Head" Jones. Hamner's is inside-the-park! Cardwell, Bob Bowman and Ed Bouchee.
"Sunday May 26 at Municipal Stadium - Billy Pierce beats rookie Bud Daley in 10-inning pitching duel at Cleveland! Pierce has 7 wins already for first place White Sox!
"June 2 at Comiskey Park - Al Kaline's clubbing downs White Sox in first game of Sunday DH, as Jim Bunning and Tigers beat first place White Sox and Bill Fischer, 3-1.
"What's He Doing Now? Jim Leaming interviews former Giant-Yankee Johnny Mize, now retired and living in Deland, Florida.
"Friday night June 7 at Ebbets Field - Ed Bailey's 9th inning HR is one of only three hits given up by Roger Craig, as Bums beat Reds and John Klippstein, 6-3. Rube Walker and Don Zimmer hit homers for Brooklyn, while Cincinnati skipper Birdie Tebbetts gets ejected. Frank Robinson, George Crowe, Bailey, Gil Hodges, Geno Cimoli and Don Zimmer.
"June 8 at Comiskey Park - WREX channel 13 TV Rockford interviews new White Sox skipper Al Lopez. Sox are in first place by five games!
"June 9 at Comiskey Park - HR's by Tito Francona and Bob Nieman halt Chisox win streak, as Orioles and Ray Moore beat Sox rookie Bill Fischer 7-5, in first game of Sunday DH.
"June 13 at Connie Mack Stadium - Jim Leaming interviews Stan Musial. Then rookie sensation Jack Sanford and Phils beat Cardinals and Wilmer Mizell 8-1 to end Redbird 8-game winning streak. Repulski, Cardinal pilot Fred Hutchinson, Del Ennis, and Hal Smith.
"June 20 at Yankee Stadium - New York tames Tigers 3-1, Bob Turley vs Frank Lary. It's Yank's 7th win in a row! Bill Skowron, Bobby Shantz, Harvey Kuenn and Al Kaline.
"June 23 at Yankee Stadium - Streaking Yanks win their 10 in a row as Shantz beats Billy Pierce and Chisox, 10-2 in front game of Sunday DH! Home run, Hank Bauer.
"4th of July at Connie Mack Stadium - Phils edge Giants 2-1 as Harvey Haddix beats Rubin Gomez in opening game of July 4 DH! Rip Repulski smacks 5th inning HR. Rigney, Mays, Mueller, Danny O'Connell, Bobby Thomson and young Daryl Spencer.
"Old Timers Star Again as ex-Tigers meet Red Wings in Little League benefit game. Tigers with Dizzy Trout, Mickey Cochran and Mike Tresh squeeze past Red Wings Gordy Howe, Terry Sawchuk and Ted Lindsey with 3-2 win.
"July 7 at old Busch Stadium - Joe Cunningham is star of the game, smashing out a first inning HR and later game-winning hit in the 10th inning to bring Redbirds (Von McDaniel) 3-2 win vs. Brooks Lawrence and Reds in first game of Sunday DH. Smoky Burgess HR in 2nd inning
"Ted Williams P.F. Flyers Tennis Shoe Commercial featuring Duke Snider of Brooklyn.
"Annual mid-season All-Star Game at St. Louis - Stengel, Ted, Kaline, Mantle, Minoso, Walt Alston w/ Al Helfer, Musial and Simmons vs. Bunning. Minnie Minoso is the star of the game, with 1 for 1, key assist and pivotal putout as Americans hang on to win 6-5.
"1957 All-Star Game from a different perspective - Managers Alston and Stengel with Ford Frick. Shorter version with all-new scenes and different camera angles.
"July 14 at Comiskey Park - "Go-Go" Sox run down Yanks in first game of Sunday DH, Pierce vs. Shantz (see our "White Sox At Comiskey" video for highlights of second game). Pierce tosses nifty 5-hitter at NY for his 13th win of the year, as running Pale Hose prevail, 3-1.
"July 18 at Ebbets Field - Dodgers win wild slugfest 10-9 in 12 innings, Podres vs. Cardinals and Larry Jackson. Musial raps out his 600th career double and Snider wallops his 21st HR for Brooklyn, however it's Gil Hodges who kills the Cardinals with a 9th inning grand slam that sends the game into extra innings!
"Mid July at Connie Mack Stadium - Jim Leaming interviews sensational young rookie pitcher of the Phillies, Jack Sanford.
"July 24 at Yankee Stadium - White Sox again run wild on the bases and scramble past Yankees 7-2 in Wednesday afternoon game, Ford vs. Pierce. Yogi Berra smacks 8th inning HR. Skowron, Minoso, Fox Mantle, Tony Kubek, Earl Torgeson, Sammy Esposito and Donovan.
