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20071 Season8.1

Documentary, War & Politics, Crime

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Genre: Documentary
Certificate: TV-14
Origin: US

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The story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four American towns. The war touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in America and demonstrated that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives.

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Director: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Status: Ended
First aired: Sep 23, 2007
Network: PBS
Studio: Florentine Films, WETA

Time to finish

5 hrs

7 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Keith David

Narrator (voice)

Tom Hanks

Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice)

Josh Lucas

Narrator (voice)

Bobby Cannavale

Narrator / Babe Ciarlo (voice)

Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator (voice)

Eli Wallach

Narrator (voice)

Robert Wahlberg

Narrator / James A. Fahey (voice)

Adam Arkin

Reader (voice)

Carolyn McCormick

Reader (voice)

Paul Fussell

Self

Quentin Aanenson

Self

Sascha Weinzheimer

Self

Katharine Phillips

Self

Olga Ciarlo

Self

Robert Kashiwagi

Self

Anne DeVico

Self

Joe Medicine Crow

Self

Sam Hynes

Self - Marine Pilot

SERIES

20071 Season8.1

Documentary, War & Politics, Crime

TMDB8.1

Votes68

Your rating

Genre: Documentary
Certificate: TV-14
Origin: US

About

Where to watch

Region

Stream

PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel

Free

With ads

Buy

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs Sep 23, 2007 · 2h 22m · ★ 8.2
A Necessary War
December 1941 - December 1942: The tranquil lives of the citizens of Mobile, Alabama; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; and Luverne, Minnesota are shattered on December 7, 1941, as they, along with the rest of America, are thrust into the greatest cataclysm in history.
E2 · Airs Sep 24, 2007 · 1h 55m · ★ 7.8
When Things Get Tough
January 1943 - December 1943: Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas. Factories hum around the clock, while in North Africa and then Italy, inexperienced GIs learn how to fight. Meanwhile, in the skies over Europe, thousands of American airmen gamble their lives against preposterous odds on daylight bombing missions.
E3 · Airs Sep 25, 2007 · 1h 50m · ★ 7.5
A Deadly Calling
November 1943 - June 1944: Americans are shocked by terrible losses on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, while in Italy Allied forces are stalled for months at Monte Cassino, and a risky landing at Anzio fails utterly. At home, as overcrowded "war towns" boom, economic transformation leads to confrontation and ugly racial violence.
E4 · Airs Sep 26, 2007 · 2h 16m · ★ 7.5
Pride of Our Nation / A Volunteer Basis
June 1944 - August 1944: On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history, but then bog down in the Norman hedgerows for weeks. Saipan proves the costliest Pacific battle to date, while back home dreaded telegrams from the War Department begin arriving at an inconceivable rate.
E5 · Airs Sep 30, 2007 · 2h 4m · ★ 7.5
FUBAR
September 1944 - December 1944: Victory in Europe seems imminent, but in Holland, the Vosges Mountains, and the Hurtgen Forest, GIs learn painful lessons as old as war itself - that generals make plans, plans go wrong and soldiers die. Meanwhile, on the island of Peleliu, the Marines fight one of the most brutal and unnecessary battles of the Pacific.
E6 · Airs Oct 1, 2007 · 1h 57m · ★ 7.5
The Ghost Front
December 1944 - March 1945: Americans are shocked by Hitler's massive counterattack in the Ardennes forest - but by mid-March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while the Russians are 50 miles from Berlin. In the Pacific, after weeks of desperate fighting, Iwo Jima is secured, and American bombers begin a full-fledged air assault on Japan.
E7 · Airs Oct 2, 2007 · 2h 5m · ★ 8.2
A World Without War
March 1945 - December 1945: A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. Meanwhile, American sailors, soldiers and Marines endure the worst battle of the Pacific - Okinawa. In August, American planes drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Japanese, too, surrender. Millions return home - to try to learn how to live in a world without war.

Details

Director: Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
Status: Ended
First aired: Sep 23, 2007
Network: PBS
Studio: Florentine Films, WETA

Time to finish

5 hrs

7 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Keith David

Narrator (voice)

Tom Hanks

Narrator / Al McIntosh (voice)

Josh Lucas

Narrator (voice)

Bobby Cannavale

Narrator / Babe Ciarlo (voice)

Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator (voice)

Eli Wallach

Narrator (voice)

Robert Wahlberg

Narrator / James A. Fahey (voice)

Adam Arkin

Reader (voice)

Carolyn McCormick

Reader (voice)

Paul Fussell

Self

Quentin Aanenson

Self

Sascha Weinzheimer

Self

Katharine Phillips

Self

Olga Ciarlo

Self

Robert Kashiwagi

Self

Anne DeVico

Self

Joe Medicine Crow

Self

Sam Hynes

Self - Marine Pilot

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