When I look at old pics or watch black & white films it almost feels like the world was without color back then. Its hard to imagine what it looked like with color. Idk why it seems that way to me. It's like it defines the era. I'm sure with modern tech its possible to make old films and photos have artificially installed color but I don't think people want that. B&w defined the era I suppose

It was sad to see Babe barely able to stand, bowed over in a losing battle with pain. Sometimes I wish I could have lived then to see those great Yankee teams.

Babe Ruth was the best and the greatest player to ever grace a baseball diamond. There will never be another like him.

Ruth was raw pure talent.

Watching these old videos brings to mind Grandpa who was an ardent baseball fan and told me of famous players he saw play way back then. Great seeing these.

Great color photos . Hall of Fame pitcher AND hitter IMO.

The thing you gotta love about George is that he lived life on his own terms and did it beautifully. His generosity and love of ALL children is beyond remarkable He reinvented a failing sport and made it prosper

Babe Ruth will "Always" be the best!!! Their will never be another like him!

Babe Ruth was the best slugger of all time, I love these color photos, great job with video, very nice

only 2,000 views for THIS! this deserves a million!

Some can argue that Ruth was not the BEST player of all time, but there is no doubt that he was the GREATEST. Besides saving the game in the wake of the Black Sox scandal, he essentially invented the home run as a viable offensive weapon. As some have pointed out, in many years he out-homered every TEAM in the majors. He was the first player to hit 30, 40, 50, and 60 home runs in a season, as well as the first to hit 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, and 700 in a career. When he hit is 700th home run in 1934, he had more than twice as many as the next player on the list (Lou Gehrig who would have 348 by the end of that season).

Seeing him in color, he wasn't all that fat like people say.

im an australian i never heard of babe ruth until anout half hour ago when i watched the movie they made for him then came on here and typed hes name in great story great guy its just beautiful im happy i know abouyt this guy now :)

Long Lives the Great Gambino Mr.Babe Ruth Rip still Honor in 2015!!!

Best baseball player by far. 197 career wRC+, and over 168 WAR for a career. He was incredible

I became a Yankee fan when, as a sick 9 year-old in NJ, I watched them on PIX Channel 11 in '66. They were terrible, but they had Mantle - although his decline had begun. Our little league want to The Stadium & it was pretty crappy, but you had the sense that you were in a special place. Ruth's aura was there, Gerigh's was too, and DiMaggio. When they got Roy White - who looks lik my Dad did, I knew I'd be a fan for life. So many memories - mostly wonderful over my 50 years watching them Go Yankees!

Still the only man ever to hit an opposite field 500ft HR!

So nicely done! What a find with those pics!!!

Surely Babe Ruth is the greatest ever baseball player. I never tire of watching him score his record breaking 60th home run in 1927.

Fantastic! Thank You. All these years (I'm 52 - baseball fan since 8.) Did not know about this.

Babe Ruth..Johnny Weissmuller. .and John Wayne.. Gregory Peck..Richard Boone..Claude Akins..Alvin York.. Jimmy Stewart. . the list can go on and on..what great Americans they were.

My Dad loved Babe Ruth when he was a kid, He still talks about him and he's in his 70's,it a shame the Babe died before i was born :(

Thank you for posting this video.

everytime im playing ball down at the local field or even in summerball i still try to step up to the plate and stand like the babe. thanks for the great memories babe

Ruth's full social impact on our American society has been lost in layers of time.

that is absolutely amazing and one of a kind things you will ever see in your life

No 3 is the best number in two sports baseball babe ruth and nascar dale sr rip dale

wow, this photographer should be much more respected than what he is for what he has brought us today.

What is often overlooked about Ruth is that he started his career as a left-handed starting pitcher. He was an excellent pitcher. What sets Ruth apart from any other player in the major leagues is that he was certainly the greatest hitter of his time, but, if he stayed a pitcher, he more than likely would have been the greatest pitcher of his time. No other player in history had this excellence at both aspects of the game.

Babe Ruth is my idol is my favorite baseball player, he is the number 1 and never be able to change that, he will live in the heart of every yankee for ever and always be the best

this is so inspiring 😢😢😢 it makes me wanted to cry

That's so bad ass. I wish I lived in these times.

