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The Civil War [DVD]
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The Civil War [DVD]

By Burns, Ken, 1953-
Ward, Geoffrey C.

Genre Historical television programs.

Published by PBS Home Video, [United States]

UPC 841887014052

Bib Id 767137

Copyright 2011

Edition Commemorative ed. 150th anniversary.

Description 6 videodiscs (660 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.

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Leader
cgm a22 Ia 4500
ISBN
9781608834020 : $70.00
UPC
841887014052
Publisher Number
CIVW6400
Call #
DVD
Title
The Civil War [DVD]
Edition
Commemorative ed. 150th anniversary.
Copyright Date
2011
Description
6 videodiscs (660 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Note
Title from container.
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1990.
Special features: Bonus disc: From the archive: Shelby Foote interviews; interview with Ken Burns; additional interviews: George Will, Stanley Crouch, Shelby Foote, and Jay Ungar & Molly Mason; commentary with Ken Burns; biography cards; battlefield maps; Civil War challenge.
Contents
Disc 1: Cause (episode 1) 1861 -- disc 2: Very bloody affair (episode 2) ; Forever free (episode 3) 1862 -- disc 3: Simply murder (episode 4); Universe of battle (episode 5) 1863 -- disc 4: Valley of the shadow of death (episode 6) ; Most hallowed ground (episode 7) 1864 -- disc 5: War is all hell (episode 8) ; Better angels of our nature (episode 9) 1865 -- disc 6: Bonus disc.
Creation/Production Credits
Director, Ken Burns.
Cast
George Plimpton, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Sam Waterston; Narration: David McCullough.
Summary
Ken Burns's Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, full screen presentation; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo, NTSC.
Language Note
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subject
Military art and science--History.
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
Confederate States of America--History, Military.
Genre/Form
Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Added Author
Burns, Ken, 1953-
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Burns, Ric.
McCullough, David G.
Plimpton, George.
Freeman, Morgan.
Robards, Jason.
PBS Home Video.

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