” ATHLETIC ITEMS ” 1945 SPORTS NEWSREEL WOMEN’S HIGH DIVE PT BOATS WOMEN’S PRO BASEBALL XD82635

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 This black-and-white film from 1945 shows various sports activities to be enjoyed in the state of Florida, including peteca at the beach, big game fishing, high diving, and more. It also includes a segment on women’s professional baseball, which flourished for a time during WWII and for a few short years afterwards. The film was originally produced by Pathé News, Inc., a newsreel and documentary producer originally based in the UK and France, which maintained a USA operation. Jay Bonafield produced this film, directed by Joseph Walsh, narrated by Red Barber, edited by David Cooper, and written by Jerry Brondfield, with music by Fred Van Eps, Jr. ”Sportscope” title banner (00:07). “Athletic Items” title banner (00:10). Credentials (00:15). A beach with many people (00:24). A group playing the traditional Brazilian sport Peteca (00:33). A line of girls in sun chairs are watching (00:43). The feather birdie used to play peteca (00:45). The game continues as spectators watch (00:48). A motorboat used for deep sea fishing (01:12). Vacationer fishing from the boat (01:22). They catch a ray (02:00). A teacher, Muriel Smith - who was also runner-up in the Miss America pageant -- is shown teaching math in a classroom, while students take notes (02:05). The teacher is walking outside (02:24). She is walking in a bathing suit towards a diving board (02:31). She takes off her shoes and puts on a swimming cap (02:37) and then climbs the stairs to the diving board (02:56). The dives of the board backward doing a backflip (03:06). She performs a different dive off the board (03:20). Patrol torpedo (PT boats) boats cruising on Biscayne Bay with famed sportsman Gar Wood aboard; also piloting is Miss Betty Carstairs - renowned woman speedboat racer (03:28). A game of women’s baseball (04:10). A group of young women entering through a gate to a baseball stadium (04:42). They changed into their baseball uniforms. These women are part of the South Bend Blue Sox, a women’s professional baseball team who played from 1943 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. (04:55). They’ve gathered in the field and are speaking with their coach (05:03). Three different sized baseballs, showing a softball, baseball, and women’s baseball (05:14). They practice batting (05:20) and fielding the ball (05:39). Charles “Pepper“ Stis, the manager for the Racine Belles, is an ex-professional baseball player, as is Marty McManus of the South Bend team. Connie Wisniewski of Grand Rapids, a right hander, is pitching the ball (), followed by another team member Charlotte “Skipper“ Armstrong of South Bend (06:07). A game begins (06:25). The spectators watching the game are cheering from the bleachers (06:35). Team members seated on the bench are also cheering (06:46). The game continues (07:06). “The end” written on screen (07:48). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ 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