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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 c...
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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- Creator
- a film by Ken Burns ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV, Washington ; produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns
- Other Title
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- Title on disc labels and container: Baseball, a film by Ken Burns
- Included Titles
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- Our game, the 1840's-1900
- Something like a war, 1900-1910
- Faith of fifty million people, 1910-1920
- National heirloom, 1920-1930
- Shadow ball, 1930-1940
- National pastime, 1940-1950
- Capital of baseball, 1950-1960
- Whole new ballgame, 1960-1970
- Home, 1970-1994
- Making of Baseball
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Distribution, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- 11 videodiscs in 6 volumes : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 9781608832774, 1608832775
- OCLC
- ocn669192501
- Credits
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- Narrator: John Chancellor ; voices: Adam Arkin ... [et al.]
- Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns, Allen Moore ; music, Jacqueline Schawb ... [et al.]
- Videodisc release of a 1994 television program ; includes the Tenth inning shown on PBS in 2010.
- DVD; NTSC; Region 1; Full screen & widescreen; 5.1 surround.
- English and Spanish; closed-captioned.
- [v. 1]. The first inning: our game, the 1840's-1900 (115 min.) -- The second inning: something like a war, 1900-1910 (107 min.) -- [v. 2]. The third inning: the faith of fifty million people, 1910-1920 (120 min.) -- The fourth inning: a national heirloom, 1920-1930 (117 min.) -- [v. 3]. The fifth inning: shadow ball, 1930-1940 (126 min.) -- The sixth inning: the national pastime, 1940-1950 (151 min.) -- [v. 4]. The seventh inning: the capital of baseball, 1950-1960 (134 min.) -- The eighth inning: a whole new ballgame, 1960-1970 (116 min.) -- [v. 5]. The ninth inning: home, 1970-1994 (148 min.) -- [v. 6]. Top of the tenth, 1992-1999 (116 min.) -- Bottom of the tenth 1999-2009 (124 min.)