Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: June 22, 1994
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6301659945
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,061 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

There is no decade more celebrated in baseball than the 10-year period from 1947 to 1957, in which the three New York teams, the Giants, Yankees, and Brooklyn Dodgers, dominated baseball, and that golden time is lovingly celebrated in this video. In interviews with participants, including Willie Mays, Duke Snider, and Whitey Ford, and with extensive use of archival footage, the years are brought to life. Included are such stunning highlights as "The Catch," the brilliant fielding play in which Willie Mays ran down a ball in centerfield and changed the course of the 1954 World Series; "The Shot Heard 'Round the World," Bobby Thomsen's pennant-winning home run in 1951; and films of Mickey Mantle crushing homer after homer against a perennial opponent, the Brooklyn Dodgers. The great moment of Brooklyn's triumph, the Dodgers' victory in the 1955 World Series, is covered in detail. A touching interlude includes film of a dying Babe Ruth being honored at Yankee Stadium in 1948, and another montage features the man who personified "Yankee class," Joe DiMaggio. This is a very professional and fitting tribute to an era in baseball that will always stand apart as one of the most special times in the national pastime. --Robert J. McNamara

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the GOLDEN DECADE of BASEBALL 1947-1957, August 20, 2002

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This review is from: Golden Decade of Baseball 2 [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Narrated By Brent Musburger,part-2 Highlights include Willie Mays...Mickey Mantle...The Dodger/Giant rivalry...the greatest catch ever made...Yankee pride...Don Larsen's perfect game...the Dodgers and Giants leave New York and so much more...All the magic...All the memories.All the history.All the unforgettable...