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NOW on DVD!

  • 1950, 1954, 1956 New York Yankees - All on one DVD! – Three vintage New York Yankee films are now available for the first time on DVD! (1.) "Play Ball With The Yankees" (B&W), shows 1949 Old Timers Day honoring Yankees of the 1920s, '30s and '40s, coverage of Joe DiMaggio Day, 1950 Spring Training, Opening Day with 1949 World Series ring presentations (Brown, Coleman, Mapes, Berra, Lopat, and DiMaggio) and more! (2.) September 22, 1954 – Yankees "Game Of The Week" vs. Washington Senators at Yankee Stadium, Tommy Bryne vs. Mickey McDermott (B&W). Great shots of Senator and Yankee players and the first triple play in Yankee Stadium history! (3.) "Winning With The Yankees" emphasizes the great Yankee tradition and features beautiful color scenes of the 1956 season and World Series! See close-up and action shots of Gil McDougald, Billy Martin, Joe Collins, Elston Howard, Bill Skowron, Bob Turley, Tommy Bryne, Andy Carey, Jerry Coleman, Hank Bauer, Phil Rizzuto, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra, and Mickey Mantle, plus other A.L. players in action and in color. You'll get a great look at the original Yankee Stadium, from the monuments to inside the clubhouse and manager Casey Stengel's office. Watch the Yanks clinch the '56 pennant at Fenway Park and games 3 through 7 of the 1956 World Series vs. Brooklyn as well as scenes of Larsen's Perfect Game, in COLOR!
    1 Hour, 30 Minutes, B&W and Color.       $29.95 + $4.60 S&H.
  • 1953 NFL Championship Game – Lions vs. Browns, plus 1953 Cleveland Browns Highlights – both on one DVD! – The B&W Cleveland highlight film shows every Browns game of 1953, as the team goes undefeated until the final game of the regular season vs. the Eagles at old Connie Mack Stadium. The next film is in beautiful COLOR and emphasis shifts to the defending World Champion Lions and sold-out Briggs Stadium, as the Lions and Browns meet for the second consecutive year in the NFL Title game! It’s a close, hard-fought contest between the two best teams in football – the Browns, playing in their 8th league championship game in 8 years and the tough Lions, who lost only twice all season! The film tells the complete story of the back-and-forth struggle on a cold December day as two HOF quarterbacks battle it out! Watch Otto Graham, Lou Groza, Dante Lavelli, Ray Renfroe, Len Ford, and Harry Jagade against Bobby Layne, Doak Walker, Leon Hart, Jim Doran, “Hunchy” Hoernschemeyer, rookie Joe Schmidt, and more!
    1 Hour, 11 Minutes, B&W and color.       $29.95 + $4.60 S&H.
  • 1965 NFL "Game-Of-The-Week" – Browns vs. Redskins (Week 10) at Municipal Stadium, Cleveland – a lost game of NFL Films. Never available from any source on DVD until now, Rare Sportsfilms has once again restored another treasure not seen since this film’s only showing on TV in December of 1966! The 9-2 and defending World Champion Browns host the 5-6 Redskins, who are 5-1 in their last 6 games. No one knew it at the time, but this would be the last game the great Jim Brown would ever play in Cleveland. A running TD by Charlie Taylor and a TD pass from Sonny Jurgensen to Pat Richter have Washington leading the Browns 13-7 at halftime. A third-quarter FG by Lou Groza along with Gary Collins’ second-quarter TD reception makes the score 16-10 at the beginning of the final period. In the fourth quarter, with third and 9 at the ‘Skin’s 14, Frank Ryan throws another TD pass to Collins and the Browns take the lead for the first time, 17-16. Late in the game, on second and goal at the Washington five, Jim Brown’s TD run makes the final score Browns 24, Redskins 16. It was Brown’s 20th TD of the season, tying Lennie Moore’s NFL record of a year ago, as well as the last TD the future Hall-of-Famer ever scored at old Municipal Stadium!
