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Babe Ruth Footage

Speedy • 40m

One of SPEEDY’s many delights is a surprise cameo by Babe Ruth. In this new piece, David Filipi, director of film and video at the Wexner Center for the Arts at the Ohio State University, presents and discusses a selection of rare Hearst Metrotone newsreel footage featuring Ruth from the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

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