They Call It Pro Football (1966)
- Original title
- They Call it Pro Football
- Directed by
- John Hentz
- Genre
- American football film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 24 min
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 8 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary shows the early days of professional American football in the 1960s. It uses a visual style that became famous for future football films and TV shows. The film highlights the game's excitement and history.
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What happens
They Call It Pro Football is a 1967 sports documentary film about American football. The first full-length film from NFL Films, its visual style helped to define future presentations of the sport on film and TV. In 2012, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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