The Civil War / a production of Florentine Films and WETA-TV ; a film by Ken Burns ; produced by Ken Burns and Ric Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns and Ken Burns ; directed by Ken Burns.
Material type: FilmPublisher: [Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2015]Edition: 25th anniversary editionDescription: 6 videodiscs (approximately 11 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (15 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 17 cm)Content type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Civil War (Television program)
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Bull Run, 1st Battle of (Virginia : 1861)
- 1861 - 1865
- Military art and science -- History
- Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861
- Military art and science
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Confederate States of America -- History, Military
- United States
- United States -- Confederate States of America
- Virginia
- Historical television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Television mini-series.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Documentary television programs.
- Historical television programs.
- History.
- Military history.
- Nonfiction television programs.
- Television mini-series.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Editors, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Bruce Shaw ; cinematographers, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires ; restoration producer, Daniel J. White ; restoration associate producer, Christopher Darling.
- 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").
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Originally broadcast on television by PBS as a television mini-series in 1990.
"Fully restored"--Box.
Widescreen.
Special features: Making The Civil War: 25 years later; Restoring The Civil War; Complete high definition Shelby Foote interviews; Shelby Foote interview (2002); Remembering The Civil War: interview with Ken Burns; The Civil War in the classroom. Collector's booklet with bonus historical information and a letter from Ken Burns.
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.
Editors, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Bruce Shaw ; cinematographers, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires ; restoration producer, Daniel J. White ; restoration associate producer, Christopher Darling.
Narrator: David McCullough ; voices: Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterston.
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.
TV rating: TV-PG.
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (16x9) presentation; 5.1 surround (Discs 1-5), 2.0 stereo (Disc 6).
In English; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).
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").
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