Vintage 8MM film

I've been scrounging for stuff on ebay for over twenty years. Mostly Dodgers related items. Sometimes recent baseball card or pins but once in a while I go looking for vintage stuff from the Brooklyn or early LA era. Through the years I found some fun items that really tie the franchises history together. A signed book, a written letter by a world series game winning pitcher, press pins to name a few.

Recently I stumbled on something I had not encountered on ebay before. It was titled ‘vintage 1955 world series Brooklyn Dodgers vs New York Yankees color 16mm film’. Well, my interest was piqued!

The 1955 world series were the first broadcast in color, but on youtube, I have never seen actual color footage from that series. 16mm could suggest a private party having filmed it. I tried contacting the seller but all my questions stayed unanswered because they did not own a projector so could not say anything about the filmstrip. If it were damaged or what precisely was on it.

My only lead were the photographs in the ebay listing. The first was a picture of the film case on which was written ‘world series 1955’ and the ruler measuring 5 inch of film. I googled it and 5 inch of 16mm film would suggest a running time of about 15 minutes.

Then there was a picture of a few frames of the filmstrip. While grainy I clearly recognized Ebbets Field. The film would have to be from either game 3, 4 or 5 from that year’s World Series. Now, looking at those frames I realized that it was actually an 8mm film. Which made it even more certain it would be a movie shot by a fan, not a commercial party. Maybe a Brooklinite, feeling that ‘this is the year’.

I had to make a decision. Leave it or buy this piece of history, with the chance it won’t play because of old age, damage, or who knows what. But maybe... it’s fine and I get a personal view of Ebbets Field... during the World Series... in color.

I bought it!

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