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 award-winning filmmaker, who received the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal this year, has been visiting ...

Filmmaker Ken Burns has produced over 40 films. His latest is a movie focused on the life and creative force of Leonardo da Vinci. It's his first film about an international topic.

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 ...

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

Ever since he got a movie camera for his 17th birthday, Ken Burns has been making documentaries. Over the years, he's created 36 documentary series for PBS, all of them about American history ...

Bruce Springsteen, Norah Jones, Questlove and comics Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Jon Stewart and Mark Normand helped raise ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...