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Uniform Title War (Television program : 2007)
Title The war [videorecording] / American Lives II Film Project, LLC. ; a production of Florentine Films and WETA Washington D.C. ; produced by Sarah Botstein ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward ; directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.

Imprint [United States] : PBS Home Video, [2007]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  940.5428 W195 2007  Disc 3    ---  Available
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  940.5428 W195 2007  Disc 2    ---  Available
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  940.5428 W195 2007  Disc 1    ---  Available
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  940.5428 W195 2007  Disc 6    ---  Available
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  940.5428 W195 2007  Disc 4    ---  Available
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  940.5428 W195 2007  Disc 5    ---  Available
Description 6 videodiscs (840 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Performer 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.
Credits Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Tricia Reidy ; original music, Wynton Marsalis.
Note Originally broadcast by PBS in 2007.
A seven-episode series.
Audience TV-14; disturbing content, violence.
Summary 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.
Contents Disc 1. Necessary war -- disc 2. When things get tough ; Deadly calling -- disc 3. Pride of our nation -- disc 4. FUBAR -- disc 5. Ghost front -- disc 6. World without war.
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.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work.
City dwellers -- Effects of war on -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work.
City dwellers -- Effects of war on.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
Genre/Form Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Documentary -- Television series.
Added Author Botstein, Sarah, 1972-
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Burns, Ken, 1953-
Novick, Lynn.
David, Keith, 1956-
Hanks, Tom.
Lucas, Josh.
Cannavale, Bobby, 1971-
Jackson, Samuel L.
Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014.
Arkin, Adam.
Conway, Kevin.
Holtz, Rebecca.
McCormick, Carolyn, 1959-
Wahlberg, Robert, 1967-
American Lives II Film Project.
Florentine Films.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Note Subtitle on container: In extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives, 1941-1945
ISBN 141572749X
9781415727492
Standard No. 841887052122
Music No. 705212 PBS Home Video

 
    
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