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| 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.
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 the bag 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.
See also
References
- "The Ball Game". IMDb.
- "Movie Connections". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-05-27.
External links
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- 1898 films
- 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
- Silent American sports films
- Surviving American silent films
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