Simply put...... The best ever Love ya Babe :)

The famous uniform number "3", the farewell pose, the stadium he "built" in the background, with all the championship pennants on display, as he beheld what he had begotten.

Babe Ruth is the best baseball player in the world ⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️😏😏

Babe Ruth is the greatest legend in the history of sports. No other sports figure comes close to Ruth's legend.

Never thought of color in pictures quite like this before. Great points.

A True legend! Greetings from Greece

A True legend! Greetings from Greece.

Babe Ruth is the best baseball player ever

I enjoyed the banter too. They both excelled in their day and both are hall of famers, with all the drugs and nonsense aside. I just don't think Ruth can ever possibly be left out of the conversation for the simple fact that he changed the game for ever, he bought glamour and excitement to the game via the homerun. No matter what your feelings are about today's players vs yesterday's...that can never be taken away. There can only be one first and Ruth was it. Have a good one.

I could listen to Daniel Okrent talk baseball for days and days.

Have some respect for the game and for those who love it without steroids and reversed racism.. The Babe was an American legend and was and represents baseball in it's purest form..

New York Yankees are great to watch because they always win. Babe Ruth was Yankees leader, so he must be the Yankees greatest player. I am no Yankees fan , but a great fan of babe ruth and Yankees are still very famous after all these years. Actually we have the giants and dodgers and Oakland a's in California, however they never won like what the Yankees did. I got to watch Barry bonds and he may be the best player since babe Ruth.

I'll never argue with anyone who claims that the game was more exciting before the home run became more common. To me, it is a matter of taste. A 1-0 pitchers' duel can be as exciting as an 18-16 slugfest with three grand slams (an actual college game I witnessed in 2003). Yankee Stadium was built for Ruth, with the 296-foot short porch in right field. But, remember, Mel Ott and, for a time, WIllie Mays, were helped by the 251- and 256-foot foul lines of the Polo Grounds. But, in his time, Ruth was so far ahead of everyone when it came to his power (never mind his .342 lifetime average) that he added a dimension to the game that is still with us today.

RIP Babe...you are truely missed

this is amazing

Wow!!! Incredible.

One of the best!

This sooo sweet:). It's sad, the describing does great

i love u for this

I can't say Ruth is the greatest player of all time but I can't say anyone was better than him if that makes sense. Baseball is probably the hardest sport to compare players, there are so any factors compared to other sports.

He was & still is Baseball. May he rest in peace.

Wow, amazing photos...best Dominican player ever!

I loved babe Ruth hes like a father

Wow, just wow. As a baseball fan I got goosebumps.

Great Video.........

I wish I could have seen Ruth play live.

@kale033 There are two major league players active today who are natives of The Netherlands: Rick Vanden Hurk (Eindhoven) and Greg Halman (Haarlem). Of course, the biggest star to come from your country was Bert Blyleven, who starred for 22 years. Glad you liked the video.

Great comment! It's important too remember that Babe was hitting more home runs than whole teams at the time! And he was a HOF calibre pitcher with a world series record for scoreless innings that lasted longer than his record for 60 homers in a season.

Awesome!

Color photography has actually been around for about 100 years but it was extremely expensive until the early '60's.

All I'm gonna say is....Thank You for helping me on baseball day....

Hats off to you babe ruth ..

Ruth is the greatest ball player ever because he was also an incredible pitcher with the red sox & he won multiple world series as pitcher/hitter.

oh my god, i love this guy, even though i'm a die hard bosox fan i'd love to play baseball here in argentina, but i'm only 15 and we havn't got any team in here i love baseball BEST SPORT EVER

On this day in 1933 {July 6th} the first Major League Baseball's All-Star was played at Comiskey Park, in Chicago, IL, with A.L. winning by the score of 4 - 2... In the third inning Babe Ruth hit the first All-Star home run... The pitcher he hit it off was 'Wild' Bill Hallahan of the St. Louis Cardinals; it was ironic that he gave up the homer, for he pitched 244 innings that season and only gave up six homers... R.I.P. Mr. Ruth {1895 - 1948} and Mr. Hallahan {1902- 1981}...

