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The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ernie Banks.

Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ernie Banks.
Publication
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Banks, Ernie, 1931-2015
  • Richardson, Julieanna L
  • Bieschke, Paul
  • HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company
Description
1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 26 min., 4 sec.)) : sound, color.
Summary
Baseball player Ernie Banks was born on January 31, 1931 in Dallas, Texas. At age seventeen, he signed up to play with a Negro barnstorming team. In 1953, the Chicago Cubs recruited Banks from the Negro League into the majors. He hit his first home run on September 20, 1953, beginning a long career as the Cubs' most beloved player. From 1955 to 1960, Ernie Banks hit more homeruns than anyone in the majors, finishing his career with five seasons of forty or more home runs. In 1959, he became the first player in league history to win consecutive Most Valuable Player trophies. Banks was the first Cub whose number was retired. In 1977, six years after his retirement, Ernie Banks was elected into the Hall of Fame. Banks was honored with a statue of his likeness at Wrigley Field. Banks passed away on January 23, 2015 at the age of eighty-four.
Alternative Title
  • History Makers video oral history with Ernie Banks
  • Ernie Banks
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Internet videos.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Oral histories.
Credits (note)
  • Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
OCLC
994208875
Title
The HistoryMakers video oral history with Ernie Banks.
Publisher
Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]
Country of Producing Entity
United States. naf
Playing Time
022604
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
video file
Performer
Julieanna L. Richardson, interviewer.
Credits
Videographer, Paul Bieschke.
Event
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2000 July 18.
Source of description
Vendor-supplied metadata.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL
Indexed Term
Baseball Player.
Added Author
Banks, Ernie, 1931-2015, interviewee.
Richardson, Julieanna L., interviewer.
Bieschke, Paul, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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