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Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has been producing films for PBS for more than 25 years. Since the Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, Ken has gone on to direct and produce some of the most acclaimed historical documentaries ever made, including THE CIVIL WAR, BASEBALL, and THE WAR.

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The Dust Bowl Preview

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Prohibition Sneak Peek

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Prohibition-Preview 1

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Introducing PROHIBITION

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PBS Previews: PROHIBITION

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PROHIBITION Preview

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Prohibition: American Folly

0:32 Air Date 10/02/11

The Tenth Inning: Preview

0:32 Air Date 09/28/10
Shorts
226 VIDEOS

Power of Sound

1:05 Air Date 01/06/12

The Savoy Ballroom

3:53 Air Date 01/06/12

Mark Twain: Mississippi River

0:18 Air Date 01/06/12

Horatios Drive: Mt. Shasta

1:50 Air Date 01/06/12

What is Liberty?

2:29 Air Date 01/06/12

Wright Never Saw Any Limits

0:39 Air Date 01/06/12

Mark Twain: Arnt we Funny Animals?

0:58 Air Date 01/06/12

Mark Twain: Triumph Through Tragedy

0:36 Air Date 01/06/12

Horatios Drive: New York

4:09 Air Date 01/06/12

David McCullough talks about the Brooklyn Bridge

0:59 Air Date 01/06/12

Earl Bennent on Benton's work

0:44 Air Date 01/06/12

William Cronon on Frank Lloyd Wright

0:40 Air Date 01/06/12
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