"July 25 at Memorial Stadium - Orioles win 4th straight shutout behind hurler Connie Johnson, who blanks Tigers and Frank Lary, 3-0 in Baltimore. Hector "Skinny" Brown, Billy Loes, Ray Moore, Charlie Maxwell and Jim Bunning.
"Ted Williams feature at Fenway Park - With more rest since the All-Star Game, Ted is having a spectacular season, flirting with the .400 mark! Ted is interviewed.
"July 27 at New York - Annual Old Timers Day at Yankee Stadium! Cochran, Gehringer, Davey Jones, Jim Small, Cobb with DiMaggio, Berra with Schoolboy Rowe, Red Rolfe with Mrs. Lou Gehrig and Mrs. Babe Ruth, Dean, new HOF'ers Sam Crawford and Joe McCarthy, Lefty Gomez, Red Ruffing, Mantle, Home Run Baker and Al Schacht.
"August 2 at County Stadium - "Long Gene" Conley hurls masterful 1-0 shutout and drives in only run himself as Braves knock off Brooklyn and Johnny Podres. Hank Aaron, Buhl with Spahn, Pafko, "Hawk" Taylor and John DeMerit, Frank Torre, Alston, Hodges and Snider.
"August 7 at Memorial Stadium - Red Sox and Frank Sullivan down Orioles and Connie Johnson, 5-2 in 11 innings as Sullivan gets 10th win. Williams, Jackie Jensen and Piersall.
"August 15 at the Polo Grounds - Giants announce their move to San Francisco for 1958, and beat Dodgers 9-4, Curt Barclay vs. Don Drysdale. Rookie catcher Valmy Thomas smacks second inning HR and gets 4 RBI in this game.
"August 22 at Connie Mack Stadium - In Thursday night game, Cardinals beat Jack Sanford and Phils 6-5 behind Larry Jackson and Ken Boyer's HR. Stan Musial, Boyer, Alvin Dark, Von & Lindy McDaniel, Richie Ashburn, Rip Ripulski and Don Blasingame.
"August 29 at Comiskey Park - Enos Slaughter's 11th inning HR breaks up tight pitcher's battle (Donovan vs. Sturdivant), as Yanks are closing in on wrapping up another A.L. pennant. Win sweeps big series for Yanks over second place White Sox. Bauer also homers for NY.
"August 30 at Yankee Stadium - Mickey Mantle goes 3 for 4 and crashes his 34th homer of the year, but Yanks lose to lowly Washington Senators 4-2, Chuck Stobbs vs. Bobby Shantz. Roy Sievers, Mickey Mantle, Bill Skowron, and Eddie Yost.
"Saturday September 14 at Yankee Stadium - White Sox delay Yank pennant express with 5-2 win, in Donovan vs. Sturdivant rematch. It's the last series of the year between the two top pennant contenders! Rookie Bobby Richardson, Elston Howard, Enos Slaughter and Minoso. HR Rivera.
"September 29 at New York - The "last game" at the historic old Polo Grounds! Pirates win sad farewell 8-1, but after game, players must run for their lives as fans storm the field and chase players all the way to the old centerfield clubhouse! Mays, Maglie, Giants skipper Bill Rigney.
"Spring, 1960 - The demolition of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn! Includes civic "ceremonies" at home plate with Campy in wheelchair, Ralph Branca, Carl Erskine and Tommy Holmes. Then wrecking ball goes to work, smashing old Dodger dugout!
"Opening Game, 1957 World Series at Yankee Stadium, Whitey Ford vs. Warren Spahn. Stengel, Haney, Mantle, Gerry Coleman, Hank Bauer, Aaron, Joe Adcock, Mathews and Schoendienst.
"Games 1,2,3 and 4, 1957 World Series - All new footage, with different action shots.
"Game 6, 1957 World Series at Yankee Stadium, Bob Buhl vs. Bob Turley. Yanks win 3-2 on Bauer's HR off the LF foul pole. Other homers by Berra and Aaron. Wes Covington, Bauer, Aaron.
"Game 7, 1957 World Series at Yankee Stadium, Burdette vs. Larsen - Lew becomes series hero, shutting out Yanks 5-0 for his third '57 series win! Mantle, Burdette, Larsen. HR Crandall.
"Game 7, 1957 World Series special wirephoto story (Behind the scenes with the photographers!) Yogi Berra, Hank Bauer, Bobby Shantz, Mickey Mantle, Sal Maglie, Lew Burdette and Hank Aaron. Shows equipment used to cover the World Series in days gone by!
"Early December, 1957 - Baseball Winter Trades - Al Lopez and White Sox get Early Wynn and Al Smith from Cleveland for Minoso. Paul Richards and Orioles get Jack Harshman and Larry Doby from White Sox for Billy Goodman, Ray Moore and Tito Francona. Mayo Smith and Phils trade Haddix to Reds for Wally Post. Cubs trade Bob Rush to Braves for lefthander Taylor Phillips.

