Babe Ruth

For the first time, all three great When It Was A Game documentaries, capturing the joy of the game, the players, the stadiums and the fans themselves from the 1930's to the 1960's utilizing original 8mm and 16mm home movie footage. These are the greats of baseball history, legends in their lifetime and legends today. It's baseball as you've never seen it before and the way you always imagined it was. When It Was A Game is composed entirely of 8mm and 16mm home movie footage taken by fans and the players themselves between 1934 and 1957.

Before Mark McGwire hit 70 home runs, before Roger Maris swatted 61, before Micky Mantle even touched a bat, and before Jackie Robinson played his first game, there was George Herman Ruth. The "Babe" was more than the best player ever to play baseball: he was a mythical American hero, larger than life and the sport that made his name known around the world. He was the most talented sportsman in an era when baseball was the national pastime. The story behind the emergence of Babe Ruth in the 1920s was one even the most talented minds in Hollywood couldn't have drummed up.