The three-part "When It Was a Game" is very good, though it straddles the pre-war and post-war periods. Part 1 consists entirely of color footage of major league players from the 1930s to the 1950s, mostly from home movies taken by fans or other players, with narration by James Earl Jones. Part 2 is mostly also color movies, but it includes some black & white footage going back to the 1920s. Part 3 focuses on the 1960s, so it's all postwar, but still very interesting for just about any baseball fan.
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