Willie McCovey Profile
About This Item
KRON-TV news footage from March 29, 1978, with reporter Ron Barr, featuring a profile of first baseman for the San Francisco Giants Willie McCovey (1938-2018), who made his major league debut for the Giants on July 30, 1959. Includes views of McCovey training and playing and an interview, in which he recalls the excitement of being in his first major league training camp with the Giants (in 1958) and emphasizes that playing baseball is all he's ever wanted to do, since childhood. Opening graphic designed by Carrie Hawks. This 16mm color reversal film print was scanned in 4K (4096 x 2970) using a Lasergraphics ScanStation film scanner, in June 2026.
- Date
- 03/29/1978
- Format
- 16mm color reversal print, with co-magnetic soundtrack
- Digital Format
- Moving Image
- Genre
- Television news programs
- Copyright Holder
- Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved
- Duration
- 1:54
- Identifier
- KRON 4843-10
- Views
- 289
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