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The outstanding documentary series The American Experience begins its second season with a story about a little-remembered race by eight intrepid airmen to circle the globe in 1924.

American Experience scores again with "A Family Gathering," filmmaker Lise Yasui's Oscar-nominated account of how the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans affected her own family.

close up. "I was great things in baseball," Hugh McHale wrote. Many great moments are especially memorable to the person to whom they happened, which claims another crop and the base personalities of authors, artists and others. Other members of Dreyer's essay celebrate the game's myths and misconceptions, its heroes and heartbreaks. "It's a game of failure," John Gosling says, "transposed with those sudden electrical moments when you get to produce." There is footage of the legendary pitchers—Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Mathewson, Williams, D'Agostino, Paige, Feller, Robinson, May, Aaron, Mays. There is also rare film of the 1916 Chicago White Sox, who came to be known as the Black Sox. The hour also includes a clip from the 1938 Edition No. "Casey at the Bat," a recitation circa 1920 of the poem by Ernest Thayer, who is said to have performed it onstage more than 15,000 times; and a replay of the "shot heard round the world"—Bobby Thomson's homer off the Dodger's Ralph Branca in 1951 that sent the Giants to the World Series. (60 min.)

The outstanding documentary series

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The outstanding documentary series The American Experience begins its second season with a story about a little remembered race by eight intrepid airmen to circle the globe in 1924.

American Experience scores again with "A Family Gathering," filmmaker Lise Yasui's Oscar-nominated account of how the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans affected her own family.

"I see great things in baseball," Walt Whitman wrote. Many great moments are splendidly recalled in this passion to the national pastime, which blends archival clips and the keen observations of authors, artists and others. Winter-narrator Irv Drasnin's essay celebrates the game's myths and miracles, its heroes and heartbreaks. "It's a game of leisure," John Updike says, "interspersed with these sudden electrical moments when you got to produce." There is footage of the legendary producers—Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Mathewson, Williams, DiMaggio, Page, Feller, Robinson, Mays, Aaron, Mantle. There is also rare film of the 1919 Chicago White Sox, who came to be known as the Black Sox. The hour also includes a clip from the 1899 Edison film "Casey at the Bat"; a recitation (circa 1922) of the poem by DeWitt Hopper, who is said to have performed it on-stage more than 10,000 times; and a replay of the "shot heard 'round the world"—Bobby Thomson's homer off the Dodgers' Ralph Branca in 1951 that sent the Giants to the World Series. (60 min.)

The outstanding documentary series The American Experience begins its second season with a story about a little remembered race by eight intrepid airmen to circle the globe in 1924.

American Experience scores again with "A Family Gathering," filmmaker Lise Yasui's Oscar-nominated account of how the World War II internment of Japanese-Americans affected her own family.

close up. "I see great things in baseball," Walt Whitman wrote. Many great moments are splendidly recalled in this pean to the national pastime, which blends archival clips and the keen observations of authors, artists and others. Writer-narrator Irv Dranin's essay celebrates the game's myths and miracles, its heroes and heartbreaks. "It's a game of leisure," John Updike says, "interspersed with these sudden electrical moments when you got to produce." There is footage of the legendary pitchers—Ruth, Gehrig, Cobb, Mathewson, Williams, DiMaggio, Page, Feller, Robinson, Mays, Aaron, Morgan. There is also rare film of the 1919 Chicago White Sox, who came to be known as the Black Sox Kid Gleason and Connie Mack, circa 1929 The hour also includes a clip from the 1899 Edison film "Casey at the Bat"; a recitation (circa 1932) of the poem by DeWolf Hopper, who is said to have performed it on-stage more than 10,000 times; and a replay of the "shot heard 'round the world"—Bobby Thomson's homer off the Dodgers' Ralph Branca in 1951 that sent the Giants to the World Series. (60 min.)