Baseball! Giants Beat Dodgers for Pennant (Universal Newsreel, Oct 1951)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. BASEBALL! GIANTS BEAT DODGERS FOR PENNANT: NEW YORK - Baseball's Miracle Team of 1951, the stretch-running N.Y. Giants, come from behind in a dramatic ninth inning drive to beat the Dodgers in the final game of the pennant play-off Bobby Thomson's three-run home run off Ralph Branca turns the tide and the Giants earn the right to battle the Yankees for the World Series crown. 2. GIANTS WIN SERIES OPENER: NEW YORK - At Yankee Stadium, in the first game of the 48th World Series, Leo Durocher's "Cinderella" team does it again. Another home run, this time Alvin Dark's in the sixth with two on, wraps it up for the Polo Grounders, who defeat the favored Yankees 5 to 1. Monte Irvin's dramatic steal of home against Reynolds in the first inning is another highlight of a thrilling game. 3. "LOOK" LOOKS AT MOVIETIME U.S.A.: NEW YORK - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first motion picture theatre, Hollywood star George Murphy visits Look Magazine publisher Gardner Cowles who produces a five-star edition featuring Movietime U.S.A. Screen star and publisher join hands to point out the excellent new pictures already on your screen, and the new "hits" in the works.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library