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Baseball. Our Game
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No sport is more American than baseball, but, contrary to popular opinion, the game likely predates the birth of our nation and has substantial roots overseas. This program explores baseball's orig...
No sport is more American than baseball, but, contrary to popular opinion, the game likely predates the birth of our nation and has substantial roots overseas. This program explores baseball's origins as a folk pastime and depicts the early phases of its complex evolution. Refuting the myth that Civil War general Abner Doubleday single-handedly invented the game, the film looks at parallels in cricket and rounders, brings to light an account of George Washington's men playing "base" at Valley Forge, and follows the growth and codification of baseball through the 1800s into the early 20th century.
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- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011]
- ©1994
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (115 min.) : sound, color, digital file
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn764339518
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 14, 2011.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Introduction to Our Game (1:05) -- Brooklyn's Trolley Dodgers (5:03) -- Baseball (4:55) -- Baseball - America's Character (2:27) -- First Inning - Our Game (5:31) -- Elysian Fields (7:48) -- A People's Game (4:35) -- A People's Game - American Civil War (4:32) -- Division of Feeling - African American Players (1:21) -- Division of Feeling - Women Players (1:37) -- Division of Feeling - Bending the Rules (2:03) -- Baseball is Business Now (9:01) -- The National League (4:35) -- I am Dumb, Harry (4:23) -- Bottom of the First (0:41) -- The Wahoos (4:44) -- The Baseball Messiah (6:57) -- Heroes (6:58) -- My Skin is Against Me (7:52) -- Dog Eat Dog (6:31) -- The Toughest of the Tough (8:32) -- The Little Boy's Game (4:46) -- Credits: Our Game (2:48)