The Civil War [videorecording] / a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV ; producers, Ken Burns and Ric Burns ; writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns, Ken Burns.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: [United States] : PBS Home Video, 2011.Edition: Commemorative ed. 150th anniversaryDescription: 6 videodiscs (660 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm)ISBN:
  • 1415757836
  • 9781608834020
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 973.7 B967c
LOC classification:
  • E 468 .C583 2011
Contents:
Disc 1: The cause (episode 1) 1861 -- Disc 2: A very bloody affair (episode 2); Forever free (episode 3) 1862 -- Disc 3: Simply murder (episode 4); The 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); The better angels of our nature (episode 9) 1865 -- Disc 6: Bonus disc.
Production credits:
  • Producers, Ken Burns and Ric Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ric Burns with Ken Burns.
Cast: George Plimpton, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Sam Waterston; Narration: David McCullough.Summary: Ken Burns' 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.
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DVD, full screen presentation; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo, NTSC.

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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.

Producers, Ken Burns and Ric Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ric Burns with Ken Burns.

Disc 1: The cause (episode 1) 1861 -- Disc 2: A very bloody affair (episode 2); Forever free (episode 3) 1862 -- Disc 3: Simply murder (episode 4); The 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); The better angels of our nature (episode 9) 1865 -- Disc 6: Bonus disc.

George Plimpton, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Sam Waterston; Narration: David McCullough.

Ken Burns' 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.

Rating: Not rated.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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