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2004

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	Baseball [videorecording] / a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV, Washington ; a film by Ken Burns.
Publisher, Date:	[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.
Description:	10 videodiscs (ca. 23 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Subjects:	Baseball -- United States -- History. Documentary television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:	Burns, Ken, 1953- Novick, Lynn. Ward, Geoffrey C. PBS Home Video. Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Title:	Title on disc labels and container: Baseball, a film by Ken Burns.
Notes:	Videodisc release of a 1994 television program. Includes 225 trivia questions, and player stats on over 100 virtual baseball cards. 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.]. DVD. Closed-captioned.
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.).
ISBN:	1415702438 9781415702437
Publisher Number:	88578 705126
Other Number:	57369255
System Availability:	10
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	10
Control Number:	237950
# Local items in:	10
# System items in:	10
Call Number:	DVD 796.357 Baseball
Medium:	[videorecording]

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