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The Civil War(1990)

TV-1419901 season9 episodes1h 16m

Documentary War & Politics

79%User score 79 percent

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130 votes

Overview

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Seasons(2)

Miniseries1990 · 9 episodesPhotographs, period paintings, lithographs and headlines of the Civil War are combined with moving newsreel footage of Civil War veterans, interviews with distinguished historians and first-person accounts in this award-…September 23, 1990
Specials15 episodes

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The Civil War (1990) | Watch Free Online Movies

David McCullough

Narrator (voice)

Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut (voice)

Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)

Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain (voice)

Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman (voice)

Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)

Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)

Horton Foote

Jefferson Davis (voice)

George Plimpton

George Templeton Strong (voice)

Philip Bosco

Horace Greeley (voice)

Studs Terkel

Benjamin Butler / Various

Hoyt Axton

Various (voice)

John Hartford

Various (voice)

Colleen Dewhurst

Various (voice)

Jeremy Irons

Various (voice)

Gene Jones

Various (voice)

Derek Jacobi

William Russell / Various (voice)

Kurt Vonnegut

Various (voice)

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Facts

Status: Ended
Type: Miniseries
Original name: The Civil War
First aired: September 23, 1990
Last aired: September 27, 1990
Network: PBS
Original language: German

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Keywords

civil war
slavery
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american civil war
19th century
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american history

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