| Description |
3 DVDs (approximately 540 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + Booklet (mini battleguide) |
| Physical Medium |
3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Narrated by Richard Dreyfuss. Readings by Charlton Heston, Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dennis Weaver, Ossie Davis, Peter Graves, Trish Van Devere, Brian Keith, Hoyt Axton, and Burgess Meredith. |
| Summary |
This critically acclaimed television and video series from the National Museum of American History is a sweeping and compelling look at the war's military, political and social history. Each episode features dramatic reenactments of important campaigns; first-hand accounts of eyewitnesses and participants read by distinguished actors; period photographs, paintings and artifacts; intriguing expert challenges to traditional historical thinking; original contemporary illustrations; computer enhanced maps; and music of the time. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Wertz, Jay.
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Smithsonian Institution.
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Master Vision (Firm)
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National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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| Added Title |
Great battles of the Civil War |
| ISBN |
1559195649 |
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9781559195645 |
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