AWESOME! The Babe.

On this day in 1948 {June 13th} the New York Yankees officially retired Babe Ruth's #3 uniform... Two months and three days later on August 16th, 1948 George Herman Ruth, Jr. passed away at the young age of 53 {cancer}... May he R.I.P.

R.I.P a great loved legend

I miss babe ruth

On this day in 1948 {July 26th} Babe Ruth was seen by the public for the last time, when he attended the New York City premiere of the motion picture, "The Babe Ruth Story"... The movie starred William Bendix as the Babe... Shortstop Mark Koenig, Ruth's team-mate on the 1927 Yankees, appeared in the movie as himself, he passed away in 1993 {age 88} and was the last surviving member of the '27 Yanks...

Best player who ever lived

Simply beautiful. The Legend that is Babe Ruth will live on forever!

Color film became the standard by '40 and 2 color technicolor was being used sparingly in films as early as the '20s. Hell, color TV was feasible from the very start of television, but wasn't used due to costs outweighing benefits. I think people don't give enough credit to the old time innovators. It wasn't like they didn't know about color back in the day. A lot of the things we take for granted today (video discs, high def, etc) were considered a lot earlier than we think.

Ruth: Best left hand pitcher in the AL from 1915-17 before he started playing the outfield. He beat Walter Johnson four times in 1916 alone and was 65-33 in those three years of being a pitcher only. He also had a 1.06 ERA in the WS and went 29.67 innings without allowing a run in the WS. Then he became an outfielder in 1918 and still won 22 and lost 12 as a part time pitcher in 1918 and 1919. He goes to the Yankees in 1920 and was hitting more homers than every team. Not player but team!

The 1st celebrity in American history!!!

I wish they still played in old stadiums because it would look really cool

The Babe's shoes. Gotta get a pair just like that.

Thx 4 sharing

People don't give enough credit to the inventors and innovators of technology we take for granted today. A lot of things were considered and researched even back in the 19th century and considered feasible, but the technology hadn't quite gotten to the point where manufacturing color televisions or pushing color TV/film/photography was cost efficient enough to produce it on a mass scale. As soon as photography was invented, I'm sure the next thought was how to do it in color.

Who's whatching in 2016?

His name still is "Lawrence [Peter] Berra". His boyhood pals, one of whom was future player and broadcaster, Joe Garagiola, named him "Yogi", after a character they saw in a movie.

If they sold those photos, they would've made millions today.

Heros are remebered, but Legends never die.

I remember being a boy in Baltimore, playing baseball in our neighborhood and hearing stories about Babe Ruth, not knowing he was from right there.

Ruth will always be the GOAT

You can't forget Babe Ruth !

God bless you babe Ruth 😊🙏🌹

For people that think this is fake it is not but it is very very rare to get a colored picture back then

The babe is The babe and it it is what it is. This man is a baseball legend, he did it all... all the bove. HE MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF "THE BABE" Comparing him is just looking over him! This man put his mark in baseball, just ask the baseball Gods.

Well done, Zach Butler, well done.

Nice video real nice actually

Both Babe Ruth and Elvis Presley and Pat O'connor died on August 16: Babe Ruth 1948 Elvis Presley 1977 Pat O'connor 1990...

Yes, color photography was around during that time. Go to google search and type The History of Color Photography.

BABE RUTH...Greatest player of ALL TIME. He won 20 games for the Red Sox like 3 times BEFORE he was traded to the Yankees......he could have been a Great pitcher too!!! Amazing!!

Imr fascinated with this man

babe is the greatest baseball player.

@kale033 Best of luck to you with making it to Yankee Stadium, I think it's amazing that a person your age from the Netherlands seems to be such a fan of this beautiful game!

There's a video on KZfaq of Bob Feller throwing 98.6 mph as tested by the Army's apparatus used to test the velocity of shells. Also another KZfaq video from 1938 shows him using the motorcycle test and assuming they were correct on the motorcycle's speed, via mathematics, they determined that the pitch was 104 MPH.