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Baseball - Inning 6, The National Pastime (1940-1950) | 
| Actors: Mike Barnicle, Mary Pratt (iii), Lou Costello, George Will, Arthur Ashe
Studio: Turner Home Entertainment
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 129770
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6303218687
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.3570973
UPC: 794054316636
EAN: 9786303218687
Theatrical Release Date: September 18, 1994
Release Date: September 23, 1994
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Condition: VHS. Ex-Video Rental with Original Artwork/Coverbox. Some coverboxes may be cut and inserted in a clear plastic case. Guaranteed to play.
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6th Inning - The National Pastime (#42): 1940-1950 April 2, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This sixth volume in Ken Burns' classic documentary on "Baseball" begins with the marvelous summer of 1941, which featured not one but two of the greatest individual achievements in the history of the sport: Joe DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak and Ted Williams batting .406. But the event that dominates this "inning," and towards which Burns has set his sight since the opening prologue, is Jackie Roosevelt Robinson playing in the major leagues for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1942. By the time we get to this part of the documentary we fully appreciate the social and personal significance of the event for both Robinson and Branch Rickey. This episode also covers baseball during World War II, including the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and ends with the death of Babe Ruth, thereby linking the game's two most significant players, the Babe and Jackie Robinson. Every spring as opening day approaches I take out "Baseball" and watch it again. Just hearing the voice of John Chancellor and watching the film clips of the game's great players is a necessary rite of spring. "The National Pastime" is clearly the climax of the series.
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