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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Physical Description:6 videodiscs (660 minutes) : sound, colour with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 inchesvideodiscvideorecording (DVD)
General Note: Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.For private home use only.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 battlefield maps.Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1990.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 5. Special features.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Cinematographers, Ken Burns, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Tricia Reidy, Bruce Shaw.
Participant or Performer Note: Narrator: David McCullough ; voices: Hoyt Axton, Colleen Dewhurst, Laurence Fishburne, Morgan Freeman, Jeremy Irons, Derek Jacobi, Jason Robards, Sam Waterston.