Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

War (Television program : 2007)

Title:

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.

Publisher, Date:

[United States] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor], [2007]

Description:

6 videodiscs (840 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

Target Audience Note:

TV-14; disturbing content, violence.

Series:

PBS

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects.

World War, 1939-1945 -- War work.

City dwellers -- United States -- Effect of war on.

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History -- 1933-1945.

Genre:

Television programs.

Documentary television programs.

Historical television programs.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Botstein, Sarah, 1972-

Ward, Geoffrey C.

Burns, Ken, 1953-

Novick, Lynn.

David, Keith.

Hanks, Tom.

Lucas, Josh.

Cannavale, Bobby.

Jackson, Samuel L.

Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014.

Arkin, Adam.

Conway, Kevin.

Holtz, Rebecca.

McCormick, Carolyn.

Wahlberg, Robert, 1967-

Squires, Buddy.

Barnes, Paul, 1951-

Ewers, Erik.

Reidy, Tricia.

Marsalis, Wynton, 1961-

American Lives II Film Project.

Florentine Films.

WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

PBS Home Video.

Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

Other Title:

Subtitle on container: In extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives, 1941-1945

Notes:

Originally broadcast by PBS in 2007.

A seven-episode series.

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.

For private home use only.

Cinematography, Buddy Squires ; editors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers, Tricia Reidy ; original music, Wynton Marsalis.

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.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.

Closed-captioned.

Contents:

Necessary war -- When things get tough ; Deadly calling -- Pride of our nation -- Fubar -- Ghost front -- World without war.

ISBN:

141572749X

9781415727492

9781608839445

1608839443

9786311312308

6311312301

141572749X

9786317120143 : DVD

6317120145 : DVD

Publisher Number:

705212

TWAR620

Other Number:

154042142

System Availability:

3

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

3

Control Number:

747563

# Local items in:

3

# System items in:

3

Call Number:

DVD 940.5421 War