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BASEBALL - A FILM BY KEN BURNS (1994)


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User Rating: 9.1/10   1,208 votes


Studio: PBS Paramount

DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004


Director: Ken Burns


Description
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Ken Burns"s Baseball works magnificently on DVD, if only for the reason that scene selection in such a massive documentary is essential for viewing and re-viewing your favorite sections. The DVD menus are purely functional, and the timelines and baseball stats will appeal primarily to diehard fans of the game. Clicking on the PBS logo will take you to the stats and bios of players, although the bios are minimal.

Each of the first nine discs contains these as well as trivia questions. Get the question right, move on to the next question. Get it wrong and a snippet of the documentary plays, showing you the correct answer. The real appeal of the DVD set (other than, of course, the fabulous documentary itself) is the 10th, "extra inning" disc. This final disc contains the documentary The Making of Baseball, as well as team info (which, again, is pretty basic) and episodes of Charlie Rose"s talk show, in which he interviews Ken Burns, Bob Gibson, Yogi Berra, Bob Costas, and Rachel Robinson (the widow of Jackie Robinson). 


Format: NTSC

DVD Size (total): 57.63 GB (10xDVD9) -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (total): 1140 minutes

Type: Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Sound (main feature): English DD5.1 | English DD2.0

Subtitles: none



SET FEATURES:

# INNING 1
Baseball from its inception in the 1840"s to the 1900"s This explores baseballs roots from Abner Doubleday to the beginnings of what we know as modern day baseball.

# INNING 2
1900 to 1910. The beginning of the World Series. Great footage and photos of old parks and players.

# INNING 3
1910 to 1920. Covers Babe Ruth, the Black sox, Grover Cleveland Alexander and more. Footage of Fenway being built

# INNING 4
1920 to 1930 Really the beginnings of the Yankee dynasty but the Cardinals rule the Natonal league with the famed gass house gang.

# INNING 5
1930 to 1940. More footage of all the great stars of the day, Ruth, Di Maggio, Williams and more.

# INNING 6
1940 to 1950. The effects of war on the American pastime. The splendid splinter goes to war, he comes back and picks up where he left off.

# INNING 7
1950 to 1960. The Yankee dynasty continues. Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, The shot heard around the world, Don Larsons perfect game. The Giants and Dodgers pick and leave.

# INNING 8
1960 to 1970. The Los Angeles Angels are born, The Kansas City A"s become the Oakland A"s, The Royals and Mets are born. The Padres are born and move into a small stadium outside of San Diego. And then there was the Seattle Pilots. Those amazin Mets win the World series. Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax get agents but are unsuccessful in changing baseballs anti trust act and re sign with the Dodgers. Maris passes the Babe with an asterisk.

# INNING 9
1970 to 1994. Curt Flood loses his war against baseball but the players eventually win. The players union gets stronger. The Reds come to power. The A"s win a couple world series. Roberto Clemente"s life cut short. Washington loses another team called the Senators. 



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