Restored footage from 1929 of legendary baseball player Babe Ruth in training during the New York Yankees Spring training camp at Waterfront Park in St. Petersburg, Florida. This footage was filmed as part of a Grantland Rice spotlight newsreel. Footage frame rate increased, upscaled and “colorized” by HistoryColored using AI technology. Footage originally from: Grantland Rice sportlight. [Babe Ruth in training—unidentified work], Library of Congress Music: Holding on to Hope / Megan Wofford / E

Meet Jackie Mitchell, the baseball pioneer who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The 17-year-old Mitchell faced the New York Yankees greats in a 1931 exhibition and proved women belong in the sport. 🔗: https://biography.visitlink.me/oBCbR5 | Biography