INCLUDING RARE FOOTAGE
OF THE 1st EVER MAJOR LEAGUE OPENING DAY GAMES OF THE
NEW LOS ANGELES DODGERS AND
THE NEW SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
at LA Coliseum and Seals Stadium

AND THE YANKEES VS. THE BRAVES IN THE WORLD SERIES

"SUMMER OF 1958" Vintage Baseball Season DVD!

Here is the most complete archive of baseball film footage from 1958 ever made available on DVD ! Almost all is footage never seen before, a tremendous 1-hour, 41-minute B & W collection of baseball news highlights from January through October of the year, 1958!

NOTE: This is NOT a DVD-R. This is an actual DVD made from a GLASS MASTER! These are very high-quality and you'll be amazed to see the picture quality of this DVD! Here is exactly what you'll see on this new program--

Baseball Highlights Of The Year - Mel Ott dies in auto wreck. Campanella paralyzed in car crash near his New Jersey home! Musial raps out 3,000th hit!

Bad break for Campy - More story on his tragic accident, his wrecked rental car, his home, wife and son. Gets much mail. Scenes of him in action!

January 29, 1958 - During interview, Musial signs Cardinal contract for '58 in Gussie Busch's office. New one-year deal sets N.L. record!

1958 Spring Training Review: Yanks at St. Pete - Stengel, Mantle, Bauer, Berra, Darrell Johnson, Ford, Larsen, Kucks, Suitcase Simpson. White Sox at Tampa - Manager Al Lopez, Rivera, Ron Jackson, Fox, Aparacio, Al Smith and Early Wynn. Tigers at Henley Field - Manager Jack Tighe, Jim Hegan, Billy Martin, Bunning, Lary, Kaline, Maxwell, Kuenn, Bill Taylor and Gail Harris. Braves at Bradenton - Mgr. Haney, Red Schoendienst, Bob Rush, Spahn, Mathews and Hank Aaron. Cardinals at St. Pete - Hutch, Lindy and Von McDaniel, Musial and Ken Boyer. Dodgers at Vero Beach - Mgr. Alston, Newcombe, Podres, Craig, Erskine, Campy, Rube Walker, Cimoli, Jim Gentile, Hodges and Snider. Reds - Mgr. Tebbetts, Haddix, Purkey, Lawrence, George Crowe, Frank Robinson, Bailey and Gus Bell. Phils at Clearwater - Robin Roberts, Sanford, Cardwell, Turk Farrell, Ashburn and Puddin' Head Jones. Then, spring game at Al Lang Field, Cards vs. Yankees. Ken Boyer's 4th inning 3-run homer off Ed Dick helps beat Yanks 4-0!.

