The Civil War: Discs 3 & 4
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.
| Corporate Author: | American Documentary, Inc., Florentine Films., Time-Life Video., PBS Home Video., Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) |
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| Other Authors: | Burns, Ken, 1953-, Burns, Ric., Dewhurst, Colleen., Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-, Freeman, Morgan., Irons, Jeremy, 1948-, Jacobi, Derek., Robards, Jason., Waterston, Sam., Shaw, Bruce., Axton, Hoyt., Ward, Geoffrey C., McCullough, David G. |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Burbank, CA :
PBS Home Video : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
[2004], c1990.
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| Edition: | Full screen version. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1990. Special features: behind-the-scenes: "The Civil War Reconstruction" ; commentary track by Ken Burns ; interviews with George Will, Shelby Foote and Stanley Crouch ; biography cards and battlefield maps. |
| Physical Description: |
2 videodiscs (299 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert. |
| Format: |
DVD, 5.1 surround sound, digitally remastered. |
| Audience: |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Awards: |
Emmy Awards, 1991: Emmy Outstanding Individual Achievement - Informational Programming (Geoffrey C. Ward (writer), Ric Burns (writer), Ken Burns (writer) - For episode #9: "The Better Angels Of Our Nature") ; Outstanding Informational Series (Ken Burns (producer), Ric Burns (producer), Stephen Ives (co-producer), Julie Dunfey (co-producer), Mike Hill (co-producer), Catherine Eisele (coordinating producer) - For episode #5 "The Universe Of Battle"). |
| Production Credits: |
Cinematographers, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Bruce Shaw. |
| ISBN: |
1415702470 9781415702475 |