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American Baseball And Its Players During The Second World War -- Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Stan Musial To Name Just A Very Few! All Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An MP4 Video Download Or Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD! (Color, 1991, 49 Minutes.)
World War II cast a pall over both major league baseball because of its biggest stars were off to serve in the military. More than half of all major league players were in the service. Baseball took a back seat to Freedom during the war; and in this documentary, you'll be shown how the game was affected, and you learn about some the men who gave up some of the best years of their life and their best seasons in the sun to fight for Uncle Sam.
Features exclusive interviews with Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Joe Garagiola, Pete Gray, Bert Shepard. Johnny Sturm, Al Barlick, Ray Boone, Al Lopez, Gene Woodling, Pee Wee Reese, Warren Spahn, Bob Feller, Hank Greenberg, Jerry Coleman, Enos Slaughter, Billy Herman, Bobby Doerr, Tommy Henrich, Lou Boudreau,, Jerry Coleman, Johnny Mize, Ralph Kiner, Max Patkin, Larry Doby, Bob Lemon, Hal Schumacher, Ralph Houk, Mel Harder, Billy Herman, Joe Sewell, Happy Chandler, Chico Renfroe, and female ball player Philomena Chanfrancisco Zale; authors Richard Goldstein and Bill Gilbert; and journalists Bob Broeg, Bob Burns and Bob Hunter. Also includes morale film appearances by Babe Ruth, John Hughes, Bill Stevens, Connie Mack, Bob Feller and Ted Lyons; and profiles of Buddy Lewis and Moe Berg!