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Baseball

(DVD - 2004)
Average Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5.
Baseball


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It is an epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs. It is a saga spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the transformation of popular culture, and the unfolding of the national pastime. Here is the story of a nation at work and play. Experience

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It is an epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs. It is a saga spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the transformation of popular culture, and the unfolding of the national pastime. Here is the story of a nation at work and play. Experience it in ten thrilling "innings" from master storyteller and award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.

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Title: Baseball
[videorecording]
Publisher: PBS Home Video , Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Additional Contributors: Burns, Ken
Novick, Lynn
Imprint: [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif. : - PBS Home Video , Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pages: 23
ISBN: 1415702438
Language: English
Credits: Producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns, Allen Moore ; music, Jacqueline Schawb ... [et al.].
Performers: Narrator, John Chancellor ; voices, Adam Arkin ... [et al.].
Notes: DVD.
Closed-captioned.
Videodisc release of a 1994 television program.
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 Eigth inning: A whole new ballgame, 1960-1970 (116 min.) -- The Ninth inning: Home, 1970-1994 (148 min.) -- [10]. Extra inning: The making of Baseball (240 min.).
Includes 225 trivia questions, and player stats on over 100 virtual baseball cards.
Statement of responsibility: a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV, Washington ; a film by Ken Burns
Characteristics: 10 videodiscs (ca. 23 hrs.) :,sd., col. with b&w sequences ;,4 3/4 in.
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  • oldfryup rated this: 4.5 stars out of 5.

Classic. I have never played the game, but Burns creates a story that encompasses America and its history, not just sport. Americana at its finest. His “Civil War” series is equally engrossing.

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