After decades had passed, an Illinois man found his late father’s old home movies in an attic and, amazingly, one contained scenes of the famous ‘32 series game where Ruth “called his shot” and showed the actual event itself.
The Cubs in the third base dugout were razzing the left-handed hitting Ruth and he made several pointed gestures in that direction, across the field towards the Cubs dugout.
There is no dramatic pointing to center field as the Bendix movie portrays. Only gestures out across the field.
I believe the “called shot” is a bit of embellishment that could not be proven or disproven in its time and Ruth, wisely, let the legend grow rather than attempt to set the record straight.
I heard an old boy who had been at that game say much the same thing. Ruth made some kind of gesture but it wasn't clear what he was doing.
This old guy had been a salesman in the 20s and 30s. Since most ballgames were day games he'd treat his clients to baseball. He went to hundreds and hundreds of games. It was a treat listening to him, for him it was natural to have seen Ruth, Cobb, Gehrig, Dizzy Dean.