Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War tells the story of a daring rescue mission that occurred on the precipice of World War II. It tells the ... legendary filmmaker Ken Burns serves as Producer ...

The acclaimed filmmaker behind the PBS documentary on the 15th century Italian artist and intellectual calls Leonardo da ...

Part, Four-Hour Film Traces the Near Demise – and Ultimate Return – of the U.S. National Mammal, While Examining the Species’ ...

Ken Burns added: "He's an anatomist, and he's a botanist, and he's interested in flight, and he's a sculptor, and he's a painter, and he's an artist, and he's all of those. The reason why it's such a ...

Depending on who you were in school, you might have one of several different relationships with Ken Burns. The most prolific ... popular American myths. World War II may be the ultimate example ...

Greely Middle School student David Gilbert submitted his short film on the Americans with Disabilities Act to a National ...

The congressional resolution for an annual national observance was still two years in the future, but informal celebrations of “Armistice Day” began on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end ...

Before the second world war Radio was a revolution in mass-communication ... which makes for a really great story (and a great Ken Burns documentary). Last month we showed you how to modify ...

The Vietnam War directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, this is the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Source: Supplied In this special episode, Fiona and Nick ...

Earlier this month, I spoke to Ken Burns about the making of his new four ... Long" and "Civil War" and "Baseball" and "Jazz." And "World War I" and "Prohibition" and "The Roosevelts" and "Vietnam." ...

THE U.S. AND THE HOLOCAUST, a new three-part, six-hour series directed and produced by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and ... During the Second World War, millions of Americans fought and sacrificed ...