Ken Burns Films

Baseball - Inning 6: The National Pastime (1940 to 1950) (1994x6)

Air date: Sep 25, 1994

Inning Six, The National Pastime, covers the 1940s and includes Joe DiMaggio's celebrated hitting streak, the awe-inspiring performance of Ted Williams and what Burns calls "baseball's finest moment" — the debut of Jackie Robinson, who broke the color barrier as a member of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.