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The War

Ken Burns
2007 Pbs

The film focuses on World War II in a "bottom up" fashion through the lenses of four "quintessentially American towns":

Luverne, Minnesota, Mobile, Alabama, Sacramento, California, Waterbury, Connecticut.

The film recounts the experiences of a number of individuals from these communities as they move through the war in the Pacific, African and European theaters, and focuses on the effect of the war on them, their families and their communities.

A number of notable actors including Adam Arkin, Tom Hanks, Ernie Hudson, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Lucas, and Eli Wallach are heard as voice actors reading contemporary newspaper articles, telegrams, letters from the front, etc.

The full documentary runs 14 hours and was broadcast in seven parts on PBS over two weeks.

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The War

Ken Burns2007 Pbs

Ken Burns
2007 Pbs