A seven-part series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.
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Awards:
- Won 3 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins & 12 nominations.
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Series Cast Summary
| Keith David | ... |
Self - Narrator
(7 episodes, 2007)
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Katharine Phillips | ... |
Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama
(7 episodes, 2007)
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| Tom Hanks | ... |
Al McIntosh
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(7 episodes, 2007)
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Paul Fussell | ... |
Self - Infantry
(6 episodes, 2007)
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Quentin Aanenson | ... |
Self - Resident of Luverne, Minnesota
(6 episodes, 2007)
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Burt Wilson | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento, California
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(6 episodes, 2007)
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Sascha Weinzheimer | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento Valley, California
(6 episodes, 2007)
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Sam Hynes | ... |
Self - Marine Pilot
(5 episodes, 2007)
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| Daniel Inouye | ... |
Self - Infantry
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(5 episodes, 2007)
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Rebecca Holtz | ... |
Reader
(5 episodes, 2007)
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Glenn D. Frazier | ... |
Self - Prisoner of War
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(4 episodes, 2007)
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Emma Belle Pelcher | ... |
Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama
(4 episodes, 2007)
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Olga Ciarlo | ... |
Self - Resident of Waterbury, Connecticut
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(4 episodes, 2007)
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Maurice Bell | ... |
Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama
(4 episodes, 2007)
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Dwain Luce | ... |
Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama
(4 episodes, 2007)
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John Gray | ... |
Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama
(4 episodes, 2007)
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Sidney Phillips | ... |
Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama
(4 episodes, 2007)
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Susumu Satow | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento, California
(4 episodes, 2007)
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Jim Sherman | ... |
Self - Resident of Luverne, Minnesota
(4 episodes, 2007)
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Robert Kashiwagi | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento, California
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(4 episodes, 2007)
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| Kevin Conway | ... |
Reader
(4 episodes, 2007)
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Burnett Miller | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento, California
(3 episodes, 2007)
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Ray Leopold | ... |
Self - Resident of Waterbury, Connecticut
(3 episodes, 2007)
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Earl Burke | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento, California
(3 episodes, 2007)
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Asako Tokuno | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento, California
(3 episodes, 2007)
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Tom Galloway | ... |
Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama
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(3 episodes, 2007)
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Jackie Greer | ... |
Self - Resident of Louisiana
(3 episodes, 2007)
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| Josh Lucas | ... |
Reader
(3 episodes, 2007)
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| Joseph Vaghi | ... |
Self - Navy
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(2 episodes, 2007)
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Clyde Odum | ... |
Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama
(2 episodes, 2007)
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Ward Chamberlin | ... |
Self - American Field Service
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(2 episodes, 2007)
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Ray Pittman | ... |
Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama
(2 episodes, 2007)
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Emily Lewis | ... |
Self - Nurse
(2 episodes, 2007)
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Leo Goldberg | ... |
Self - Resident of Waterbury, Connecticut
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(2 episodes, 2007)
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Barbara Covington | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento, California
(2 episodes, 2007)
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Willie Rushton | ... |
Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama
(2 episodes, 2007)
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William Perkins | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento, California
(2 episodes, 2007)
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Tim Tokuno | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento, California
(2 episodes, 2007)
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Walter Thompson | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento, California
(2 episodes, 2007)
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Anne DeVico | ... |
Self - Resident of Waterbury, Connecticut
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(2 episodes, 2007)
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William Douglas Lansford | ... |
Self - Marine
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(2 episodes, 2007)
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| Samuel L. Jackson | ... |
Reader
(2 episodes, 2007)
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| Adam Arkin | ... |
Reader
(2 episodes, 2007)
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Pete Arias | ... |
Self - Marine
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(2 episodes, 2007)
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| Bobby Cannavale | ... |
Babe Ciarlo
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(2 episodes, 2007)
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| John Hope Franklin | ... |
Self - Resident of Oklahoma
(1 episode, 2007)
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Harry Schmid | ... |
Self - Resident of Sacramento, California
(1 episode, 2007)
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Charles Mann | ... |
Self - Resident of Luverne, Minnesota
(1 episode, 2007)
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Walter Ehlers | ... |
Self - Infantry
(1 episode, 2007)
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Herndon Inge | ... |
Self - Resident of Mobile, Alabama
(1 episode, 2007)
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Production Companies
Distributors
- PBS Distribution (2007) (United States) (video)
- PBS International (2007) (Non-US)
- Polyband (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (2007) (United States) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (major funding)
- Bank of America (major funding)
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) (major funding)
- General Motors Corporation (major funding)
- Lilly Endowment (major funding)
- Park Foundation (major funding)
- Pew Charitable Trust (major funding)
- Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (major funding)
- The Longaberger Foundation (major funding)
- The National Endowment for the Humanities (major funding)
Storyline
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Did You Know?
| Movie Connections | Featured in Ken Burns: America's Storyteller (2017). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Passacaglia: The Death of Falstaff See more » |