Baseball [videorecording (DVD)] / a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV, Washington ; a film by Ken Burns.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: BASE610 | PBS DistributionPublication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2010.Description: 11 videodiscs : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 9781608832774
  • 1608832775
Other title:
  • Title on disc labels and container: Baseball, a film by Ken Burns
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
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 Eighth inning: A whole new ballgame, 1960-1970 (116 min.) -- The Ninth inning: Home, 1970-1994 (148 min.) -- Extra inning: The making of Baseball (240 min.) - The Tenth 1999-2009.
Production credits:
  • Producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns, Allen Moore ; music, Jacqueline Schawb ... [et al.].
Narrator, John Chancellor ; voices, Adam Arkin ... [et al.].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.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD GV 863 .A1 B374 2010 1840-1910 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 1. 98640315
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD GV 863 .A1 B374 2010 1840-1910 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 2. 98640316
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD GV 863 .A1 B374 2010 1910-1930 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 3. 98640317
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD GV 863 .A1 B374 2010 1910-1930 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 4. 98640318
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD GV 863 .A1 B374 2010 1930-1950 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 5. 98640319
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD GV 863 .A1 B374 2010 1930-1950 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 6. 98640320
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD GV 863 .A1 B374 2010 1950-1970 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 7. 98640321
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD GV 863 .A1 B374 2010 1950-1970 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 8. 98640322
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD GV 863 .A1 B374 2010 1970-1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 9. 98640323
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD GV 863 .A1 B374 2010 1992-2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 10. 98640324
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD GV 863 .A1 B374 2010 1992-2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Disc 11. 98640325

DVD.

Closed-captioned.

Narrator, John Chancellor ; voices, Adam Arkin ... [et al.].

Producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns, Allen Moore ; music, Jacqueline Schawb ... [et al.].

Videodisc release of a 1994 television program.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

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.

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 Eighth inning: A whole new ballgame, 1960-1970 (116 min.) -- The Ninth inning: Home, 1970-1994 (148 min.) -- Extra inning: The making of Baseball (240 min.) - The Tenth 1999-2009.

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