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The Civil War [videorecording] / American Documentaries, Inc., Florentine Films and Time-Life Video presents a film by Ken Burns ; producers, Ken Burns, Ric Burns ; writers, Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward ; director, Ken Burns.

Contributor Burns, Ken, 1953-

Imprint:Burbank, CA : PBS Home Video, : Warner Home Video c[2002], c1990.

Description5 videodiscs (660 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Note: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 interactive maps.

Note:Disc. 1. Episode 1. The cause, 1861. Bonus features -- Disc. 2. Episode 2. A very bloody affair, 1862. Episode 3. Forever free, 1862 -- Disc 3. Episode 4. Simply murder, 1863. Episode 5. The universe of battle, 1863 -- Disc 4. Episode 6. Valley of the shadow of death, 1864. Episode 7. Most hallowed ground, 1864 -- Disc 5. Episode 8. War is all hell, 1865. Episode 9. The better angels of our nature, 1865.

Note: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.

Note : PerformerNarrator: David McCullough ; voices: Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterston.

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Contributor
Burns, Ken, 1953-
Burns, Ric.
Ward, Geoffrey C.
McCullough, David G.
Axton, Hoyt.
Dewhurst, Colleen.
Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
Freeman, Morgan.
Irons, Jeremy, 1948-
Jacobi, Derek.
Robards, Jason.
Waterston, Sam.
Squires, Buddy.
Barnes, Paul, active 2004.
Reidy, Tricia.
Shaw, Bruce.
American Documentary, Inc.
Florentine Films.
Time-Life Video.
PBS Home Video.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Title:
Civil War [videorecording]
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Subject:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Subject:
Soldiers.
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.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Documentary television programs.
Educational films.
Documentary television programs.
War films.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.