The Civil War. Episode 9, 1865--the better angels of our nature

United States, 1989

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Episode number 9 of Series “The Civil War”.
At Lee’s surrender, church bells peal throughout the North. The South is in ruin and despair. Unable to accept that the war is over, the actor John Wilkes Booth steals into a Washington theatre and puts a bullet into the brain of Abraham Lincoln. The nation’s grief knows no bounds; even Southerners are appalled, and the isolated fighting stutters to a halt. It is time to rebuild: “to listen”, as Lincoln implored four years before, “to the better angels of our nature”. The episode recounts the fates of the many players, great and small in the enormous drama which redefined the meaning of freedom in America.

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director

Ken Burns

co-producer

Ric Burns

Ken Burns

production company

WETA-TV

Florentine Films

Duration

01:10:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1989

Appears in

The Civil War

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The Civil War

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ACMI Identifier

325205

Language

English

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Subject categories

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → War

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 → Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

History → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865

People → Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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)

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