The Civil War

The Civil War is a nine part American documentary program lasting over eleven hours in total, directed by Ken Burns in 1990. It was immensely popular when it was first aired on public broadcast television.

In the year of 1964 as a student in 9th grade,we as ninth graders participated in a class entitled "Critical Thinking".This, however winding the road became, was a course designed to assist the young person to think for himself or herself.

Contrary to the only other comment so far, I found this inspiring and elevating. I understood the civil war in a way nothing else in 17 years of formal education did.

Worth watching as a visual supplement to written history but far from complete and contains inaccuracies. He states that Robert E.

This seminal Ken Burns 9 part TV series tells you almost everything you should ever need to know about the American Civil War. It's as good in its own way as the BBC's Great War from the '60's and Thames' World At War from the '70's were in theirs.

This movie is very informative and contains a lot of factual history and good content. It's a very good movie if you like to learn and enjoy history and/or the civil war.

Through this episode of Ken Burns' series The Civil War, I was afforded a glimpse at what seems to be a splendid documentary of the war between the states. Burns first focuses on analyzing the lives and mannerisms of the war's duo of prominent opposing generals, U.

This documentary is thorough and informative in its nature, giving an extremely accurate representation of the events it's based upon. The use of various first person quotes frequently throughout allows the viewer to see the story from a reliable source.

I have recently re-watched the Civil War series released on PBS in the early 90's and it is truly a magnificent and ground-breaking documentary. Considering that all the participants are long gone and there is no moving film footage, Ken Burns Civil War does come alive.