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MLB Vintage World Series Films - New York Yankees: 17 Championship Seasons 1943-2000
: :Covering five DVDs, 12 hours, and a span of 58 years, Vintage World Series Films: New York Yankees is a sweeping time capsule of the history of the Bronx Bombers, and of baseball itself. These are the official films produced by Major League Baseball to summarize each year's World Series, and that means 17 films for the Yankees between 1943 and 2000 ranging from a brief 22 minutes (1943) to over an hour each (the later series). That also means you can see in action some of the great Yankees of the ...
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When It Was a Game
:Description:These are the greats of baseball history, legends in their lifetime legends today. It's baseball as you've never seen it before the way you always imagined the way it was. When It Was a Game is composed entirely of 8 and 16 mm home movie footage taken by fans and the players themselves between 1934 and 1957. For the first time, star players and their stadiums step out of the black and white newsreel footage, and appear in living, breathing color. Players like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio. Ballparks ...
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Legends in Pinstripes (Babe Ruth The Life Behind the Legend / Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio / The Definitive Story of Mickey Mantle)
:Description:The stories of three of baseball?s greatest legends now available in a 3-pack. Mantle: The Definitive Story of Mickey Mantle The almost mythic career of Yankee slugger Mickey Mantle is the subject of this acclaimed HBO Sports documentary special. Over 18 seasons with the Bronx Bombers, despite constant nagging injuries, Mantle managed to hit 536 home runs, twice hitting more than 50 in a season. To this day, ?The Mick? remains the greatest switch-hitter in baseball history; however, behind his country charm and good looks there was his wayward lifestyle that harmed his ...
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When it Was a Game 2
: :Composed entirely of never-before-seen 8 and 16mm footage filmed by the players, their families and their fans between 1925 and 1961, When It Was A Game 2 brings many of these precious lost moments, and the men who lived them, to life the way you remember them - in living color. See Joe DiMaggio and Ty Cobb, Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron and Satchel Paige, Willie Mays and unique footage of the great Babe Ruth, along with rare scenes of the young Chuck Conners and Tommy Lasorda in the Minor ...
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Baseball - New York Yankees: Baseball Dynasty - History of the New York Yankees
: :A complete and detailed history of baseball's greatest team.
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Marilyn Monroe - The Final Days
:Description:Over 40 years after Marilyn Monroe's death halted production on 20th Century Fox's light comedy Something's Got To Give, this celebration of the ultimate screen goddess offers viewers the world premiere of the edited reconstruction of her final film. :In The Final Days, producer-director Patty Ivins chronicles Marilyn Monroe's final, aborted feature film, Something's Got to Give, which was ultimately shut down after the star was dismissed from the production. Beyond Monroe's fragile emotional and physical health, this well-crafted profile examines the financial crisis facing her studio as well as the mounting frustration ...
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The First of May
:Description:A 'First of May' is someone in his first season with a circus. Eleven-year-old Cory (Dan Byrd) is a foster child nobody wants. Carlotta (Academy Award®-nominee Julie Harris) is an elderly woman the world has forgotten. Together, they find friendship and family when they join a traveling circus, and show 'what an old has-been and a First of May can do.' Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney costars as excitable circus owner, Boss Ed, with Charles Nelson Reilly as the clown who takes Cory under his wing, and Baseball Hall of Famer and 20th century ...
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Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?
: :Celebrates one of the most beloved players in the history of baseball, with commentary from Bob Feller, Reggie Jackson, Pete Rose and Mario Cuomo, among others. Explore Joe DiMaggio's life, including his early days in San Francisco, his experiences as a Yankee, his legendary 56-game hitting streak and his much-publicized marriage to Marilyn Monroe. :Using never-before-seen footage and rare archival materials, this documentary about one of the most-beloved figures in baseball tells of Joe DiMaggio's early life in San Francisco, and of his entrance into the New York Yankees organization in 1936 ...
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Italians In America - Our Contribution
: :The phenomenal influence of Italians in the world of entertainment, sports, and politics.
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Baseball - New York Baseball Collection (Bronx Baseball Legends, Volumes 1 & 2 / Dem Bums: History of the Brooklyn Dodgers / Baseball Dynasty: The History ... Yankees / The Jackie Robinson Story) (5-DVD)
: :Classic documentaries and more on the history of the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers!
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