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

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1/1/1970

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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.

Air day

23/9/1990

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6.4

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(The Civil War)

Name: The Civil War | The Civil War 1990
Released: 1990-09-23
Rating: 7.9
Cast: David McCullough, Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman

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

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary,

War & Politics

Networks:

PBS

Year:

1990

Production companies:

Florentine Films,

American Documentary Films Inc.,