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Title:

Baseball. Innings 1-6, 1840s-1950 / a film by Ken Burns ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV ; produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns.

Publisher:

PBS Distribution,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

6 Blu-ray videodiscs (approximately 12.5 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches.

Subject:

Baseball--History.
Documentary television programs.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Novick, Lynn, television producer.
Ward, Geoffrey C., screenwriter.
Burns, Ken, 1953- television director.
Chancellor, John, 1927-1996, narrator.
Florentine Films, production company.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), production company.
PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher.

Other Titles:

Container of (work): Baseball (Television program). Selections.
Container of (expression): Baseball (Television program). Selections. Spanish.

Notes:

Title from container. Originally broadcast as individual episodes of the mini-television series in 1994-2010. Wide screen. Narrated by John Chancellor.

Contents:

Inning 4. The national pastime (1940-1950) 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)

Summary:

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1247085718

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)