    25 Minutes, Color.       $29.95 + $4.60 S&H.
  • 1969 NFL "Game-Of-The-Week" – Saints vs. 49’ers (Week 10) at old Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, and another lost game of NFL Films, this one narrated by Jack Whitaker. Both the 2-7 Saints and the 2-6-1 49’ers are trying to win only their third game in this 10th week of the season! However, it’s doubtful that anyone in attendance realized beforehand what an exciting game this would be! It’s all 49’ers at the start. San Francisco has a nice 21-0 lead with only two minutes left in the first half and has held New Orleans to only 13 plays! But with two consecutive passes to Dan Abramowicz, and receptions by Ernie Wheelwright and former 49’er Dave Parks, Saints QB Billy Kilmer has brought the ball to the 49’ers 22-yard line. A strike to Ray Poage for a touchdown just before the half changes the score to 49’ers 21, Saints 7 at intermission. On Kilmer’s passing early in the third quarter, the game begins a complete reversal. One TD is scored on a draw play to Andy Livingston, and then on a 50-yard TD bomb to Abramowicz, Kilmer and the Saints have tied the score, 21-all! Immediately, 49’er newcomer Noland Smith fumbles the ensuing kickoff at the 14-yard line, and an option play from Livingston to Abramowicz gives the Saints a 28-point comeback! But the lead only lasts two minutes, as Jimmy Thomas breaks away on a long TD run for the 49’ers, tying the game at 28-28. The Saints score the next five points on a safety and a Tom Dempsey FG to lead again, 33-28. John Brodie, San Francisco’s fine QB, leads the 49’ers back upfield and in only three plays, gives San Francisco the lead once more at 35-33. Two of Brodie’s passes are to Jimmy Thomas, who hauls in the final 35-yard pass with still 12 minutes left in the game. What a thriller! The Saints score next on Dempsey’s second FG and lead 36-35! But Momcilo Gavric’s 23-yard FG makes it 38-36 for the 49’ers! There are under 3 minutes left when Kilmer hits Parks with a pass at the 49’er 40. He next throws to Tony Baker, who rambles down the sidelines to the 15. With just seconds left, Ernie Wheelwright thunders around the right side and into the end zone, not only finishing off a thrilling 43-38 Saints win, but leaving both Saints players and fans delirious with joy!
    24 Minutes, Color.       $29.95 + $4.60 S&H.
  • 1967 World Champion Philadelphia 76'ers – Following their memorable NBA record-setting championship year, the 76’er ballclub commissioned the production of this beautiful color film, now available on DVD for the first time and covering most games of the playoffs, including all three series vs. the Cincinnati Royals, Boston Celtics, and San Francisco Warriors. Narrator of the film is Charlie Swift, with additional comments from club owner Irv Kosloff, G.M. Jack Ramsay, and coach Alex Hannum. An introduction to the film shows members of the 76’er team in action: Larry Costello, Hal Greer, Luke Jackson, Wally Jones, Matt Goukas, Dave Gambee, Bill Melchionni, Chet Walker, Billy Cunningham, and Wilt Chamberlain, now back in Philadelphia after a trade from the San Francisco Warriors. The Boston Celtics had won the Eastern Finals the year before when “Havlicek stole the ball” and almost half of this film is concentrated on the Boston series, as the two teams were still bitter rivals a year later in the Eastern Finals. Even the post-game Eastern champion 76’er’s dressing room champagne celebration is shown from this historic matchup!
    30 Minutes, color.       $29.95 + $4.60 S&H.
  • 1962 Masters Tournament - The first Masters ever to culminate in a three-way tie! After four days and 72 holes of golf it’s a tie and a Monday playoff between Arnold Palmer, defending champion Gary Player and Dow Finsterwald! See legendary names Gene Sarazen, Jimmy Demaret, Sam Snead, Doug Sanders, Ben Hogan, Cary Middlecoff, Julius Boros, Jerry Barber, Gene Littler, 1934 winner of the first Masters Horton Smith and husky young Jack Nicklaus in his first Masters as a professional!  
    38 minutes, beautiful Color!   $29.95 + $4.60 S & H.   Add only $10 extra for BLU-RAY!
  • 1984 INDIANAPOLIS 500 - “Green Flag at 200” plus “The Hidden Heroes” and “March Into May” narrated by voice of the 500 Paul Page all on one DVD! Rookie Teo Fabi grabs the pole and A.J. Foyt is in his 26th consecutive Indy 500! Driver interviews, qualifying, pit stop action, different views of on-track crashes and all the drama on three different films! Rick Mears wins his 2nd 500!
    All color! 1 Hour, 10 Minutes,  $29.95 + $4.60 Shipping.      Add only $10 extra for BLU-RAY!
  • 1976 DAYTONA 500 - “Collision Course”, plus 1976 “Daytona Speed Week” – Here’s a vintage racing doubleheader – Two different NASCAR films on the 1976 Daytona 500, both on one DVD! “Daytona Speed Week” touches on all the big on-track events of the week leading up to and including the famed Daytona 500. “Collision Course” concentrates solely on the 500, telling the story of the historic race by showing completely different scenes. Still one of the most talked about races of all time, this 500 featured two top drivers fighting it out all the way to a smash-up finish with David Pearson and Richard Petty leaving NASCAR fans limp in their seats at the end! Bennie Parsons, A.J. Foyt, Ramo Stott, Bobby Allison, Lennie Pond, Buddy Baker Salt Walther, Dick Brooks and more!
    All color!   27 Minutes, $29.95 + $4.60 Shipping.
  • 1984 Ohio State University Marching Band – Dr. Jon R. Woods, director, Andy Marks, drum major. Includes: OREGON STATE “50 Years of Brass” (16th annual TBDBITL Alumni Reunion), WASHINGTON STATE “Hot Wax Countdown”, IOWA “The Music of Lionel Richie”, BUCKEYE INVITATIONAL performance in Ohio Stadium, ILLINOIS “Stadium Encores”, INDIANA “Music of Chicago”, MICHIGAN “Jazz Showcase”, plus the Rose Bowl Performance, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA “Stadium Encores”.
    A big, two-disc set for $49.95 + $4.60 S&H (add only $10 for Blu-Ray!). 3 hours, 29 minutes, ALL COLOR!


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