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The civil war [videorecording] / a film by Ken Burns ; producers, Ken Burns, Ric Burns ; writers, Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward ; director, Ken Burns.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Burbank, CA : PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2004], c1990.Edition: Full screen versionDescription: 5 videodiscs (700 min.) : sd. col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E468 .C58 2004
Contents:
Disc 1. The Cause ; Bonus DVD Features -- Disc 2. A very bloody affair ; Forever free -- Disc 3. Simply murder ; The universe of battle -- Disc 4. Valley of the shadow of death ; Most hallowed ground -- Disc 5. War is all hell ; The better angels of our nature.
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").
Narrator: David McCullough ; voices: Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterson.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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVD E 468 .C58 2004 d.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 600037
DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVDE468.C582004d.4 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 600036
DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVDE468.C582004d.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 600035
DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVDE468.C582004d.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 600034
DVDs DVDs American University in Dubai American University in Dubai AUDIO & DVD Collection DVD E 468 .C58 2004 d.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 600033

DVD, 5.1 surround sound, digitally remastered.

Closed-captioned.

Narrator: David McCullough ; voices: Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterson.

Cinematographers, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Bruce Shaw.

Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1990.

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").

Disc 1. The Cause ; Bonus DVD Features -- Disc 2. A very bloody affair ; Forever free -- Disc 3. Simply murder ; The universe of battle -- Disc 4. Valley of the shadow of death ; Most hallowed ground -- Disc 5. War is all hell ; The better angels of our nature.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

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.

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.

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