Six years in the making, and directed by oscar nominated and emmy award winner ken burns, the war is one of the most powerful and vivid film accounts of the wwii ever broadcast. The war, a seven part series directed and produced by ken burns and lynn novick, tells the story of the second world war through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four quintessentially american towns. The series explores the most intimate human dimensions of the greatest cataclysm in history a worldwide catastrophe that touched the lives of every family on every street in every town in america and demonstrates that in extraordinary times, there are no ordinary lives. The film honors the bravery, endurance, and sacrifice of the generation of americans who lived through what will always be known simply as the war. Brought to us by pbs it includes a special featurette on the making of the war, additional interviews and deleted scenes. Narrators include tom hanks, samuel l. Jackson and eli wallach.