The Civil War [videorecording (DVD)] / director, Ken Burns.

The Civil War [videorecording (DVD)] / director, Ken Burns.

Publication Date
2004

Publication Information
Burbank, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment,

Edition
Full screen version.

Physical Description
5 videodiscs (11 hr.) in 1 container.

Subject Term
Military art and science -- History.
 
Documentary television programs.
 
Television mini-series.
 
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Geographic Term
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Additional Contributors
Burns, Ken, 1953- ,
 
McCullough, David G.,

Contents
v. 1. (1861)The cause ; The DVD special features -- v. 2. (1862) A very bloody affair ; Forever free -- v. 3. (1863) Simply murder ; The universe of battle -- v. 4. (1864) Valley of the shadow of death ; Most hallowed ground -- v. 5. (1865) War is all hell ; The better angels of our nature.

Performer
Narrator: David McCullough.

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.

Language
English

ISBN
9781415702475

General Note
Col. with B&W sequences.
 
Rated PG.
 
Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1990.


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