Babe Ruth Video Unearthed

From the NYT:

One recent discovery, from a cellar in Illinois, might be unlike any other, showing Ruth in his prime and shot from close range, sitting atop a pony while wearing a child’s cowboy hat and muttering into a home movie camera, as a boyish Lou Gehrig, who never had children and was known for his dignified demeanor, held children and framed his smile with big dimples.
Amid the eight reels of 16-millimeter film found in excellent condition in the cellar are three and a half minutes of Ruth and Gehrig wearing the uniforms, but not the caps, of their barnstorming teams. The film is thought to have been shot with a high-end home movie camera in or around Sioux City, Iowa, on Oct. 18, 1927 — 10 days after the Yankees completed a four-game World Series sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates.
That season has special meaning in baseball annals. The 1927 Yankees, with their Murderers’ Row lineup, finished 110-44 and might have been the best team in major league history. Ruth, 32, hit 60 home runs that year, a record that stood for 34 years. Gehrig, 24, hit 47 home runs — more than anyone to that point other than Ruth — and was the American League most valuable player. His consecutive-games streak was in its infancy.