King of the hill / The National Film Board of Canada presents ; direced by Donald Brittain, William Canning ; written and narrated by Donald Brittain ; produced by William Canning.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Brittain, Donald, film director, screenwriter, narrator.

Canning, William, active 1686-1690, film producer, film director.

National Film Board of Canada, distributor, production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jenkins, Ferguson, 1942-.

Jenkins, Ferguson.

Pitchers (Baseball)--United States--Biography.

Pitchers (Baseball).

United States.

Baseball players--United States--Biography.

Baseball players.

Genre:

Biographies.

Documentary films.

Nonfiction films.

Biographical films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 streaming video file (57 min.) : digital, sound, color

polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Montréal, Québec] : [Distributed by] National Film Board of Canada, [2020]

System Details:

System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

video file

Summary:

Spring 1972. The Chicago Cubs are poised to win the National League's Pennant race, lead by their star pitcher, a Black Canadian named Ferguson Jenkins, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991. Out of all the major league players in the history of the game, only a handful had come from Canada, and none had risen as high as the "golden" right-hander from Chatham, Ontario. Follows Jenkins and the Cubs through the trials and frustrations of the 1972-73 seasons.

Credits:

Photography, David de Volpi ; edited by Marrin Canell ; music, Eldon Rathburn.

Notes:

Title from title frames.

Originally produced by: National Film Board of Canada, ©1974.

Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed December 17, 2020).

Publisher Number:

nf-king Docuseek2

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.