The War. Disc 1
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Originally broadcast by PBS in 2006.
Episode one of a seven-episode series.
Special features: Disc 1: "Making The war" featurette; commentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick; photo gallery; biographies; educational resources.
Necessary war (December 1941-December 1942)
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.
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.
DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
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SERIES
War (Television program
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor], [2007]
Year Published: 2007
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 145 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
141572749X (set)
9781415727492 (set)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Botstein, Sarah.
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Burns, Ken, 1953-
Novick, Lynn.
David, Keith.
Hanks, Tom.
Lucas, Josh.
Cannavale, Bobby.
Jackson, Samuel L.
Wallach, Eli, 1915-
Arkin, Adam.
Conway, Kevin.
Holtz, Rebecca.
McCormick, Carolyn.
Wahlberg, Robert.
American Lives II Film Project, LLC.
Florentine Films.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
SUBJECTS
World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects.
World War, 1939-1945 -- War work.
City dwellers -- Effects of war on -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
United States -- History -- 1933-1945.
Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.