Alex Bleith over at BronxBanterBlog has a link to video from a 1928 Buster Keaton Movie, The Cameraman, which has a great look all around the then-five-year old Yankee Stadium. Keaton’s trip around the bases is great because the wide shot gives a nice panorama of the Stadium in its very early days.
The thing that strikes me the most is how utterly massive the place looks. The outfield fence looks a mile away, and even the distance from home plate to the backstop is huge.
And check out the subway car running above the batters’ eye in dead center field. Great stuff.