The Civil War

original title:
The Civil War
other titles:
(Der Amerikanische Bürgerkrieg), The American Civil War
country / year of production:
USA / 1990
original length:
680 min. , color
premiere:
23 September 1990
genre:
Documentary
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director:
Ken Burns
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plot synopsis:
A nine-part PBS-TV-series on the American Civil War.
keywords:
artillery , railway , made-for-TV film , infantry , racism
war:
American Civil War or War of Secession (1861-1865)
literature:
Anke Bosel. „Ken Burns’s Film Series: The Civil War: An Attempt at American Self-Definition“. Amerikastudien 40 (1995), 2, 283-289.
remarks:
Regisseur Burns presents his master mixture of still photos, freshly shot film footage, period music, evocative "celebrity" narration and authentic sound effects.

Vol. 1: The Cause (1861)
Vol. 2: A Very Bloody Affair (1862)
Vol. 3: Forever Free (1862)
Vol. 4: Somply Murder (1863)
Vol. 5: The Universe of Battle (1863)
Vol. 6: Valley of the Shadow of Death (1863)
Vol. 7: Most Hallowed Ground (1863)
Vol. 8: War is All Hell (1865)
Vol. 9: The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865)

For more information: http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/

The production took six years to make.

Won an "Emmy" in 1991.
availability:
NTSC, DVD