2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Barnum
Barnum
Burt Lancaster stars as P.T. Barnum, in this autobiography about the man who changed the way America
was entertained. Fun for the whole family.
94 min. color
Baseball Baseball Inning Inning #1: #1: Our Our Our Game Game 1840's 1840's 1840's - 1900
1900
It's the true tale of baseball's beginnings, moving beyond the myth of Abner Doubleday to meet the rogues
and the heroes who wrote the first record books.
115 min. color/B&W cc
Baseball Baseball Inning Inning #2: #2: Something Something Like Like a a War War 1900 1900 - 1910
1910
Furious fastballs and mercurial managers catapult baseball into modern times, and introduce some of
the most colorful characters who ever played the game.
107 min. color/B&W cc
Baseball Baseball Inning Inning #3: #3: Faith Faith of of Fifty Fifty Million Million People People 1910 1910
- 1920
1920
Baseball wins millions of true believers as a massive wave of immigrants fills the stands. They're dealt a
crushing blow when eight Chicago White Sox players succumb to the "Black Sox" scandal of 1919.
120 min. color/B&W cc
Baseball Baseball Inning Inning #4: #4: National Nationa
Nationa l Heirloom 1920 - 1930 1930
1930
As America roars through the 1920's baseball grows popular worldwide, thanks to a saloonkeeper's son,
who becomes the best-known athlete in American history. The astounding play of Babe Ruth captivates
people everywhere, making him a household name.
117 min. color/B&W cc
Baseball Baseball Inning Inning #5: #5: Shadow Shadow Shadow Ball Ball 1930 1930 - 1940
1940
The Great Depression looms over America while baseball struggles to survive. America's game has
another struggle, too - the stain of racial segregation.
126 min. color/B&W cc
Baseball Baseball Inning Inning #6: #6: National National National Pastime Pastime 1940 1940 1940 - 1950
1950
The Second World War causes turmoil in baseball as the best players enlist. Baseball's most poignant
moment arrives when the Dodger's Branch Rickey forces integration by signing the immortal Jackie
Robinson. With heroic dignity he changes the game forever.
151 min. color/B&W cc
Baseball Baseball Inning Inning #7: #7: Capital Capital of of Baseball Baseball 1950 1950 1950 - 1960
1960
Baseball is King and New York is its throne. For a glorious decade, the game is dominated by the
Yankees, Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers.
134 min. color/B&W cc
Baseball Baseball Baseball Inning Inning #8: #8: Whole Whole New New Ballgame Ballgame 1960 1960 - 1970
1970
In the tubulent Sixties, television beams baseball nationwide. Politics abound as players finally succeed
in forming a labor union after a century of effort. Expansion, race changes and new stadiums promise to
make the sport a "whole new ballgame."
116 min. color/B&W cc
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