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.
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.
| Uniform Title: | Civil War (Television program)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Language: | English |
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Closed-captioned. |
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Burbank, CA :
PBS Home Video : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
2004.
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| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials. |
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| Physical Description: | 5 videodiscs (approximately 700 min.) : sound, color with black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- disc 1. Episode one : the Cause (1861)
- disc 2. Episodes two and three : A Very Bloody Affair, Forever Free (1862)
- disc 3. Episodes four and five : Simply Murder, the Universe of Battle (1863)
- disc 4. Episodes six and seven : Valley of the Shadow of Death, Most Hallowed Ground (1864)
- disc 5. Episodes eight and nine : War is All Hell, the Better Angles of Our Nature (1865).