The Civil War

The Civil War

DVD - 2015

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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Subjects
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
1861-1865
Military art and science > History.
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.
Documentary television programs.
Historical television programs.
History.
Military history.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Documentary television programs
Historical television programs
History
Military history
Nonfiction television programs
Television mini-series
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Distribution [2015]
Language
English
Corporate Authors
Florentine Films, WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Corporate Authors
Florentine Films (production company), WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Other Authors
Ken Burns, 1953- (television director), Geoffrey C. Ward (screenwriter), Ric Burns (narrator), David G. McCullough (voice actor), Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, 1961-, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, 1948-, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterston, Hoyt Axton
Edition
[Twenty-fifth anniversary edition] ; Fully restored
Item Description
Title from disc surface.
"Fully restored"--Box.
Wide screen.
Originally broadcast on television by PBS as a television mini-series in 1990.
Issued in two containers with 3 DVDs in each container; container [1] episodes 1-5 and container [2] episodes 6-9.
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.
Physical Description
5 volumes (6 videodiscs) (approximately 660 minutes) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Format
DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (16x9) presentation; 5.1 surround (Discs 1-5), 2.0 stereo (Disc 6).
Audience
TV rating: TV-PG.
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
Editors, Paul Barnes, Bruce Shaw, Tricia Reidy ; cinematography: Ken Burns, Allen Moore, Buddy Squires ; restoration producer, Daniel J. White ; restoration associate producer, Christopher Darling.
  • [v. 1]. Disc 1: Cause (episode 1) 1861
  • [v. 2]. Disc 2: Very bloody affair (episode 2) ; Forever free (episode 3) 1862
  • [v. 3]. Disc 3: Simply murder (episode 4); Universe of battle (episode 5) 1863
  • [v. 4]. Disc 4: Valley of the shadow of death (episode 6) ; Most hallowed ground (episode 7) 1864
  • [v. 5]. Disc 5: War is all hell (episode 8) ; Better angels of our nature (episode 9) 1865
  • Disc 6: Special features (ca. 225 min.).

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