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Author Burns, Ken, 1953-

Title Baseball / a film by Ken Burns.

Imprint [Alexandria, VA] : PBS Home Video, ©1994.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  DVD796.357 BASEBALL INNINGS 1-2  DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  DVD796.357 BASEBALL INNINGS 3-4  DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  DVD796.357 BASEBALL INNINGS 5-6  DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  DVD796.357 BASEBALL INNINGS 7-8  DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  DVD796.357 BASEBALL INNING 9  DISC 1    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  DVD796.357 BASEBALL INNING 10  DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
Description 11 videodiscs (approximately 2.5 hr. each) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Closed captioned.
Performer Narrator, John Chancellor ; voices, Adam Arkin [and others].
Credits Producers, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns ; cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns, Allen Moore ; music, Jacqueline Schawb [and others].
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Contents Inning one: 1840s-1900, Our game (ca. 145 min.) -- Inning two. 1900-1910, Something like a war -- (ca. 154 min.) -- Inning three: 1910-1920, The faith of fifty million people (ca. 140 min.) -- Inning four: 1920-1930, A national heirloom (ca. 142 min.) -- Inning five: 1930-1940, Shadow ball (ca. 151 min.) -- Inning six: 1940-1950, The national pastime (ca. 176 min.) -- Inning seven: 1950-1960, The capital of baseball (ca. 159 min.) -- Inning eight: 1960-1970, A whole new ball game (ca. 141 min.) -- Inning nine: 1970-present, Home (ca. 173 min.) -- Extra inning: The making of baseball (240 min.).
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.
System Details DVD.
Subject Baseball -- History.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Baseball. (OCoLC)fst00827904
Genre/Form Documentary television programs.
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Burns, Ken, 1953-
Novick, Lynn.
Ward, Geoffrey C.
PBS Home Video.
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