[4k 60fps Colorized] Walter Johnson - Washington Senators Spring Training--Outtakes. March 12, 1931.

Upscaled and colorized with AI neural networks, this is the next of a series of restored historic baseball footage that will be restored for our channel. Subscribe to see more! Not our best effort, but we needed to get this one out!

The backstory: Various scenes of spring training. Scenes of pitchers warming up. Participants include Lloyd Brown, Sam Jones, Bump Hadley, and Ad Liska. Manager Walter "Big Train" Johnson demonstrates pitches while standing behind the catcher. Johnson discusses the team's prospects with Clark Griffith, the owner. Nick Altrock and Al Schacht act out a comic routine between a batter and an umpire. Filmed March 12, 1931!


Camera Crew
Orr, Leroy (Camera operator)
23 (Production unit)
Bradshaw (Sound)

Newsreel Producer
Fox Movietone News (Production unit)

Physical Format
Film: 35mm. Sound. B&W. Negative. 1.15:1 (Movietone). Variable-density optical. Nitrate.

Citation
Washington Senators spring training--outtakes. 1931-03-12.. (Fox Movietone News Story 9-514.) Fox Movietone News Collection. Moving Image Research Collections. The University of South Carolina.

Rights
Copyright Moving Image Research Collections. All rights reserved. For further information please contact the University of South Carolina, Moving Image Research Collections, Columbia, SC 29208.

✔ FPS boosted to 60 frames per second
✔ Image resolution boosted up to 4k
✔ Improved video sharpness
✔ Colorized*

*Please, be aware that colorization colors are not real and fake, colorization was made only for the ambiance and does not represent real historical data. The AI still struggles with the separation between infield dirt and grass, etc.

Original video source: University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections (YouTube)