[Mantle Signs Contract]

Datecirca 1957

Can DescriptionsNew York Yankee baseball player Mickey Mantle signs contract for 1957 season; manager Casey Stengel comments; United Press story; from 'Sports Archive Reel 5'.

Viewing NotesSilent footage of a United Press teletype machine with the words New York City superimposed; footage of New York Yankee baseball player Mickey Mantle sitting at tables with checkered table clothes and microphones to sign a contract for the 1957 season; Mantle is asked about how much he is paid, and he replies that he is not allowed to report that but that he feels very good about his treatment; with him is manager Casey Stengel who comments on what a fine athlete Mantle is at the age of 25 and that he is looking forward to Mantle's continued greatness as a player;