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The war / 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.
LIBRA DVD 018 514 disc 1-6
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Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 001 463 discs 1-6
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Social aspects.
- United States--History--1933-1945.
- United States.
- History.
- World War, 1939-1945--War work.
- War work.
- City dwellers--United States--Effects of war on.
- City dwellers.
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- Genre:
- Television series.
- Television programs.
- Documentary television programs.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 6 videodiscs (840 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Other Title:
- Subtitle on container: In extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives, 1941-1945
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor], [2007]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
- digital
- optical
- mixed
- Dolby digital 2.0
- Dolby digital 5.1
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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.
- Participant:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Originally broadcast by PBS in 2007.
- A seven-episode series.
- Aspect ratio 16:9.
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Louis A. Duhring Fund.
- ISBN:
- 141572749X
- 9781415727492
- OCLC:
- 154042142
- Publisher Number:
- 841887052122
- 705212 PBS Home Video
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