Phils great righthander Robin Roberts is interviewed by Cliff Evans at Clearwater.

World Champion Braves in Spring Training, Bradenton: Manager Haney, Spahn, Buhl, Bob Rush, Carlton Willey, Aaron, Adcock and Ed Mathews.

Spring Training game at Al Lopez Field, Tampa - Yanks win slugfest over White Sox, 15-11. Bill Skowron blasts two homers, one a game-winning grand slam! Casey Stengel, Mickey Mantle, Tony Kubek, Early Wynn and Billy Goodman.

Braves wind up Spring Training with barnstorming trip to Gardner Park in Dallas for game with "West Coast" Dodgers, Koufax vs. Carl Willey!.

Opening Day, 1958 at Seals Stadium, San Francisco, Giants vs. Dodgers, Ruben Gomez vs. Don Drysdale. See the first major league pitch ever thrown west of St. Louis, as Gomez delivers to Geno Cimoli in Giants' jam-packed temporary bandbox ballpark! Guess who hits first west coast homer in M.L. history! Soon-to-be rookie Of The Year Orlando Cepeda also connects later in the game, as Giants rout Bums, 8-0!

Traditional Opening Day at Griffith Stadium, Washington, as Ike throws out first ball and Senators beat Red Sox. Then, as the old Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field both sit vacant, the west coast welcomes the Big Leagues, as Giants beat Dodgers at Seals Stadium in first game ever played in California! Later, Dodgers have their own parade thru downtown L.A., then beat Giants 6-5 in first major league game in the huge Memorial Coliseum! Hank Sauer hits two HR's, for Giants in front of 78,682, a new Major League record!

Friday May 9 at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore - Red Sox rout Billy O'Dell and Orioles, 13-5. Sox hurler Dave Sisler tosses complete game and picks up his 4th win of the young season! Hub manager Pinky Higgins, Ted Williams and Jim Piersall.

Saturday May 17 at Connie Mack Stadium - Surprising Pirates come to Philly, but lose 4-3, Bennie Daniels vs. Robin Roberts. Phils Rip Ripulski and Willie Jones homer as Roberts goes all the way

for win, despite Pirate homers by Hank Foiles and Frank Thomas. Manager Murtaugh, Ted Kluszewski and Thomas.

May 27 at Connie Mack Stadium - Phils top Giants 5-1 as Rip Ripulski's 3-run first inning home run off Giants starter Stu Miller starts romp. Manager Bill Rigney, Willie Mays, Ruben Gomez, rookie Cepeda and Daryl Spencer.

Memorial Day Father-Son Game at Fenway Park, Boston - Jimmy Piersall and other players with their kids!

Friday Night June 13 at The Coliseum - Ronnie Kline vs. Sandy Koufax - First place Pirates knock out Koufax, but Dodgers rally in the ninth and beat Bucs, as Ed Roebuck gets win in relief!

Ted Williams P.F. Flyers tennis shoe commercial featuring Al Kaline of the Detroit Tigers! � Highlights from the All-Star Game in Baltimore. For the first time in All-Star history, all hits are singles!

July 8, 1958 All-Star Game in Baltimore from different perspective - Stengel and Fred Haney are managers. V.P. Richard Nixon throws out first pitch

before American League beats N.L. 4-3. Billy O'Dell of the host Orioles shuts out Nationals over last three innings to cop pitching honors.

WREX Channel 13 TV Rockford interviews Bill Veeck during a mid-summer visit to County Stadium, Milwaukee. Bill talks candidly about the bonus rule, major league expansion and getting back into baseball!

Wednesday July 23 at old Connie Mack Stadium - Phils outfielder Bob Bowman homers to help Phils blank Giants 2-0 , Ray Semproach vs. Mike McCormick. Manager Bill Rigney, Dick Farrell, Harry Anderson, Ed Bouchee and new Phils skipper Eddie Sawyer.

