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The Civil War

1990

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

First aired
23 Sep 1990
Episode length
71 min
Also known as
The American Civil War, The Civil War A General Motors Mark Of Excellence, A General Motors Mark of Excellence: The Civil War, Ken Burns: The Civil War
Country
United States
Language
English
Writers
Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns
Cinematography
Ken Burns
Music
Jay Ungar
Editor
Paul Barnes
Executive producer
Ken Burns
Producers
Catherine Yang Eisele, Julie A. Dunfey, Mike Hill and 2 others
Elsewhere
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Seasons · 9 episodes

  • Miniseries

    Season 1 · 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.

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