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Steven Stern (writer)
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This film consists solely of 8mm and 16mm film taken by players and fans from 1934 and 1957. All but a few minutes of the film are in color...
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Beautiful "memory" of baseball as it used to be.
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Hank Aaron | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Bud Abbott | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Elden Auker | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Red Barber | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Yogi Berra | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Clay Bryant | ... | Himself (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Roy Campanella | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Ty Cobb | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Lou Costello | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Robert W. Creamer | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Joe Cronin | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Dizzy Dean | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Bill Dickey | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Joe DiMaggio | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Bobby Doerr | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Leo Durocher | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Bob Feller | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Whitey Ford | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Jimmie Foxx | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Frankie Frisch | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Lou Gehrig | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Charlie Gehringer | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Joe Gordon | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Hank Greenberg | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Donald Hall | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Tommy Henrich | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Billy Herman | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| George Hick | ... | Himself (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Donald Honig | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Rogers Hornsby | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Carl Hubbell | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| James Earl Jones | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Peter Kessler | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
| Ralph Kiner | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Whitey Kurowski | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Mickey Mantle | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Willie Mays | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Stan Musial | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Don Newcombe | ... | Himself (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Mel Ott | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Jesse Owens | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Leroy 'Satchel' Paige | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Max Patkin | ... | Himself (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Pee Wee Reese | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Lawrence Ritter | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Jason Robards | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Robin Roberts | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Frank Robinson | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Jackie Robinson | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Ray Robinson | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Babe Ruth | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Roy Scheider | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Enos Slaughter | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Duke Snider | ... | Himself (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Honus Wagner | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Bill Werber | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Burgess Whitehead | ... | Himself (voice) | |
| Ted Williams | ... | Himself (archive footage) | |
| Cy Young | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
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USA:57 min
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Followed by When It Was a Game 3 (2000) (TV)
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This was one of the most beautifully narrated picture of "real" professional baseball as it was before it became a game of mediocre, millionaire imitations. The home movies of some of the outstanding ball players (who, unfortunately, will never be equalled was a joy to behold. Just seeing some of these men---my boyhood heroes---brought me to tears.
It was beautifully produced. I taped it to save forever.