https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/70564cae-59a0-4bf0-9c8b-3a7047781d9d Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This I&E ("information and education") Sportsreel, produced by the U.S. Army, summarizes some of the major sporting events of Fall 1955 including baseball, tennis, swimming, weightlifting, college football, women’s wrestling, and horseracing. It begins with a detailed look at the 1955 World Series, which the Dodgers won for the first time ever. It then looks at a variety of tennis matches, including in the Davis Cup and the US National Finals. The sports reel also looks at global sporting events, like the famous Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain, and a weightlifting competition in Moscow. The film also features lengthy footage from a college football match between the Pittsburgh Panthers and the California Bears. The film concludes with a women’s wrestling championship in Chicago. 00:00 I&E Sportsreel World Series, 0:14 the Yankee Stadium, 0:18 Casey Stengel and Walter Alston, 0:26 Joe Collins hits a home run, 0:52 Jackie Robinson stealing home base, 1:09 the second game begins and Billie Lowe pitches, 1:33 Roy Capanella hits a far shot, 1:56 Phil Rizzuto hits a shot, 2:45 Bob Grimm hits a home run, 3:15 Duke Snider hits a home run, 3:40 Yogi Berra hitting a shot, 3:56 Karl Spooner pitching shots, 5:25 Bob Grimm pitching, 5:48 Berra batting a far shot, 6;04 the crowd cheers, 6:15 Elston Howard scoring the final inning with a far shot, 6:20 the Brooklyn Dodgers celebrating their first ever World Series win, 6:43 reporters speaking with players, 6:54 Johnny Podres speaking with reporters, 7:14 a cartoon ballot on a float presenting itself, 7:43 “Tennis Thrills”, 7:50 the Interservice Tennis Championships at Portico, Virginia, 8:06 Whitney Reed playing and winning against Grant Golden to become the service single tennis champion, 8:38 the double’s final between the Air Force and the Army, with the Air Force Team winning the Leech Cup, 9:10 Reed receiving a trophy, 9:15 the Davis Cup Challenge Round at Forest Hills New York, 9:23 the American and Australian Doubles teams shaking hands before the match, 9:31 the long opening singles match between Vic Seixas and Ken Rosewall, won by Rosewall, 10:47 Lew Hoad and Tony Trabert playing their match, 11:28 Hoad’s winning serve, 11:47 Trabert and Seixas playing against Hoad and Rex Hartwig in the first doubles match of the Cup, 12:56 the Australian Team wins the match, 13:11 the National Finals at Forest Hills, New York, 13:14 Trabert and Rosewall at the start of their match, 13:25 Trabert and Rosewall begin playing, 14:15 Trabert wins the match, 14:31 Crowds at the Calgary Stampede in Alberta, Canada, 14:40 rodeo 15:00 the “Chuckwagon” races in pioneer carriages, 15:56 the San Francisco Cow Palace with Juanita Aparicio in the bullfighting ring, 16:42 a man messing with the bull to entertain the crowd, 17:20 street scenes from the Bull Run in Pamplona, Spain, 17:48 Bullfighting Arena in Pamplona, 18:23 Amateur Athletics Union diving and swimming championships in Los Angeles, 18:44 divers doing their dives from the platform, 19:06 Gary Tobian and Joaquin Capilla win first and second place, 19:17 the 200 m freestyle race which was won by Bill Woolsey, 20:14 the 400m freestyle won by Ford Konno, 21:11 a weightlifting contest at Gorki Park, Moscow, between US and Russia, 21:35 Tommy Kono winning the middleweight lifting competition, 25:56 David Shepherd winning the middle heavyweight class competition, 22:27 Paul Anderson breaks the world heavyweight lifting record, 23:02 College football, Pittsburgh Panthers playing against the California Bears 24:42 the Women’s wrestling championship in Chicago, 25:04 Millie Stafford slamming Mae Weston onto the floor, 25:38 Weston returns punches and taps out Stafford, 25:50 Penny Banner wrestling with Weston 27:10 Horse Race at Washington Park, Chicago, 27:16 Willie Shoemaker, 27:32 Derby between the horses Nashua and Swamps, 29:03 Slowmo Nashua, ridden by Carroll Bierman . 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