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Our Game: Directed by Ken Burns. With Roger Angell, Adam Arkin, Philip Bosco, Thomas Boswell. In New York City, in the 1840s, people need a diversion from the "railroad pace" at which they work and live. They find it in a game of questionable origins.
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- Documentary, History, Sport
- Ken Burns
- 1994-09-18
Inning One, Our Game, looks at the origins of baseball in the 1840s and takes the story up to 1900. Burns refutes the myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown and traces its ...
Jun 7, 2021 · Documentarian Ken Burns’ Baseball is a must-see for any fan of America’s national pastime. Burns’ definitive recounting of the game, presented in nine parts (structured like the innings of a ballgame) running a total of about 19 hours, guides viewers through baseball’s origins in the 19th century, to the formation of the Major Leagues ...
By 1856, the game of baseball is already being called “the national pastime”. But the nation is about to be torn apart. And, in the midst of the Civil War, there is one thing that Americans North...
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Mar 18, 2021 · On June 19, 1846, at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, New Jersey, a team of well-dressed gentlemen, the Knickerbockers, play the first game of baseball. By 1856, the game is already being called “the national pastime,” or simply, “Our Game.” But the nation is about to be torn apart.
Jun 8, 2021 · Chronicling the history of the sport from it's genesis in the early 1800s to the modern era, the nine-part series surveys baseball and it's relationship to American culture and society. Filled with archival footage, interviews with diamond stars past and present, and commentary from George Will, Bob Costas, Billy Crystal, and other notables ...
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The original Emmy Award-winning, nine-part documentary series Baseball debuted in 1994 during the players' strike. It was seen by more than 43 million viewers, making it the most-watched...
