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Baseball / 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.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: BASE610 | PBS DistributionBASE610.01 | PBS (disc 1)BASE610.02 | PBS (disc 2)BASE610.03 | PBS (disc 3)BASE610.04 | PBS (disc 4)BASE610.05 | PBS (disc 5)BASE610.06 | PBS (disc 6)BASE610.07 | PBS (disc 7)BASE610.08 | PBS (disc 8)BASE610.09 | PBS (disc 9)BASE610.10 | PBS (disc 10)BASE610.11 | PBS (disc 11)Language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: Spanish Publication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2010.Description: 11 videodiscs (approximatelty 23 hours) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781608832774
  • 1608832775
Other title:
  • Title on disc labels and container: Baseball, a film by Ken Burns
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources:
Contents:
[v. 1] [disc 1.] The first inning : our game, the 1840's-1900 (115 min.) ; [disc 2.] The second inning : something like a war, 1900-1910 (107 min.) -- [v. 2] [disc 3.] The third inning : the faith of fifty million people, 1910-1920 (120 min.) ; [disc 4.] The fourth inning : a national heirloom, 1920-1930 (117 min.) -- [v. 3] [disc 5.] The fifth inning : shadow ball, 1930-1940 (126 min.) ; [disc 6.] The sixth inning : the national pastime, 1940-1950 (151 min.) -- [v. 4] [disc 7.] The seventh inning : the capital of baseball, 1950-1960 (134 min.) ; [disc 8.] The eighth inning : a whole new ballgame, 1960-1970 (116 min.) -- [v. 5] [disc 9.] The ninth inning : home, 1970-1992 (148 min.) -- [v. 6] [disc 1.] Top of the tenth, 1992-1999 (116 min.) ; [disc 2.] Bottom of the tenth, 1999-2009 (124 min.).
Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns, Allen Moore ; music, Jacqueline Schawb ... [et al.] ; editors, Paul Barnes, Yaffa Lerea, Tricia Reidy, Michael Levine, Rick Desgres.
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 plan by. Experience it in ten thrilling "innings" from master storyteller and award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.
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Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 796.357 B2991 1 Checked out 04/27/2024 33111008677680
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 796.357 B2991 10p1 Available 33111008677771
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 796.357 B2991 10p2 Available 33111008677789
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 796.357 B2991 2 Checked out 04/27/2024 33111008677698
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 796.357 B2991 3 Checked out 04/27/2024 33111008677706
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 796.357 B2991 4 Checked out 04/27/2024 33111008677714
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 796.357 B2991 5 Checked out 04/27/2024 33111008677722
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 796.357 B2991 6 Checked out 04/27/2024 33111008677730
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 796.357 B2991 7 Checked out 04/27/2024 33111008677748
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 796.357 B2991 8 Available 33111008677755
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD 796.357 B2991 9 Available 33111008677763
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Here is the story of America's national pastime from master storyteller Ken Burns. It is an epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs. A saga spanning the quest for racial justice, the clash of labor and management, the immigrant experience, the transformation of popular culture, and the enduring appeal of the national pastime. And through it all, baseball remains a mirror of America.

DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; full screen & widescreen ; 5.1 surround.

English and Spanish; Closed-captioned.

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

Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns, Allen Moore ; music, Jacqueline Schawb ... [et al.] ; editors, Paul Barnes, Yaffa Lerea, Tricia Reidy, Michael Levine, Rick Desgres.

Videodisc release of a 1994 television program produced by the Baseball Film Project, Inc. ; includes the Tenth inning shown on PBS in 2010.

MPAA rating: Not rated ; Canadian home video rating: PG.

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 plan by. Experience it in ten thrilling "innings" from master storyteller and award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns.

[v. 1] [disc 1.] The first inning : our game, the 1840's-1900 (115 min.) ; [disc 2.] The second inning : something like a war, 1900-1910 (107 min.) -- [v. 2] [disc 3.] The third inning : the faith of fifty million people, 1910-1920 (120 min.) ; [disc 4.] The fourth inning : a national heirloom, 1920-1930 (117 min.) -- [v. 3] [disc 5.] The fifth inning : shadow ball, 1930-1940 (126 min.) ; [disc 6.] The sixth inning : the national pastime, 1940-1950 (151 min.) -- [v. 4] [disc 7.] The seventh inning : the capital of baseball, 1950-1960 (134 min.) ; [disc 8.] The eighth inning : a whole new ballgame, 1960-1970 (116 min.) -- [v. 5] [disc 9.] The ninth inning : home, 1970-1992 (148 min.) -- [v. 6] [disc 1.] Top of the tenth, 1992-1999 (116 min.) ; [disc 2.] Bottom of the tenth, 1999-2009 (124 min.).

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