The Civil War [videorecording] /a Florentine Films production ; a film by Ken Burns ; produced by Ken Burns and Ric Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ric Burns with Ken Burns ; produced in association with WETA-TV, Washington.
Contributor(s): McCullough, David G | Waterston, Sam | Harris, Julie | Robards, Jason | Freeman, Morgan | Roebling, Paul | Keillor, Garrison | Black, George | Miller, Arthur | Murney, Christopher | McDowell, Charley | Foote, Horton | Plimpton, George | Bosco, Philip | Courier, Terry | Powell, Jody | Terkel, Studs | Jacobi, Derek | Irons, Jeremy | Vonnegut, Kurt | Fishburne, Larry | Foote, Shelby | Walsh, M. Emmet | Axton, Hoyt | Dewhurst, Colleen | Burns, Ken | Burns, Ric | Ward, Geoffrey C | PBS Home Video | Paramount Home Entertainment | Florentine Films | WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.).
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Visual materialPublisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004, c1989Edition: Standard format.Description: 5 videodiscs (ca. 11 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.ISBN: 1415702470.Uniform titles: Civil War (Television program) Subject(s): United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 | Video recordings for the hearing impaired | United States -- History -- 1861-1865, Civil War | Closed caption video recordings | VideodiscsGenre/Form: Historical works (Nonfiction) | Documentary television programs. | War documentaries. | DVD-Video discs.DDC classification: 973.7 Adult Follett Library Resources
DVD; Dolby 5.1 surround; region 1.
Live action and iconographic.
Closed-captioned.
Narrated by David McCullough ; voices: Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Paul Roebling, Garrison Keillor, George Black, Arthur Miller, Chris Murney, Charley McDowell, Horton Foote, George Plimpton, Philip Bosco, Terry Courier, Jody Powell, Studs Terkel, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Irons, Kurt Vonnegut, Larry Fishburne, Shelby Foote, M. Emmet Walsh, Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst.
Cinematography, Ken Burns, Allen Moore, Buddy Squires ; edited by Paul Barnes, Bruce Shaw, Tricia Reidy.
Originally produced for television in 1989.
Copyright date on container: 1990.
Includes Civil War reconstruction production featurette; interviews with Ken Burns, Shelby Foote, George Will, Stanley Crouch, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason; "Ken Burns: making history" featurette; Ken Burns interview; optional commentary by Ken Burns; battlefield maps; Civil War challenge trivia games; biographies; and PBS web address.
Documents the history of the Civil War, exploring the causes of the conflict, following the course of the war on the battlefields and in politics, examining the motivations and actions of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and other key figures, and following events through Lincoln's assassination.
disc 1. episode one. Cause, 1861 -- disc 2. episode two. Very bloody affair, 1862 ; episode three. Forever free, 1862 -- disc 3. episode four. Simply murder, 1863 ; episode five. Universe of battle, 1863 -- disc 4. episode six. Valley of the shadow of death, 1864 ; episode seven. Most hallowed ground, 1864 -- disc 5. episode eight. War is all hell, 1865 ; episode nine. Better angels of our nature, 1865.
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