Baseball : [videorecording (DVD)] a film by Ken Burns / [produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick]

Baseball : [videorecording (DVD)] a film by Ken Burns / [produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick]

Publication Date
: 
2010, 1994

Publication Information
: 
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video

Physical Description
: 
11 videodiscs (ca. 23 hours)

Subject Term
: 
Baseball -- United States -- History.
 
Baseball -- History.
 
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography.
 
Baseball -- Miscellanea.
 
Documentary television programs.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Additional Contributors
: 
Burns, Ken, 1953-
 
Novick, Lynn.
 
Ward, Geoffrey C.
 
Chancellor, John, 1927 July 14- ,

Contents
: 
Our game 1840s-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 -- Top of the tenth (1992-1999) -- Bottom of the tenth (1999-2009)

Performer
: 
Narrator, John Chancellor.

Summary
: 
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.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9781415755822

General Note
: 
DVD.
 
Color and B&W.
 
Videodisc release of a 1994 television program.
 
Rated PG.


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