Baseball. The Capital of Baseball / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.).

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The New York Yankees. The New York Giants. The Brooklyn Dodgers. It's safe to say that Manhattan and its surrounding communities had no shortage of baseball at the dawn of the 1950s-and yet, by decade's end, team relocations would radically alter the landscape of the game. This program tours that te...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors:	Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) Infobase Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Burns, Ken, 1953-
Language:	English
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], ©1994.
Series:	Films on Demand.
Subjects:	Sports > United States. World War, 1939-1945. United States > History > 1945-1953. United States > History > 1953-1961. Educational films. Internet videos. Video recording.
Genre:	Educational films. Internet videos. Video recording.
Online Access:	Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (135 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Variant Title:	Capital of Baseball
Format:	Electronic Video

Contents:

Introduction to 'The Capital of Baseball' (6:47)
Seventh Inning: The Capital of Baseball (4:47)
'Ol' Perfesser' (13:08)
'Ol' Perfesser' - Jackie Robinson (5:26)
My Man (5:26)
Fiction Is Dead - Miracle of Coogan's Bluff (9:53)
Fiction Is Dead - Shot Heard 'Round the world. (5:32)
Fiction Is Dead - Mario Cuomo (2:24)
Fiction Is Dead - DiMaggio's Last At Bat (3:06)
Mr. Mantle (8:44)
Child of God (6:31)
Low and Away (7:47)
The Catch - Willie Mays (4:57)
The Catch - September 29, 1954 (7:12)
7th Inning Stretch (2:54)
Bottom of the Seventh (1:51)
Absolutely Unthinkable (6:48)
Absolutely Unthinkable - Dodgers Fans Celebrate (6:26)
Perfect (5:29)
A Death in the Family (13:39)
80/20 (4:59)
Credits: 'The Capital of Baseball' (2:46)