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[Home Movies of Meiji University Baseball Team Playing Local Amateur Team at Dugdale Park, Seattle / circa 1924]
Maker
Nakata, Masahachi
Dateca. 1924
DimensionsFilm Format: 16.00 mm, L: 282 ft
ClassificationsMoving Images
Credit LineGift of Dr. Chiyo Horiuchi, on behalf of family members Tatsuo Nakata, Mike Nakata, Katsuko Hayashi, Teru Kiyohara and Hisa Watanabe.
Object number90.1.37
DescriptionBlack and white home movie footage of a baseball game at Dugdale Park, Seattle, filmed by Masahachi Nakata, circa 1924. The footage includes a baseball game between Meiji University and a local Seattle amateur baseball team, with the camera operator viewing the game from multiple vantage points.
Timecode list:
0:30 -- View of a baseball game from the edge of the field, beyond first base. Both teams in white uniforms. Grandstands in the background. Teams swap places. Camera pans to the left; another cameraman is visible carrying a tripod. One dugout reads ‘SEATTLE’.
1:05 – The other cameraman sets up a tripod between “our” operator and the players and begins to film. Play continues.
1:41 – Camera moves to the right to capture more of the playing field. Teams swap again.
3:16 – Camera operator moves forward (closer to first base) to film. The other cameraman seen previously at 1:05 has moved to behind home plate. Slow pan over grandstands.
3:46 – View of field again, close to first base.
5:50 – One team huddles, then eventually takes the field. Camera operator is further back and filming from the grandstands.
6:20 – Panning over empty outfield, signs for “Tacoma Interurban,” “Farrell Lumber Co.,” “Mayflower,” “Get the Habit, Eat at Boldts, “Corona Coffee,” “Independent Dairy”.
6:32 – Back to filming the playing field. On-field photographer visible around 8:05.
8:25 – Film ends.
1 film reel : si., b&w ; 16 mm. original reversal pos. , Title provided by cataloger. , AMPAS ID: F10301.;Black and white amateur footage of a professional baseball game, possibly the Seattle Indians at Dugdale Park, in Seattle, Washington, ca. 1924. From the perspective of the right field stands and field, the view of the game is from first plate toward the homeplate. The ballpark includes double-decker grandstands, "Seattle" sign above dugout, and advertisements above outfield wall.
Timecode list:
0:30 -- View of a baseball game from the edge of the field, beyond first base. Both teams in white uniforms. Grandstands in the background. Teams swap places. Camera pans to the left; another cameraman is visible carrying a tripod. One dugout reads ‘SEATTLE’.
1:05 – The other cameraman sets up a tripod between “our” operator and the players and begins to film. Play continues.
1:41 – Camera moves to the right to capture more of the playing field. Teams swap again.
3:16 – Camera operator moves forward (closer to first base) to film. The other cameraman seen previously at 1:05 has moved to behind home plate. Slow pan over grandstands.
3:46 – View of field again, close to first base.
5:50 – One team huddles, then eventually takes the field. Camera operator is further back and filming from the grandstands.
6:20 – Panning over empty outfield, signs for “Tacoma Interurban,” “Farrell Lumber Co.,” “Mayflower,” “Get the Habit, Eat at Boldts, “Corona Coffee,” “Independent Dairy”.
6:32 – Back to filming the playing field. On-field photographer visible around 8:05.
8:25 – Film ends.
1 film reel : si., b&w ; 16 mm. original reversal pos. , Title provided by cataloger. , AMPAS ID: F10301.;Black and white amateur footage of a professional baseball game, possibly the Seattle Indians at Dugdale Park, in Seattle, Washington, ca. 1924. From the perspective of the right field stands and field, the view of the game is from first plate toward the homeplate. The ballpark includes double-decker grandstands, "Seattle" sign above dugout, and advertisements above outfield wall.
Yoritsune, Henry
1930-1956
Watanabe, Gunji
ca. 1936-1937