1919 World Series Newsreel
This video discusses what a Pathe newsreel of the 1919 World Series says about technology, social norms, baseball, and the United States. Comisky Park in Chicago had electrified loudspeakers, there was a major gambling scandal, airplanes flew over the ballpark, telegraphs (a new technology) transmitted game updates to remote scoreboards.
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