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  • Baseball The National Pastime (Season 1, Episode 6)
  • TV-PG
    TV Episode | 148 min | Documentary, History, Sport

Baseball

The National Pastime (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 148 min | Documentary, History, Sport

In Europe, in the Pacific, on the homefront, both African-Americans and whites fight to make the world safe for democracy. When the world ends, Major League Baseball becomes, in fact, what it has always claimed to be: the national pastime.
Director
Writers
Geoffrey C. Ward (written by) | Ken Burns (written by)
Producer
Cinematographers
Status
Edit Released
Updated Sep 25, 1994

Release date
Sep 25, 1994 (United States)

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54 cast members
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Adam Arkin
Joe Medwick (voice) Joe Medwick (voice)   See fewer
Jack Brickhouse
Self (voice) (archive sound) Self (voice) (archive sound)   See fewer
Keith Carradine
Various (voice) Various (voice)   See fewer
John Chancellor
Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Albert 'Happy' Chandler
Self (as Happy Chandler) Self (as Happy Chandler)   See fewer
Hilda Chester
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ty Cobb
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert W. Creamer
Self (as Robert Creamer) Self (as Robert Creamer)   See fewer
Ossie Davis
Various (voice) Various (voice)   See fewer
Joe DiMaggio
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Leo Durocher
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Pete Gray
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Hank Greenberg
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Sammie Haynes
Self (as Sammy Haynes) Self (as Sammy Haynes)   See fewer
Gregory Hines
Satchel Paige (voice) Satchel Paige (voice)   See fewer
Claire Merritt Hodgson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Connie Mack
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Charles McDowell
Various (voice) (as Charley McDowell) Various (voice) (as Charley McDowell)   See fewer
Paul Newman
Various (voice) Various (voice)   See fewer
Leroy 'Satchel' Paige
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Pee Wee Reese
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Pete Reiser
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Branch Rickey
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Jason Robards
Various (voice) Various (voice)   See fewer
Jackie Robinson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Paul Roebling
Various (voice) Various (voice)   See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Babe Ruth
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Enos Slaughter
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Tris Speaker
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Eli Wallach
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George F. Will
Self (as George Will) Self (as George Will)   See fewer
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