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  1. Mayo Clinic, The: Faith, Hope and Science (2018)

    Director
    Ken Burns
    Subject
    History; Medical sciences
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 116 minutes), $19.99

    In the wake of a deadly tornado in rural Minnesota in 1883, Doctor Mayo and his two sons enlisted the help of a group of Catholic nuns to care for the wounded. This documentary tells the story of the...

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  2. Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick, The (2017)

    Director
    Ken Burns; Lynn Novick
    Subject
    American Studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 1080 minutes), £69.95

    This 18-hour documentary offers an in-depth analysis of one of the most divisive and controversial events in American history: the Vietnam War. Episodes include: 1-Déjà vu (1858-1961): After a century of...

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  3. Address, The (2014)

    Director
    Ken Burns
    Subject
    Education; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £14.99

    Ken Burns’ documentary interweaves the history of the Gettysburg Address with a chronicle about a special school in the small New England town of Putney, Vermont. Each year, fifty students, boys from the...

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  4. War, The (2013)

    aka: War, The: A Ken Burns Film

    Director
    Ken Burns
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 900 minutes), £39.99

    Ken Burns’ seven part documentary series film focuses on World War II in a bottom-up fashion, viewing the conflict through the experiences of four quintessentially American towns: Luverne in Minnesota,...

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  5. Prohibition (2011)

    Director
    Ken Burns; Lynn Novick
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 360 minutes), $34.99

    Three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary film series directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that tells the story of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the...

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  6. Mark Twain: A Film Directed by Ken Burns (2004)

    aka: Mark Twain: A Film by Ken Burns

    Director
    Ken Burns
    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 210 minutes), £19.99

    A documentary by Ken Burns, the fifth part of his PBS television series ‘American Lives’. Looks at the life and work of Mark Twain, using archival photography and interviews with writers including Russel...

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  7. Statue of Liberty, The (2001 Video)

    Director
    Ken Burns
    Producer
    Ken Burns; Buddy Squires
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w/col. 58 min., 2000 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    Traces the history of the construction of the Statue of Liberty and the evolution and meaning of the ideal of liberty which it represents. Follows sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s dream of a...

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  8. Jazz - A Film by Ken Burns (3 Vols) (2001 Video)

    Director
    Ken Burns
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    DVD

    A comprehensive history of jazz, from its roots in the early 19th century to today. Features hundreds of rare and classic recordings and live performances from a century of jazz music, supported by...

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  9. American Civil War the (3 Vols) (2000 Video)

    Director
    Ken Burns
    Producer
    Ken Burns
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 690 minutes), £49.99

    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...

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  10. Frank Lloyd Wright (1997 Video)

    Director
    Ken Burns; Lynn Novick
    Producer
    Ken Burns; Shola Lynch; Peter Miller; Lynn Novick
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 146 minutes), £16.25

    Uses interviews and archival footage to tell the story of Frank Lloyd Wright, whose architectural achievements were often overshadowed by his melodramatic lifestyle. Among the building featured are the...

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