The Civil War. Episodes 1-5

Blu-ray 2015

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.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Confederate States of America History, Military

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Military art and science United States History

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865

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Documentary television programs Historical television programs Nonfiction television programs Television mini-series Video recordings for the hearing impaired War television programs

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Description:

3 videodiscs (330 minutes) : sound, colour with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1
DTS-HD Digital surround 2.0
wide screen
HDTV
video file
Blu-ray video
region A

Target Audience Note:

Notes:

Title from container
"Fully restored"--Container
Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1990
Cinematographers, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Bruce Shaw
Narrator: David McCullough ; voices: Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterston
Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic wide screen format (1.78:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1, DTS-HD Digital surround 2.0
For private home use only
Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)
Audio track in English, captions in English

Contents:

Disc 1. The cause, 1861
Special features (DVD)
Disc 2. A very bloody affair
Forever free, 1862 (DVD)
Disc 3. Simply murder
The universe of battle, 1863 (DVD)

Control Number:

3101449

Other Authors:

American Documentary, Inc., production company
Axton, Hoyt, voice actor
Burns, Ken, 1953- screenwriter, television director, director of photography
Burns, Ric, screenwriter
Dewhurst, Colleen, voice actor
Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- voice actor
Florentine Films, production company
Freeman, Morgan, voice actor
Irons, Jeremy, 1948- voice actor
Jacobi, Derek, voice actor
McCullough, David G., narrator
PBS Distribution (Firm), distributor
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), broadcaster
Robards, Jason, voice actor
Shaw, Bruce, 1941- editor of moving image work
Ward, Geoffrey C., screenwriter
Waterston, Sam, voice actor

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