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American Football

Where to Watch American Football (1957) Online

Yearning to watch 'American Football' in the comfort of your own home? Tracking down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the Robert Drew-directed movie via subscription can be challenging, so we here at Moviefone want to do the work for you.

Read on for a listing of streaming and cable services - including rental, purchase, and subscription alternatives - along with the availability of 'American Football' on each platform when they are available. Now, before we get into the fundamentals of how you can watch 'American Football' right now, here are some details about the documentary flick.

Released January 1st, 1957, 'American Football' stars The movie has a runtime of about 20 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from experienced users.

You probably already know what the movie's about, but just in case... Here's the plot: "A coachs whole career depends upon winning this football game the US Air Force Academy against the University of Colorado The film was an early experiment by Drew and his Associates to capture real life happening in front of the cameras They had not yet developed the new equipment that would allow portable syncsound filming so they improvised Drew who was still a correspondent for LIFE Magazine at the time was trying to make films that would promote LIFE stories on television This idea was how Drew had convinced TimeLife to bankroll his fledgling film unit Although the football story never became a LIFE magazine cover story it served as a kind of dryrun for a film about another football game covered by Drew and his Associates four years later That film Mooney vs Fowle led by filmmaker James Lipscomb became an awardwinning groundbreaking documentary" .

'American Football' Release Dates

Watch in Movie Theaters on January 1st, 1957