The Jackie Robinson Story: Who better to portray the man who broke baseball's color line than Jackie Robinson himself. Filmed just three years after Robinson joined the fabled Brooklyn Dodgers, this daring film openly deals with the racial problems of baseball and the rest of society during the late forties/early fifties. It's also the exciting and intriguing story of one of the greatest players of all time at the beginning of his storied career.
The Lou Gehrig Story: Lou Gehrig's record streak of 2,130 consecutive games played was ended by the fatal disease that now bears his name. Join Wendell Long as he portrays baseball's "Iron Horst". See Gehrig and his beloved family struggle valiantly against the adversity that ended his brilliant baseball career. Find out why Gehrig, a proud man dying from a painful and debilitating disease, described himself in his farewell speech at Yankee Stadium as "the luckiest man in the world".
Region 1, NTSC
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