The war : a Ken Burns film
(DVD)
Published
[United States] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor], [2007].
Format
DVD
Status
Forks - Digital Video Disc
DVD 940.5428 WAR
1 available
DVD 940.5428 WAR
1 available
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Forks - Digital Video Disc | DVD 940.5428 WAR | Available |
Description
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Subjects
LC Subjects
City dwellers -- Effects of war on -- United States.
Documentary television programs
Documentary television programs.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Television programs.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work.
Documentary television programs
Documentary television programs.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Television programs.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work.
More Details
Published
[United States] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ; Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor], [2007].
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (840 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
841887052122
Notes
General Note
Originally broadcast by PBS in 2006.
General Note
A seven-episode series.
General Note
Special features: Disc 1: "Making The war" featurette; commentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick; photo gallery; biographies; educational resources ; Disc 3: Commentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick ; Disc 6: Exclusive deleted scenes; additional interviews; educational resources.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Tricia Reidy ; original music, Wynton Marsalis.
Participants/Performers
Narrated by Keith David, with Tom Hanks, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale, Samuel L. Jackson, Eli Wallach, Adam Arkin, Kevin Conway, Rebecca Holtz, Carolyn McCormick, Robert Wahlberg.
Description
Tells the story of ordinary people in four quintessentially American towns - Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota - and examines the ways in which the Second World War touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America.
Target Audience
TV-14; disturbing content, violence.
System Details
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
Language
Closed-captioned.