Babe Ruth Signs to Play Ball for £16,000 a year

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

45A

Date Released

17 Apr 1930

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Chickens Emerging from Incubator
2. 2Sir Hubert Wilkins Describes His Recent Antarctic Expedition
3. 3Launch of Yacht Shamrock V at Gosport
4. 4Babe Ruth Signs to Play Ball for £16,000 a year
5. 5Spring Scenes in Hyde Park

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Babe Ruth Signs to Play Ball for £16,000 a year. DESCRIPTION: Spoils of American Sport. SHOTLIST: Babe Ruth signing contract. Shakes hands with employer. Congratulated by same. Babe Ruth on field making a few strokes.

Keywords

Sport

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Movietone

Card file number

650

Length of story (in feet)

65

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