The War/The Civil War/The West [Ken Burns] PBS DVD 3 Boxsets

Movie description

The War [A Ken Burns Film] PBS Video 6 DVD
Description: After tackling the truly American subjects of jazz and baseball, award-winning documentarian Ken Burns returns to our country's military history with THE WAR. His acclaimed 1991 series, THE CIVIL WAR, was devoted to the War Between the States, while this 2007 production pays the same amount of care and attention to World War II. Rather than keeping THE WAR on the frontlines, Burns and his fellow director Lynn Novick also explore life on the homefront in four towns: Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota. Keith David, who also lent his baritone to KEN BURNS' JAZZ, narrates this documentary series, while actors such as Tom Hanks, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Lucas, and Adam Arkin give readings of historical accounts of those who fought on the other side of the world, as well as those who were fighting in their own way back home.

The Civil War [A Film By Ken Burns] PBS Home Video 5 DVD
Description: Hailed as a masterpiece and landmark in historical storytelling, this epic documentary by Ken Burns brings to life America's most destructive - and defining conflict. With digitally enhanced images and 5.1 surround sound, here 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.

The West [A Film By Stephen Ives] PBS Home Video 5 DVD
Description: Presented by Ken Burns and directed by Stephen Ives, this 12-hour film chronicles the epic saga of America's most vast and turbulent region, beginning before European settlement and continuing into the 20th Century. This penetrating history overturns old stereotypes, discovers new personalities, and explores the triumphs and tragedies that make THE WEST the source of some of the most compelling stories in American history. DVD Release 2004.