What was once a dusty, rocky, dirt field is now a state-of-the-art soccer pitch with artificial turf and lights that normally stay on late into the night as community clubs and neighborhood children practice and play on the field.

LWF Jerusalem purposely held this video for release on July 7th, to coincide with the beginning of the final week of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brasil. Many of the kids in the video dream of being a great footballer one day. With much sadness, the release of the video also comes at a time of tragedies and heightened tensions in Jerusalem. As if to express the collective grief and frustration of the community, the field has been dark and silent on recent nights.

This is one of a series of videos I produced this year with Mark Brown for The Lutheran World Federation Jerusalem Program.

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My father (John Floyd Frakes) got his hands on tickets and a press pass. He worked in consumer finance and is not a professional photographer. The footage is from our home 8mm movie camera. It includes Yankees greats Mickey Mantel, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, Hank Bauer, Elston Howard, Gil McDougal and Manager Casey Stengel. Milwaukee Braves include Warren Spahn, Hank Aaron, Eddie Mathews, Del Rice, Wes Covington, Del Crandal, Joe Adcock, Manager Fred Haney, Lew Burdette and more.

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