Title:
1948 World Series — Castle Films Edition
REEL ID:
L068R002
RUN TIME:
0:08:41
FORMAT:
16mm motion picture film
FILM TYPE:
Black & white (newsreel-style photography)
SOUND:
Silent (no synchronized sound)
PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION:
Castle Films Division of United World Films Inc.
Description:
This reel presents scenes from the 1948 World Series, released for home and educational exhibition by Castle Films, a leading distributor of condensed news and sports films in the mid-20th century. Produced in black-and-white on 16mm film and intended for silent projection, the reel reflects Castle Films’ role in bringing major national events into homes, schools, and clubs before the rise of television ownership.
The footage features curated highlights from the World Series, including gameplay sequences on the field and extended views of spectators filling the stands. Fans watch attentively as the championship unfolds, capturing the scale, energy, and communal excitement surrounding Major League Baseball in the immediate postwar era.
Rather than functioning as a personal home movie, this reel represents a commercially distributed sports compilation—edited to present key moments and crowd atmosphere for non-theatrical audiences. Its structure and pacing reflect the transitional period between theatrical newsreels and later broadcast sports coverage.
Preserved today, this Castle Films edition serves as an important artifact of early sports media and midcentury home exhibition, documenting both the game itself and baseball’s central place in American culture in 1948.
Tags:
1948 World Series, Major League Baseball, Baseball history, Castle Films, United World Films, Sports compilation film, Newsreel footage, Stadium crowd, Fans in stands, Championship baseball, Postwar America, Midcentury sports culture, Vintage sports footage, 16mm film, Black and white film, Silent film, Distributed film, Archival sports footage, Americana, Nostalgic footage