American Civil War the (3 Vols)

Synopsis: Nine-part television series that took five years to produce. Features over 16,000 archive photographs, paintings, lithographs and contemporary newspaper articles as well as battlefield tours, newsreel footage of veterans and music from the period.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video; 3 videocassettes. VHS. b&w/col. 240, 240, 210 min.
Year of production: 2000
Availability: Sale; 2001 sale: £19.99 (inclusive) each
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 from 20/12/99
Subjects: History
Keywords: American civil war; United States of America

Title: Very bloody affair, A
Synopsis: 1: Compilation of the first three television programmes. THE CAUSE - The 1850s saw fundamental differences between the industrial North and the agricultural come to a head. A VERY BLOODY AFFAIR - Ulysses S. Grant began to strike back at the Confederate forces in Tennessee. FOR EVER FREE - How Lincoln planned to wait for victory before announcing the emancipation of slaves. SouthIntroduces the major political and military leaders on both sides, together with the ordinary people involved, and explains the issues between North and South.
Title: Valley of the shadow of death
Synopsis: 2: Programmes 4, 5, 6 from the television series. SIMPLY MURDER - bloody victories and political decisions of 1863. THE UNIVERSE OF BATTLE - For three days 150,000 soldiers fought to the death; the battle of Gettysburg was to prove the turning point of the war. VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH - The tide turens after the 1864 election.
Title: War is all hell
Synopsis: 3: The last three programmes from the television series. MOST HALLOWED GROUND - Union campaigns in Georgia and the Shenandoah Valley. WAR IS ALL HELL - Sherman's march through Georgia in 1865; Lee and Grant meet at Appomatox Court House; John Wilkes Booth. THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE - war ends with the emancipation of the slaves, the saving of the Union and the founding of the modern nation.

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