“ WINNING WITH THE YANKEES “ 1956 NEW YORK YANKEES BASEBALL TEAM PROMO FILM COCA COLA XD73304

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website “Winning with the Yankees” (1956) is a color, promotional film produced by Dean Moore Sr. of Condor Films, Inc. and presented by sponsor Coca Cola. Narrated by Mel Allen, the film takes a look at the Yankees Organization and how it became synonymous with “baseball’s most outstanding organization.” The film takes the viewer on a journey that offers insights into all aspects of the organization from the little league players that grow into adult players to the managers and box office operators. The film ends with a montage of footage from the 1956 world series where the Yankees faced the Brooklyn Dodgers. Exterior Yankee Stadium, filled interior (0:09). Players on diamond; instrumental version Gene Kelly’s “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” plays (0:42). Coaches talk with Little League players (1:32). Umpire kneels behind 13 year old catcher in Babe Ruth League (1:53). Teenage batter warms up in Connie Mack League (2:04). Lou Brissie observes 16 year olds during American Legion Junior Baseball game (2:18). Yankees scouts at Yankees try out camp (2:33). Map of United States: Yankees farm club locations, Yankees Instructional School St. Petersburg Florida (3:30). Serena Hotel St. Petersburg (3:49). Practice at Instructional School led by Casey Stengel, Frank Cressetti, Johnny Noon, Jim Turner, Mickey Cochran, Bill Dickey - clips of recruits training in pitching, catching, sliding bases (3:55). Welcome banner for Yankees spring training (6:03). Yankees run out onto practice diamond for first day of spring training, important spectators (Lee MacPhail, Paul Critchell, George Weiss, Dan Topping, Bill DeWitt, Ford Frick) and crowd look on (6:06). Player loads Iron Mike Pitching Machine (6:41). In-field drills, bunting (6:49). In-film ad, spectator pours Coca Cola into frosted glass (6:58). New York City Skyline (7:15). Interior of empty Yankee Stadium (7:19). Five Famous Yankee Memorial Plaques: Jacob Ruppert, Edward Grant Barrel, Miller James Huggins, Henry Louis Gehrig, George Herman “Babe Ruth” (8:00). Black-and-white footage of Gehrig playing, Gehrig’s Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day speech (1939) (8:26). Black-and-white footage of Babe Ruth, Babe Ruth funeral procession, wake at Yankee Stadium (9:30). Black-and-white footage Joe DiMaggio day 1949 (10:23). Yankees locker room, players sip frosted Cokes (11:04). Staff medical personnel examine players (11:20). Yankees vs. Detroit Tigers game, men and women cheer from stands; Gil McDougald, Bob Curley, Andy Carey, Phil Rizzuto, Yogi Berra (11:48). In-film ad, montage spectators drinking Coca Cola (12:40). Yankees vs. Chicago White Sox; Tom Morgan, Irv Noren, Gil McDougald, Hank Bauer, Joe Collins, Dick Donovan (13:03). Old Timer’s Day: Al Simmons, Jimmy Fox, Mickey Cochran, Lefty Grove, Bill Terry, Frankie Frisch, Charlie Gehringer, Paul Weiner, Home Run Baker, Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons, Dazzy Vance, Bill Dickey, Cy Young, Del Webb… (14:05). Yankees vs. Red Sox: Ted Williams TV interview; Mickey Mantel (15:23). Jammed press box on upper deck of stadium, journalists in press room typing (16:17). Joe Collins plays catch with sons at home (16:35). Yankees executives meet in office: Bill DeWitt, Lee MacPhail, George Weiss (17:02). Yankees ticket operators (17:13). In-film ad, Coca Cola delivery men wheel in crates of Coke (17:27). Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians; Tommy Byrne, Al Smith, Hank Bauer, Jerry Coleman (17:41). Close-up black spectator amid crowd of white fans with young son (19:32). Yankees vs. Red Sox at Fenway Park, field lights illuminate diamond at night (20:00). Clips from 3rd game in 1956 World Series: Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers; Casey Stengel, Pee Wee Reese, Duke Snyder, Whitey Ford (20:45). Clips from another game in 1956 World Series: Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers; Tom Sturdivant, crowd goes crazy (22:54). Clips from another game in 1956 World Series: Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers; Don Larson, first World Series no hitter in history (23:45). Spectators head onto diamond, post-game celebration (24:47). Clips from another game in 1956 World Series: Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn; other clips from final play off game (25:18). Players celebrate: Johnny, Cooks, Bill Skowron, Yogi Berra, press interviews with Casey Stengel (27:45). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
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