August 1958 at the Polo Grounds, New York - So what's going on at the old ballpark these days? You won't believe it! Where Bobby Thomson hit his pennant-winning homer, Willie made his famous catch and players ran for their lives after the final out last year, Auto Racing has taken over! Watch modified jalopies race around the new dirt track!

Remember those Lucky Lager Beer TV commercials?

Thursday August 21 at Yankee Stadium - Yanks cool off surging White Sox 6-3, Bob Turley vs. Ray Moore. Elston Howard, left fielder Norm Siebern, and Billy Goodman. Jim Rivera hits his 10th home run in the ninth, but it's too little too late, as Yanks push toward another pennant!

1958 World Series - Highlights of every game with Marty Glackman. All new footage with different camera shots never before seen!

Game 5 and 6 of the World Series in more detail - In Game 5 at Yankee Stadium (Burdette vs. Bob Turley), left fielder Elston Howard's diving catch and throw to double up Billy Bruton may have been the turning point of the series. Already ahead 1-0, the Yanks knock out Burdette in the 6-run 6th inning! Eventual series hero Bob Turley picks up his first win of the series, a 7-0 shutout! For the 6th game of the series, the scene shifts back to Milwaukee , and Warren Spahn, going on only two days rest starts for the Braves vs. Whitey Ford. Spahn pitches into the 10th, but gives up a run, as does reliever Don McMahon, and the Yanks are up 4-2. The Braves rally in their half and score one, but Turley gets the final out, sending the series on to a seventh game for the fourth year in a row! Elston Howard, Gil McDougald,

Turley, Bob Buhl and Wes Covington.

Game 7, 1958 World Series at County Stadium, Milwaukee , Burdette vs. Larsen - Sloppy Braves infield play helps the Yanks to two second inning runs, but Del Crandall's game-tying 6th inning homer brings Braves even! However Bill Skowron's 3-run 8th-inning homer crushes Braves and brings Yanks victory from a three-game deficit for the first time since 1925!

Another beautiful COLOR 1950's team promotional film is now available on video from "Rare Sportsfilms"! The nostalgic and very rare 1955 Washington Senators film titled "Story Of The Washington Nationals" was the only film done by the original club during all the years in the nation's capitol. Plus, a special bonus has been added to the original film --- a 1959 live interview with Senators' sensational bonus rookie Harmon Killebrew! Narrated by team radio broadcasters Bob Wolfe and Arch McDonald, the film covers a short speech by "The Old Fox", club owner Clark Griffith, and views of his office, then moves to spring training 1955, before finishing with the ceremonies and color that always made Opening Day in Washington something special! You'll see great color shots of both the outside and inside of Griffith Stadium, the field, and the old National Bohemian Beer Scoreboard in right field!

     This was the first baseball team promotional film featuring live interviews, and as the film moves to spring training, Arch McDonald chats with Farm Director Ozzie Bluege, one of the all-time great Senator players. Shown is the top triple-A team, the Chattanooga Lookouts in camp at Winter Garden, Florida. Next you'll see the big league club in Orlando, working out at old Tinker Field. Owner Clark C. Griffith is interviewed by Arch McDonald, along with young Calvin Griffith. Also looking forward to the upcoming season is new manager Charlie Dressen, and McDonald interviews Charlie about his managing philosophies, team speed, the pitching staff, etc. There's the action of training and intersquad games as the club rounds into shape. The players you'll see throughout the film are: Bruce Edwards, Mickey Vernon, Eddie Yost, Bob Porterfield, Johnny Schmitz, Pete Runnels, Mickey McDermott, Roy Sievers, Ernie Oravetz, Bob Oldis, Jerry Snyder and Tom Umphlett. On an off-day, the team gets together for the annual Clark Griffith-National Bohemian golf tournament. You'll see the players, including bonus baby Harmon Killebrew, competing for prizes shown being given away at the banquet later that evening.

