The Official World Series Film Collection
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Artist: Major League Baseball, MLBBrand: Team Marketing
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 2955 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-11-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: AAAE166610
Color: Multi
Studio: A&E Home Video
Product features:
- This magnificent DVD Collection elegantly displays the iconic moments, thrilling heroics, triumphant favorites, and breathtaking upsets across seven decades of World Series Films, plus a narrative and pictorial essay on the Fall Classic since its origin in 1903.This beautifully-packaged, digitally-preserved celebration of the Fall Classic is a timeless treasure that will become the ultimate center
Movie Reviews of The Official World Series Film Collection
Movie Review: Americana that will stir the little boy in all of us...
Summary: 5 Stars
I feel I should write an essay on this item but why bore anyone reading this. If you are reading this review you are probably like me- a baseball nut or are shopping for a baseball nut that you know.
I bought 3 of these on amazon and while I bought 2 as gifts, I could not resist checking the third out for myself. First off, the item is selling for nearly 1/3 of its original asking price at 90.00 (consider this- The 2010 SF WS video retails for 18.00 or more). There is over 50 hours of footage and background tracking every World Series from 1943 to 2008 (67 years). This is just simply an incredible value for your buck. Additionally the videos come in a coffee table styled book with the DVDs inserted at various points. All of the magical moments are here. No matter in what era you lived it's all represented here.
The book is made of quality paper stock and covers various years of interest with pictures and memories. It lists results from every World Series including those not represented here. There is something special about this set. It's just so much history crammed into one amazingly compact set. A set that would sit proudly at the top of any baseball fans wishlist.
I put in the first DVD and that may be the best way to summarize how special this really is. In 1943 many players were serving in WWII and there is footage of Babe Ruth at the very beginning thanking the likes of Ted Williams for serving along with some advertisements from the time that really set the mood. As the first 6 years (43-49) play you witness The splendid splinter completely take over the 1945 all star game pounding out 2 home runs in a route. You see a young Stan Musual bolstering the St. Louis Cardinals when they owned baseball. The Brooklyn - New York series was a strong highlight. Watching a young and relatively unknown Jackie Robinson on the basepaths antagonizing pitchers or Dimagio belting a homer are truly sights to behold. Connie Mack, in attendance... So much more...
As far as production value.. The early years are spotty at best. The footage is here but in an age of HD and 3D it's a far cry in quality. But that's the BIGGEST reason to watch. This is baseball in it's most pure form. Before steroids made us question our heroes, before the sport grew to forget its fans. Even then millions filled stadiums across our country. I could go on and on. The Big Red Machine, The Gibson Walk- off, Mays, Mantle, etc... It's all here and it's done in a truly intelligent way.
In short.. whether you are shopping for your Dad, your brother, your son... If they watch highlights of all the plays on Sportscenter or collect the cards of their heroes this set will likely make a grown man cry re-living those moments that made October a special time. A time when we could cheer those heroes to the pinnacle of there sport.
I can not say enough how much I highly reccomend this to any baseball fan. Even if they don't like the history but favor a particular team or two, The footage here is priceless and is the best I've ever seen in one set for such a ridiculous low price. An incredible value and a collection I will watch again and again. BUY IT!
Summary of The Official World Series Film Collection
A complete history of the World Series - spanning 105 years of baseball broken into 14 eras, and featuring over 50 hours of World Series Highlights Films, a foreword by Bob Costas, and glossy photos and Hall of Fame memorabilia, specially packaged in a collectible, 58-page, full color, coffee table book holding 20 dvds. More Details BelowSimilar DVD Movies
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