Uniform Title Civil War (Television program)

Title 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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Burbank, CA : PBS Home Video : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2004]

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	DVD 973.7 CIVIL 1861-1865 DISC 1-5	Check Shelf
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department	DVD 973.7 CIVIL WAR DISC 1-6	Check Shelf
Bloomfield at the Atrium	WE THE PEOPLE 973.7 CIV	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	DVD973.73 B937 DISC 1	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	DVD973.73 B937 DISC 2	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	DVD973.73 B937 DISC 3	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	DVD973.73 B937 DISC 4	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	DVD973.73 B937 DISC 5	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	DVD973.73 B937 DISC 6	Check Shelf
Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level	DVD 973.7 CIVIL WAR DISC 1-6	Check Shelf

Description	5 videodiscs (approximately 700 min.) : sound, color with black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Note	Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1990; produced in 1989.
	Special features, disc 1: 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.
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)
Credits	Narrator, David McCullough ; cinematographers, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Bruce Shaw.
Performer	Voices: Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterston.
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.
Audience	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details	DVD, NTSC; 5.1 surround sound, digitally remastered.
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").
Language	Closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
	Military art and science -- History.
	Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
	Confederate States of America -- History, Military.
Genre/Form	Historical television programs.
	Documentary television programs.
	Nonfiction television programs.
	Television mini-series.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	DVD-Video discs.
Added Author	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. Film editor.
	Florentine Films.
	WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
	PBS Home Video.
	Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN	1415702470
	9781415702475
Standard No.	097368858244
Music No.	88582 PBS Home Video
	CIVW6200 Paramount

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