     Perhaps the highlight of the tape is Opening Day 1955 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, as Paul Richards' Orioles furnish the opposition. Covered are pre-game and pre-season preparations at the park and pre-game ceremonies with President Eisenhower throwing out the first ball, and Pete Runnels scrambling for it, and getting it signed by the President! Nats starting pitcher Bob Porterfield begins a rally to break up a scoreless game in the third inning off O's starter Lou Kretlow, and when it's over the Senators have a 12-5 win over the Orioles who use four more pitchers in relief, including Don Johnson, Don Faressee and Bob Alexander.

     At the end of the film is a special bonus - an August 1959 B & W interview with young Harmon Killebrew! Phillies announcer Gene Kelly interviews Harmon at old Connie Mack Stadium before a benefit game between the Senators and Phils. "Killer" is currently leading the A.L. in homers and talks about his first major league game, batting, playing time, etc.

"The Last Out", a 1965 Television documentary on the history of Griffith Stadium which aired a few weeks before the demolition of the old ballpark, is a eulogy of the old home of the Senators in Washington. This vintage TV show is now available on video to baseball fans everywhere! As a bonus, Senator fans will also see several player interviews from spring training 1961 and 1962 plus highlights of the "new" Washington Senators first game: Opening Day, 1961! This 42-minute B & W video is a must for ballpark historians and especially fans of the baseball Senators in Washington!

      The tape begins with three 1961 spring training interviews by Morrie Siegel of WMAL TV-7, Washington. At Pompano Beach Florida, spring home of the new "expansion" Senators, Siegel interviews catcher Pete Daley and pitchers Dave Sisler, Pete Burnside and eventual Opening Day starter Dick Donovan! Then, silent footage shows the highlights of Opening Day 1961, as 35,000 fans (including President Kennedy) watch the Senators play Chicago to a 3-3 deadlock through seven innings. In the 8th, Roy Sievers' sac fly scores Minnie Minoso from third with the winning run in a 4-3 White Sox victory. Next, you'll see shots from spring training 1962, as the new Senators get ready for their second season: Bennie Daniels, Pete Burnside, Joe McClain, Jim Hannan, Claude Osteen, Jim King, Dale Long, Danny O'Connell, Chuck Hinton, Willie Tasby and Jimmy Piersall. Seigel then interviews young infielders Eddie Brinkman and Ron Stillwell, catcher Pete Daley and manager Mickey Vernon.

      "The Last Out", narrated by a young Jim Simpson, makes up most of this video. Standing near the old Senator dugout, now in ruins, Simpson talks about the history of the old park, which is soon to be demolished to make way for the expansion of nearby Howard University. Shown are many views of the ballpark from the inside, showing seats torn out, holes in the roof and waist-high weeds covering the playing field, all the way out to the broken clock atop the rusted outfield fence signs. Simpson then introduces Hall-Of-Famer Sam Rice, former Senator during the pennant-winning glory years 1924, 1925 and 1933. Rice comments on the 1924 World Series and Earl McNeely's winning hit which hopped over Fred Lindstrom's head and won the series for Washington. Rice continues on a variety of subjects, such as the longest homer he ever saw hit at Griffith Stadium, his at-bat in the 1933 World Series, "Boy Manager" Bucky Harris and Joe Judge, and what the park looked like before Babe Ruth re-juvinated baseball in the early 1920's. Also shown are action clips from the 1933 W.S., with actual radio play-by-play of the highlight of the series for Washington fans - Fred Schulte's 3-run 6th inning game-tying homer!

      You'll take a trip to Clark Griffith's office in 1954 and hear him name his all-time Washington Senator lineup. Then "The Old Fox" talks about the Opening Day tradition of the President throwing out the first ball and describes each one. More film clips show action from the 1937 and 1956 All-Star Games at Griffith Stadium, as well as the park as used for other events throughout the years (primarily for Redskins football). All-time NFL passing great Sammy Baugh describes owner George Preston Marshall, the "inventor" of half-time shows for pro football and the Washington Redskins marching band. Film clips of the famous 1940 and 1942 NFL Championship Games at Griffith Stadium are shown with commentary.