Reel Baseball: Baseball's Golden Era the Way Americans Witnessed It (2012)

9.0/10 • 60 min • Documentary

Overview

Broadcaster Joe Garagiola narrates the greatest games of baseball's golden era in this nostalgia-packed documentary. Its unique focus is legendary ball games the way most of America witnessed them . . . in the movie newsreels. The venues are America's grand old ball parks: the original Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, Brooklyn's Ebbets Field; the Polo Grounds, Tiger Stadium and other baseball landmarks that may be gone, but come to life again in this DVD. Witness Babe Ruth at bat; Lou Gehrig's ""luckiest man"" speech; Roger Maris breaking the Babe's home-run record; Pete Gray, the St. Louis Brown's one-armed outfielder; Ted William's final at-bat when he went out in grand style, ending his career with a home run, and other classic moments in baseball history.

Cast

Stan Musial

Self (archive footage)

Babe Ruth

Self (archive footage)

Joe DiMaggio

Self (archive footage)

Lou Gehrig

Self (archive footage)

Ted Williams

Self (archive footage)

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