Ken Burns on the Making of The War
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Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
Documentarian Ken Burns talks about the making of his new WWII retrospective. The War explores the history and horror of WWII from an American perspective by following the fortunes of so-called ordinary men and women who become caught up in one of the greatest cataclysms in human history. Six years in the making, this epic, 14-hour film focuses on the stories of citizens from four geographically distributed American towns: Waterbury, CT; Mobile, AL; Sacramento, CA; and the tiny farming town of Luverne, MN.
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