The War (Documentary)

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Summary

The War is a documentary created by Ken Burns. The documentary uses oral history to tell the story of World War II.


Awards

Ken Burn’s use of oral history in The War earned him the Steven E. Ambrose Oral History Award from Rutgers’ University. Burn’s credits his success in documentaries like The War by using the oral histories to tell stories from the bottom-up.1


Related Pages

World War II Oral History

Veterans History Project

Veteran Memory

World War II Veteran POW

Rutgers Oral History Archives

California State Military Museum

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne: From Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

"The Good War": An Oral History of World War II

World War II Exhibits


References

(1) Rutgers University, “Rutgers’ Ambrose Oral History Award Goes to Ken Burns,” Media Relations, http://news.rutgers.edu/medrel/news-releases/2009/rutgers2019-ambrose-20090423 (accessed May 24, 2009).

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