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Pluish Stadium Open: "Mets" Make Debut At New Balll Park

Pluish Stadium Open: "Mets" Make Debut At New Balll Park
Clip: 429626_1_1
Year Shot: 1964 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1722
Original Film: 037-032-01
HD: N/A
Location: Flushing Meadow, New York
Timecode: 00:42:40 - 00:43:51

Curtain goes up on a new stadium in New York. Shea Stadium. New home of Casey Stengel's New York Mets. 50,000 fans see the season's opener. It turns out to be woeful watching as the METS lose to Pittsburgh. 4 to 3. But just wait until tomorrow, or the next day -- or the next..... Flushing Meadow, New York Outside shot of the new stadium taken from the parking lot. MS - Throngs of people line up to enter the new ball park stadium. CUS - People filing in single file handing in their tickets. MS - The back side's of people taking the escalator up to their designated floors. Camera is stationed in the middle of the playing field, panning the people filling the seats. MCUS - Casey Stengel with musical baton in hand leading Guy Lombardo's orchestra. CUS - Baseball fans. MS - The New York Mets and Pittsburgh playing ball, the first game played in their new stadium.