Pole Sitter (1940)

Unissued / unused material. American newsreel item. Pole sitting baseball fan gives up after setting record, United States of America (USA). LS Charlie Lupega standing on top of pole erected on roof of store. MS mechanical loader (Goose) carrying Lupega still on pole through streets to Indians baseball ground - Lupega did not want his record breaking attempt to stop him seeing last game of season. MS crowds waving to Lupega in baseball ground. MS baseball (Indians) team carrying flower covered coffin - it represents end of Indian’s hopes for Championship Pennants. MS Lupega coming down ladder from pole, greeting wife and baby. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from t