Focus on the 30s
Focus on the 30s - Puzzles
Hectic crowd of Caucasian adults purchasing jigsaw puzzles at department store. Men, women and children playing with puzzles. High angle view of couple crossing busy street with tables strapped to chests, playing puzzle games until a pedestrian accidentally knocks down the man's pieces.
Focus on the 30s - Horse Racing
Harness horse race. Exterior of building as people arrive at Hollywood Park Race Track. Young Caucasian woman wearing white gloves looking through binoculars. Horse race in progress.
Focus on the 30s - Baseball
Professional baseball players running, pitching, batting at spring training camp. President Franklin D. Roosevelt tossing out the first ball at a Washington Senators game. Packed stands during ballgame. New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio hitting a home run, running bases. Baseball legend Babe Ruth donning a Brooklyn Dodgers jersey; Babe Ruth walking to home plate with bat; Babe Ruth coaching from sideline. Baseball player and contractual holdout Dizzy Dean teeing off at golf course, talking about withholding from signing his contract with the St. Louis Cardinals until he gets more money. New York Yankee Lou Gehrig retires, delivers farewell speech at Yankee Stadium, July 4, 1939; Lou Gehrig standing centerfield; large crowd in stadium; Lou Gehrig speaking: "I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. Thank you."
Focus on the 30s - Sports
Collegiate football players rolling and sawing through large tre esduring training camp. Columbia University winning the Rose Bowl. Mayor of New York City Fiorello Laguardia welcoming the players home. 1937 men's singles match on grass court, Judge presenting Davis Cup to Don Budge, Bunny Austin looking on; American Don Budge. Woman teeing off at golf course; Golf champion Patty Berg with trophy. Speedboat racing: some sail through low overhangs or over fire. Auto racing: speedway lap board; panning of auto car racing at the Indianapolis 500.
Focus on the 30s - Jesse Owens
Jesse Owens and wife Ruth Solomon Owens arriving back home in America, meeting with former boxing champ Jack Dempsey; Jesse kissing his wife rather passionately.
Focus on the 30s - Boxing
Louis-Schmeling II, 1938: German boxer Max Schmeling at weigh-in, reporters abounding; Heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis (Joe Louis Barrow, the Brown Bomber) posing for cameras at weigh-in; press photographers snapping pics, flashbulbs popping; Joe Louis and Max Schmeling standing silently next to each other, both wearing suit jackets; great shots of the fight, Joe winning the match by TKO in the first round (Joe nails Max with a brutal jab to the chin, Max goes down hard, ref calls bout without counting).
Focus on the 30s - Boxing and Wrestling
Two Caucasian women boxing, Caucasian male referee; one girl throws a wild cross that floors her opponent (neither girl wears head gear); Group of well-dressed Caucasian women sitting in audience, smiling. Professional wrestling match (lock-up, European uppercut, windmill punch, and a great airplane spin); includes a crazy six-man blindfolded wrestler fiasco in which the participants wear black mesh masks so they can't see their opponents, getting pushing around by quarterstaffs from people ringside, bizarre and silly yet entertaining; includes a women's singles match, the ref getting pushed around by one of the hair pullers, then a fireman's carry into a spin and a drop!