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1944
CLEVELAND RAMS
vs
Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins
A rare glimpse of NFL football as played during World War II is now available on beautiful COLOR video from Rare Sportsfilms! On this new tape, the Cleveland Rams are shown playing in back-to-back weeks, October 29 and November 5, 1944. This new 34-minute B & W and Color video begins with the Rams at Wrigley Field against the Chicago Bears. The Rams are 3-1, having already beaten the Bears in Cleveland earlier in the year. Chicago is 1-2-1 starting this exciting game that the Bears win, 28-21. This segment is in B & W sound and contains great field-level shots and closeups of the players, including Lou Zontini, Tom Colella, Jim Benton, George Wilson, Connie Berry, Henry Margarita, Johnny Long, Al Grygo, Gary Famiglietti and quarterbacks Sid Luckman and Albie Reisz.
The following week the Rams travel to Washington to tangle with the Redskins at old Griffith Stadium. The rest of this video, narrated by John Miley, is in beautiful COLOR, with great shots of the old ballpark and scoreboard! Players shown include Al Fiorentino, Joe Aguirre, Bob Seymour, Frank Walton, Frank Seno, Barney Foltz, Bucky Morris, Frank Filchock, Larry Weldon, Mike Micka, Wilbur Moore, Les Dye, Jim North, Andy Farkas, Ray Bedore, Jack Keenan, Ed Merkle, Mitchell Ucovich and the fabulous Sammy Baugh, all of Washington. Shown in action for the Rams are Riley Matheson, Harvey Jones, Mike Kabealo, John Petchel, Tom Corbo, Walter West, Dave Bernard, Albie Reisz, Steve Pritko, Chuck Riffle, William Rieth, Joe Gibson, Mike Scarry, Chet Pudloski, Les Lear, Jake Fawcett, Boyd Clay, Ray Hamilton, Jim Benton, Norm Olsen and others. This is some of the rarest early NFL color footage ever released on video!
Now you can get your own copy of this rare footage now on video for only $29.95 plus $5.00 for shipping and handling. (Illinois residents must add $2.00 tax.)
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