03553cgm a2200637 4500 90360200 TxAuBib 20071204120000.0 071204s2007||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 9781415727492 141572749X 841887052122 705212 PBS Home Video TxAuBib The War [videorecording] / 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. Hollywood, Calif : Paramount Home Entertainment [distributor, 2007. 6 videodiscs (840 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. Widescreen. 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. PBS Home Video: 705212. "In extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives, 1941 -1945"--Container. Disc 1. Episode 1: A necessary war (December 1941-December 1942) -- Disc 2. Episode 2: When things get tough (January 1943-December 1943) ; Episode 3: A Deadly calling (November 1943-June 1944) -- Disc 3. Episode 4: Pride of our nation (June 1944-August 1944) -- Disc 4. Episode 5: Fubar (September 1944-December 1944) -- Disc 5. Episode 6: The ghost front (December 1944-March 1945) -- Disc 6. Episode 7: A world without war (March 1945-December 1945.) 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. 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. 20071204. Closed captioned. 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. United States History 1933-1945. Documentary films. Botstein, Sarah. Ward, Geoffrey C. Burns, Ken, 1953- Novick, Lynn. David, Keith. Hanks, Tom. Lucas, Josh. Cannavale, Bobby, 1971- Jackson, Samuel L. Wallach, Eli, 1915- Arkin, Adam. Conway, Kevin. Holtz, Rebecca. McCormick, Carolyn. Wahlberg, Robert. Marsalis, Wynton, 1961- American Lives II Film Project, LLC. Florentine Films. WETA-TV (Television station : Washington), D.C.) War (Television program : 2007.)