A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Inning 1: Our Game (1840s-1900) Written by: Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns Directed by: Ken Burns 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. 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. And in the midst of the Civil War, there is one thing that Americans North and South have in common: baseball. - from the DVD episode guide blurb. On September 18, 1994, nearly four years after the debut of Ken Burns' The Civil War, the 300 member stations of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aired Our Game (1840s-1900), the first "inning" of Burns' nine-part documentary Baseball. Co-written by...

Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns (Includes The Tenth Inning) An epic overflowing with heroes and hopefuls, scoundrels and screwballs.  Babe Ruth Jackie Robinson Shoeless Joe Jackson Sandy Koufax Satchel Paige Pete Rose Roberto Clemente Casey Stengel Hank Aaron Joe DiMaggio Ichiro Suzuki Barry Bonds Pedro Martinez It is a saga spanning 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. -- from Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns.  (C) 2010 PBS Distribution and Florentine Films On September 18, 1994, the 300 or so member stations of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aired Our Game, the first episode (or "inning") of Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns. Co-written by Burns with historian (and frequent collaborator) Geoffrey C. Ward, the 112-minute long episode explores the beginning of America's national pastime and explodes v...