The Ball Game
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| The Ball Game | |
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| Distributed by | Edison Manufacturing Company |
| Release date(s) | May 20, 1898 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent |
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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.
[edit] Plot
The film contains footage of an 1898 baseball game between Reading Phillies and the Newark Bears. The camera is situated twenty feet from the bag and a short extract of the game is then filmed.
[edit] Current status
Given its age, this short film is available to freely download from the Internet. It has also featured in a number of film collections including Diamonds on the Silver Screen. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Movie Connections (HTML). Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-05-27.
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