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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This black and white documentary film from the 1960s (probably 1966) is titled “The Old Ball Game''. It attempts to answer the question “How did baseball come to be what it is today?” An Art Lieberman production, this film is narrated by former American baseball player and manager Mr. Branch Rickey who recounts the sport’s history and offers personal anecdotes. Incidentally, Branch Rickey was instrumental in breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing black player Jackie Robinson. George Herman “Babe” Ruth Jr. (0:13). Montage baseball games 1910s (0:49-2:00). Portland Beavers (1:02). Wesley Branch Rickey (2:02). Bid McPhee (2:42). Charles Comiskey (2:45). Industrial School for Orphans, Delinquent, Incorrigible and Wayward Boys Baltimore, Maryland (3:16). Jack Dunn (3:35). Baltimore International League (3:38). Babe Ruth Red Sox (3:48). Babe Ruth signs to New York Yankees (4:01). Babe Ruth in Knoxville (5:00). Origins of baseball (5:29). First baseball game Hoboken, New Jersey - Alexander Cartwright’s Knickerbockers (5:47). Baseball during The Civil War (6:39). The Pacific’s (6:45). The Cincinnati Red Stockings (6:53). Albert Goodwill Spalding (7:01). Pop Tate of The Bostons (7:07). Cap Anson, Chicago White Stockings (7:09). Ty Cobb (7:12). The Baltimore Orioles (7:18). Slide, Kelly, Slide (7:22). Wilbert Robinson (7:26). John Joseph McGraw (7:28). Los Angeles Angels (7:37). Nap Lajoie (7:37). Cy Young (7:42). Christy Mathewson (7:56). Walter Johnson (8:02). Rogers Hornsby (8:06). Franklin P. Adams (8:15). Chicago Cubs (8:19). Miller Huggins (8:25). Byron Bancroft Johnson president of the American League (9:14). 1919 World Series: Chicago White Sox vs. Cincinnati Reds (9:36). Kenesaw Mountain Landis and the Black Sox Scandal (10:18). Shoeless Joe Jackson (10:35). 1920s Baseball (10:50). Tom Mix (10:55). Jack Dempsey (11:05). Bill Tilden (11:08). Bobby Jones (11:14). Babe Ruth stardom (11:20-14:45). Yankee Stadium (11:36). New York mayor Jimmy Walker (11:59). Damon Runyon (13:01). Grantland Rice (13:02). Arthur ‘Bugs’ Baer (13:06). Hollywood (13:20). Calvin Coolidge (15:03). John F. Kennedy (15:12). Herbert Hoover (15:24). Franklin D. Roosevelt (15:37). 1930s: Baseball and The Great Depression (15:45). Lou Gehrig (16:12). 1934 Japan Tour (16:24). Dizzy Dean (16:49). Pepper Martin (17:10). Joe Medwik (17:11). Bill DeLancey (17:12). Leo Durocher (17:16). Frank Graham “Gas House Gang” (17:20). 1934 World Series: St Louis Cardinals vs. Detroit Tigers (17:32). Marv Owen (17:45). Paul Dean and Dizzy Dean (18:36). Joe McCarthy’s Yankees (18:54). Lou Gehrig career (19:05-21:15). Baseball Hall of Fame Cooperstown, New York (21:16). The Brooklyn Dodgers (22:07). Ebbets Field (22:12). Bombing of Pearl Harbor (23:11). Joe DiMaggio (23:17). Hank Greenberg (23:19). US Army Air Force Tempelhof Athletic Field (23:26). Baseball after World War II (23:34). Baseball’s Post-War era (24:02). Jackie Robinson (24:21). Babe Ruth Farewell to Baseball Address (26:48). 1951 National League tie-breaker series (27:41). “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” by Bobby Thomson (28:08). Joe DiMaggio retirement (28:52). Willie Mays (28:56). New County Stadium 1953 Milwaukee Braves (29:02). Connie Mack (29:26). Duke Snyder (30:15). Don Larson’s perfect game (30:43). Horace Stoneham - New York Giants move to San Francisco (31:19). Bye to The Polo Grounds (31:20). Dodgers move to Los Angeles (32:19). Casey Stengel (32:58). Demolition of Ebbets Field (33:39). Construction LA Memorial Coliseum (34:52). Roy Campanella (35:21). Gil Hodges (35:48). Pee Wee Reese (36:16). 1959 World Series (36:45). Maury Wills (37:21). Sandy Koufax (37:25). 1959 Winter Meetings (37:49). $100,000 dollar club (39:47). Mickey Mantle (40:19). Roger Maris (40:38). 1960 World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Yankees (41:14). Ted Williams at Fenway Park (42:42). Yogi Berra (43:02). Stan Muzio (43:02). Phil Rizzuto (43:04). 1960s: The New York Mets (43:40). Baseball factory (46:50) We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
