The Ball Game
| The Ball Game | |
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| Distributed by | Edison Manufacturing Company |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
The Ball Game is an 1898 American short black-and-white silent documentary sports film produced and distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. It was directed by William Heise.[1]
Synopsis
The film contains footage of an 1898 baseball game between Reading Coal Heavers and the Newark Bears. The camera is situated twenty feet from first bases and a short extract of the game is then filmed.
Current status
Given its age, this short film is available to freely be downloaded from the Internet. It has also featured in a number of film collections including Diamonds on the Silver Screen.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ "The Ball Game". IMDb.
- ↑ "Movie Connections". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved May 27, 2007.
External links
Categories:
- 1898 films
- 1898 in baseball
- 1898 short films
- 1890s short documentary films
- 1890s sports films
- American baseball films
- American black-and-white films
- American short documentary films
- American silent short films
- Baseball in the United States
- Black-and-white documentary films
- Documentary films about baseball
- Edison Manufacturing Company films
- American silent sports films
- Surviving American silent films
- Silent documentary short film stubs
- Sports documentary film stubs