The Civil War

The Civil War

7.9

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

  • Release Date: September 23, 1990
  • Status: Ended
  • Languages: English, German
  • Production: Florentine Films, American Documentary Films Inc., Kenneth Lauren Burns, WETA, Time-Life Video
DocumentaryWar & Politics

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  • Specials

    Specials

    No release date available

    Episodes: 15

  • Miniseries

    Miniseries

    6.4

    September 22, 1990

    Photographs, period paintings, lithographs and headlines of the Civil War are combined with moving newsreel footage of Civil War veterans, interviews with distinguished historians and first-person accounts in this award-winning documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns. The miniseries vividly embraces the entire sweep of the war: the complex causes and lasting effects of America's greatest and most moving calamity, the battles and the homefronts, the generals and the private soldiers, the anguish of death in battle and the grief of families at home.

    Episodes: 9

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