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Restored footage of Ruth and Gehrig taking batting practice on April 11, 1931

http://www.openculture.com/2019/09/watch-babe-ruth-and-lou-gehrig-taking-batting-practice-in-strikingly-restored-footage-1931.html?fbclid=IwAR2RN5Q-X0pt7wiHbN1Ud5bBHY6HaxPrY6TgB6hH7PIWZHp1ipifBV8ZcpY

That is some king of neat!!!!!  Thank you for sharing.

It's cool to see. But you have to understand in 1931 we are still working on high-speed photography.  Kodak was working on high-speed filming and it took 10 years to get close to it. Also, that sound is added on later. microphones where not that good in 1931 let alone. Talks were only done on a sound stage and they were records on a record and played along with the film in 1931. The film that did have a sound strip on them where still charcoal and they only lasted a year before it would fade and just fall off the film. You can spot the fake sound all the catches sound the same even with the guy in the background and when you can't see him catch the ball when the batter is in the way but you see the ball being thrown at him you hear nothing. Plus Guy Jones is known to lie about the old film he posts, to get more watchers. But once you get past all the BS it's Still Great to see! That is Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig !!

That was great.  Thank you!