Baseball / Florentine Films production ; in association with WETA-TV, Washington ; Baseball Film Project, Inc. ; a film by Ken Burns.

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The definitive documentary of America's pastime, baseball. Through a skillful blend of still photographs, film footage, interviews and voice overs, the history of "The Game" is brought to life. Covering the period from the 1840's to 1994 (just before the strike), the high and low moments, heroes and...

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Corporate Authors: Florentine Films
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953-
Novick, Lynn
Chancellor, John, 1927-1996
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: [Alexandria, Va.] : Burbank, Calif. : Public Broadcasting Service ; Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2000, ©1994.
Subjects:
Documentary films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Documentary television programs.
Baseball > United States > History.
Physical Description:10 videodiscs (approximately 18 hr. 54 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Baseball, a film by Ken Burns.
Format: Video DVD
Contents:
  • The First inning: Our game, the 1840's-1900 (115 min.)
  • The Second inning: Something like a war, 1900-1910 (107 min.)
  • The Third inning: The faith of fifty million people, 1910-1920 (120 min.)
  • The Fourth inning: A national heirloom, 1920-1930 (117 min.)
  • The Fifth inning: Shadow ball, 1930-1940 (126 min.)
  • The Sixth inning: The national pastime, 1940-1950 (151 min.)
  • The Seventh inning: The capital of baseball, 1950-1960 (134 min.)
  • The Eighth inning: A whole new ballgame, 1960-1970 (116 min.)
  • The Ninth inning: Home, 1970-present (148 min.)
  • Extra Inning.