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The Civil War Cover Image DVD DVD

The Civil War

Burns, Ken, 1953- (Added Author). Ward, Geoffrey C. (Added Author). Burns, Ric. (Added Author). McCullough, David G. (Added Author). Plimpton, George. (Added Author). Freeman, Morgan. (Added Author). Robards, Jason. (Added Author). PBS Home Video (Added Author). George Plimpton, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Sam Waterston; Narration: David McCullough. (Cast).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1608834026
  • ISBN: 9781608834020
  • Physical Description: 6 videodiscs (660 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
    videodisc
    videorecording
  • Edition: Commemorative ed. 150th anniversary.
  • Publisher: [United States] : PBS Home Video, c2011.

Content descriptions

General 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.
Formatted Contents Note: 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 Note: Director, Ken Burns.
Participant or Performer Note: George Plimpton, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Sam Waterston; Narration: David McCullough.
Target Audience Note:
Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, full screen presentation; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo, NTSC.
Language Note:
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Subject: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate States of America History, Military
Military art and science History
Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
Genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Television mini-series.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.

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Homer Public Library DVD 973.7 CIV V. 1-2 (Text) V. 1-2 000096518 Video Available -
Homer Public Library DVD 973.7 CIV V. 3-4 (Text) V. 3-4 000098311 Video Available -
Homer Public Library DVD 973.7 CIV V. 5-6 (Text) V. 5-6 000098310 Video Available -

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