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Hank Aaron: record-breaking home run

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WSB-TV newsfilm clip from April 8, 1974 in which baseball player Hank Aaron hits his record-breaking 715th home run at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium in the fourth inning of a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. After Aaron hits the ball, the camera shows Dodgers players in the outfield running toward the ball and then jumping over the fence to retrieve it. The camera then pulls back to show Aaron running the bases with a large lighted display reading "715" behind him. His teammates meet him at home plate to congratulate him.

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New Georgia Encyclopedia

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Athletes
  2. African American Baseball Players
  3. African American Men
  4. African American Professional Athletes
  5. African Americans
  6. Athletes
  7. Atlanta
  8. Atlanta Braves (Baseball Team)
  9. Atlanta Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta, Ga.)
  10. Baseball
  11. Baseball Players
  12. Georgia
  13. Home Runs (Baseball)
  14. Men
  15. Professional Athletes
  16. Records
  17. United States

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