''The Ball Game'' is an 1898 American short

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silent documentary

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film produced and distributed by

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. It was directed by William Heise.

Synopsis

The film contains footage of an 1898

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game between Reading Coal Heavers and the

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. The camera is situated twenty feet from the bag and a short extract of the game is then filmed.

Current status

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''.

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* 1898 films 1890s short documentary films 1890s sports films American short documentary films American silent short films American black-and-white films Black-and-white documentary films Documentary films about baseball American baseball films Baseball in the United States Silent sports films {{sport-documentary-film-stub

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