The Ball Game


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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]

The Ball Game
Distributed byEdison Manufacturing Company

Release date

  • May 20, 1898
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent

Synopsis

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "The Ball Game". IMDb.
  2. ^ "Movie Connections". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-05-27.

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