The Civil War

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Call Number: DVD 973.7 Ci, Adult DVD / Nonfiction / History / Civil War
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch

Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1990.
Special features: Bonus disc: From the archive: Shelby Foote interviews; interview with Ken Burns; additional interviews: George Will, Stanley Crouch, Shelby Foote, and Jay Ungar & Molly Mason; commentary with Ken Burns; biography cards; battlefield maps; Civil War challenge.
"Commemorative Edition , 150th Anniversary" -- label on box containing DVDs.
Disc 1: Cause (episode 1) 1861 -- disc 2: Very bloody affair (episode 2) ; Forever free (episode 3) 1862 -- disc 3: Simply murder (episode 4); Universe of battle (episode 5) 1863 -- disc 4: Valley of the shadow of death (episode 6) ; Most hallowed ground (episode 7) 1864 -- disc 5: War is all hell (episode 8) ; Better angels of our nature (episode 9) 1865 -- disc 6: Bonus disc.
George Plimpton, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Sam Waterston; Narration: David McCullough.
Ken Burns' Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.
DVD; NTSC, region 1; full screen presentation; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.

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Great overview submitted by wellscai on August 5, 2018, 10:56am This documentary is a great overview of the Civil War, its causes, and its aftermath. It is long, but that contributes to its comprehensiveness. I found it enjoyable and interesting the whole way through!