The Civil War / a Florentine Films presentation ; a film by Ken Burns ; produced by Ken Burns and Ric Burns ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ric Burns with Ken Burns ; produced in association with WETA-TV ; a production of Florentine Films.

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Civil War (Television program)
Corporate Authors: Florentine Films
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
PBS Home Video
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Burns, Ken, 1953- (Producer, Director, Screenwriter)
Ward, Geoffrey C. (Screenwriter)
Burns, Ric (Producer, Screenwriter)
McCullough, David G. (Narrator)
Dewhurst, Colleen
Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
Freeman, Morgan
Irons, Jeremy, 1948-
Jacobi, Derek
Robards, Jason
Waterston, Sam
Axton, Hoyt
Shaw, Bruce, 1941- (Film editor)
Language:English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: Burbank, CA : PBS Home Video : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
Confederate States of America > History, Military.
Military art and science > History.
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865.
Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
Television programs > United States.
Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Television programs
Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:5 videodiscs (approximately 700 min.) : sound, color with black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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