03391cgm a2200625 4500 209181403 TxAuBib 20150327120000.0 070709s2007||||||||||||||||||||||m|eng|u 9781415727492 141572749X 841887052122 705212 PBS Home Video TxAuBib The war : a Ken Burns film / 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. Widescreen. Hollywood, Calif : Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor], 2007. 6 videodiscs (840 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. Originally broadcast by PBS in 2007. 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. 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. Explores the history and horror of World War II from an American perspective by following so-called ordinary men and women who became caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in history. This epic film focuses on the stories of citizens from four quintessentially American towns--Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; and Luverne, Minnesota--taking the viewer through their personal and harrowing journeys, painting vivid portraits of how the war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America. US rated: TV-14V,L. DVD, widescreen, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo. 20150327. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. World War, 1939-1945 Social aspects. World War, 1939-1945 War work. World War, 1939-1945 United States. City dwellers Effects of war on United States. Documentary films. United States History 1933-1945. 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- Arkin, Adam. Conway, Kevin. Holtz, Rebecca. McCormick, Carolyn. Wahlberg, Robert, 1967- Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- American Lives II Film Project, LLC. Florentine Films. WETA-TV (Television station : Washington), D.C.) War (Television program : 2007.) http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-war/