Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

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.

Edition:

Widescreen edition, fully restored in high definition.

Publisher, Date:

Arlington, Virginia : PBS Distribution, [2021]

Description:

11 videodiscs (approximately 23 hr.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in., in slipcase 20 x 14 x 5 cm

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

laser optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

The complete Emmy Award-winning story of America's national pastime from master storyteller Ken Burns is now fully restored in high definition! Baseball spans 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.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Baseball -- United States -- History.

United States -- Social life and customs.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Nonfiction television programs.

Other Author:

Burns, Ken, 1953- film director, film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer.

Novick, Lynn, film director, film producer.

Ward, Geoffrey C., screenwriter.

Chancellor, John, 1927-1996, narrator.

David, Keith, narrator.

Squires, Buddy, cinematographer.

Moore, Allen, 1952- cinematographer.

Baseball Film Project, Inc., production company.

Florentine Films, production company.

WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), production company.

PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.

Other Title:

Title on disc labels and container: Baseball, a film by Ken Burns

Container of (work) Baseball (Television program)

Our game, the 1840's-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, 1970-1992.

Top of the tenth, 1992-1999.

Bottom of the tenth, 1999-2009.

Making of Baseball.

Notes:

"Fully restored in high definition"--Slipcase.

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

Issued in a slipcase containing 3 cases.

Widescreen.

Special features ([v. 3]): Interview with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick; additional scenes; outtakes; over 2 hours of bonus footage.

Cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns, Allen Moore ; music, Jacqueline Schawb [and others] ; editors, Paul Barnes, Yaffa Lerea, Craig Mellish [and others].

Narrators: John Chancellor (1840s-1992), Keith David (1992-2009).

DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen ; 5.1 surround.

English or dubbed Spanish audio; optional subtitles in Spanish; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Emmy Awards, 1995: Outstanding Informational Series (Ken Burns (producer/director/writer), Lynn Novick (producer), Geoffrey C. Ward (writer), John Chancellor (narrator)).

Contents:

Inning 1: Our game (1840's-1900) ; Inning 2: Something like a war (1900-1910); Inning 3: The faith of fifty million people (1910-1920) ; Inning 4: A national heirloom (1920-1930) ; Inning 5: Shadow ball (1930-1940) ; Inning 6: The national pastime (1940-1950) -- Inning 7: The capital of baseball (1950-1960) ; Inning 8: A whole new ballgame (1960-1970) ; Inning 9: Home (1970-1992) -- Inning 10: Top of the tenth (1992-1999) ; Inning 10: Top of the tenth (1999-2009).

ISBN:

9781531713133

1531713130

Publisher Number:

13916697

Other Number:

1242949216

System Availability:

5

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

5

Control Number:

905210

# Local items in:

4

# System items in:

4

Call Number:

DVD 796.357 Baseball