Ken Burns
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the birth of the American national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Using archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, and what Burns believes is the most stunning cinematography in Florentine Films' history, the series chronicles the steady addition of new parks through the stories of the people who helped create...
3) Mark Twain
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
An in-depth look at Mark Twain's life and career.
4) The Congress
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"In this elegant, penetrating and moving portrait of the United States Congress, filmmaker Ken Burns profiles an American institution whose ideals and actions affect us all. Narrated by David McCullough, the program employs historic film footage and interviews with insiders" including David Broker, Alistair Cooke and Cokie Roberts to detail the personalities, events and issues that have animated Congress' first 200 years."--Publisher's website.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frank Lloyd Wright was one of the greatest of all American architects. Over the course of his long career, Wright designed over eight hundred buildings. This program uses live cinematography, interviews, and rare archival footage to bring Wright's story to life.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tells of the story of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, a sharecropper's son who elevated an entire race and country when he broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947. The film illuminates Robinson's place as a leader and icon of the civil rights movement whose exemplary life and aspirational message of equality continues to inspire generations of Americans. Includes interviews with family members and rarely-seen photographs and film footage.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Profiles Theodore, Franklin, and Eleanor as the most prominent members of the most important family in history. Through their stories, PBS chronicles the history they helped to shape, from the Square Deal to the New Deal, San Juan Hill to the Western Front, to the founding of the United Nations.
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The in-depth and intimate story of one of the most important African Americans to live in the first half of the 20th century. Tells the story of Jack Johnson, who was the first African American boxer to win the most coveted title in all of sports - Heavyweight Campion of the World. Includes his struggles in and out of the ring and his desire to live his life as a free man.
11) The Vietnam War
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick : Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides -- Americans who...
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"For more than 100 years, the Statue of Liberty has been a symbol of hope and a refuge for generations of immigrants. In this lyrical, compelling and provocative portrait of the statue, Ken Burns explores both the history of America's premier symbol and the meaning of liberty itself. Featuring rare archival photographs, paintings and drawings, readings from actual diaries, letters and newspapers of the day, the fascinating story of this universally...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein's three-part, six-hour documentary series examines how the American people and leaders responded to one of the greatest humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century, and how this catastrophe challenged America's identity as a nation of immigrants and the very ideals of democracy.
