Baseball

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Call Number: DVD 796.357 Ba, Adult DVD / Nonfiction / Sports & Recreation / Baseball
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

"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.
Tenth Inning discs include: interview with Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, additional scenes, outtakes. Over 2 hours of bonus footage.
Issued in a slipcase containing 3 cases.
[v. 1] [disc 1.] The first inning : our game, the 1840's-1900 ; [disc 2.] The second inning : something like a war, 1900-1910 ; [disc 3.] The third inning : the faith of fifty million people, 1910-1920 ; [disc 4.] The fourth inning : a national heirloom, 1920-1930 ; [disc 5.] The fifth inning : shadow ball, 1930-1940 ; [disc 6.] The sixth inning : the national pastime, 1940-1950 -- [v. 2] [disc 7.] The seventh inning : the capital of baseball, 1950-1960 ; [disc 8.] The eighth inning : a whole new ballgame, 1960-1970 ; [disc 9.] The ninth inning : home, 1970-1992 -- [v. 3] [disc 10.] Top of the tenth, 1992-1999 ; [disc 11.] Bottom of the tenth, 1999-2009.
Narrators: John Chancellor (1840s-1992), Keith David (1992-2009).
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.
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen ; 5.1 surround.

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