The Sherman Grinberg Film Library is the world’s oldest and largest privately held film archive, with over 40 moving image libraries with over 20 million feet of film with content that ranges from 1895 to 1957.
The archive includes the historic Paramount Newsreels. Originally called “Eyes of the World” during the silent era, the newsreel was known as “Eyes and Ears of the World” after the beginning of the “talkies” era. The Sherman Grinberg Film Library also includes the entire American Pathé newsreel library, the “Industry on Parade” series, which is America’s oldest newsreel collection (1895-1956). US soccer related clips from the British Pathé archive can be accessed here on the SASH website.
Below is a collection of US soccer-related clips from the Paramount Newsreels archive. Click on the hyperlinked title links to go to the footage source page on Sherman Grinberg Film Library archive website. The video players are small, so click on the “fullscreen” icon to properly view the clips.
1930
“Fall River team wins soccer title, New Bedford, Mass – 12,000 see Bay Staters check Bethlehem 3-2 in bitter battle for Eastern crown”
March 23, 1930: Fall River Marksmen 3-2 Bethlehem Steel (US Open Cup Eastern Final replay; Battery Park, New Bedford, MA, 12,000)
1941
“Brazilian Championship Botafogo Club soccer team plays American All Stars in New York as part of its goodwill tour”
March 23, 1941: ASL Metro All Stars 3-1 Botafogo (Triboro Stadium, Randalls Park, 11,363)