Episode number 1 of Series “The Civil War”.
In this introductory episode the background of the war is dramatically evoked and the commanders and ordinary soldiers march on stage - along with the diarists and letter writers who will put it in perspective. In 1861 the nation witnesses the inauguration of two rival presidents and the first shots are fired at Fort Sumter and Bull Run. Subtitled “At the crossroads of our being”, this episode is summed up in the words of Mary Boykin Chesnut of Charleston, “We are divorced now, North from South, because we hated each other so”.
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ACMI Identifier
302978
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → African Americans - Civil rights
Educational & Instructional
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
History → African Americans - History
History → History
History → Slavery
History → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
Television
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States
Television → Television series
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Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)