Author Topic: Ken Burn's: The War (Read 438 times)

DoNKeY · « **on:** September 23, 2007, 03:44:07 PM »

I don't know a lot about this guys, but my civics/econ teacher mentioned ex cred for watching it, and then I read an article about it in todays paper.

Apparently tonights, or if not tonight one of the episodes, highlights Quentin Aanenson, a P-47 pilot in WWII, and all he went through. Sounds interesting actually now that I have looked into it.

Basically it chronicles WW2.

Hopefully it will be good.

http://www.pbs.org/thewar/

Read about each individual part (its like a 7 part thing) here

http://www.kqed.org/programs/tv/program-landing.jsp?progID=16813

Thanks,
donkey

Guppy35 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 23, 2007, 04:03:59 PM »

There was a documentary about Quentin Aanenson's war a few years back. It was wonderful.

He's a Minnesota guy too

DoNKeY · « **Reply #2 on:** September 23, 2007, 04:19:55 PM »

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Originally posted by Guppy35
There was a documentary about Quentin Aanenson's war a few years back. It was wonderful.

He's a Minnesota guy too

Yeah it mentioned that in the article. 1993 or 94, was that the one? (the date it showed).

yanksfan · « **Reply #3 on:** September 23, 2007, 06:55:10 PM »

Wow i'm so glad you posted this, another 15 minutes and i would have missed the first show in the series, TY, "S"

Don

M733 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 23, 2007, 06:55:36 PM »

I saw an article about it in my Newsweek. Is it any good?

Guppy35 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 23, 2007, 09:47:40 PM »

For a long time WW2 history nut, there really wasn't any new ground covered, and I was surprised since they've talked about all the footage they went through, that I didn't really see anything I hadn't seen before.

For someone just starting out though it was very well done.

It covered pre-war through Guadalcanal. So essentially 39-42 with the focus coming out of 4 towns where they did interviews, Luverne, Minnesota, Mobile Alabama, Waterbury, Connecticut, and Sacramento, California.

The fuss caused when the Latino community complained about lack of coverage in the documentary was a section added to the end of the show where they talked with two Latino soldiers out of California who both served with Carlson's Raiders.

E25280 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 23, 2007, 10:41:09 PM »

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Originally posted by Guppy35
For a long time WW2 history nut, there really wasn't any new ground covered, and I was surprised since they've talked about all the footage they went through, that I didn't really see anything I hadn't seen before.

That was my reaction too.

At first I was a bit miffed that they condensed Midway into the TV Documentary equivalent of a single paragraph in an encyclopedia. But, after reflection, considering how Burns does his documentaries, he must not have done any interviews with any eyewitnesses to the battle.