| Description |
5 videodiscs (700 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, 5.1 surround sound, digitally remastered. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Performer |
Narrator: David McCullough ; voices: Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterston. |
| Credits |
Cinematographers, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Bruce Shaw. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1990. |
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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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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| 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. |
| 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"). |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Videodiscs.
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Confederate States of America -- History, Military -- Videodiscs.
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Military art and science -- History -- Videodiscs.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861 -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Genre |
Historical television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Television mini-series.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Burns, Ken, 1953-
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Burns, Ric.
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Dewhurst, Colleen.
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Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
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Freeman, Morgan.
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Irons, Jeremy, 1948-
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Jacobi, Derek.
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Robards, Jason.
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Waterston, Sam.
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Shaw, Bruce.
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Axton, Hoyt.
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Ward, Geoffrey C.
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McCullough, David G.
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American Documentary, Inc.
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Florentine Films.
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Time-Life Video.
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PBS Home Video.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| ISBN |
1415702470 |
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9781415702475 |
| Standard No. |
841887051248 |
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097368858244 |
| Music No. |
CIVW6200 PBS Home Video |
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88582 Paramount |
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