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1) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th president's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country, and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
Publisher
Miracle Pictures
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Directed by D.W. Griffith, this Lincoln effort was one of the great talking films of the post-silent film era. These brief vignettes about Lincoln's early life include his birth, early jobs, his affair with Ann Rutledge, his courtship of Mary Todd and the Lincoln/Douglas debates. His presidency and the Civil War are followed in more detail, and the film concludes with the assassination.
Series
Criterion collection volume 320
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Fonda stars as the young lawyer who put his integrity and humor to work for his fellow man.
Publisher
Getting to Know, Inc
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Uses animation and period prints and photos to guide viewers through a child-friendly look at the life and times of Abraham Lincoln beginning with his hardscrabble beginnings on a frontier farm; following him through various jobs as as a flatboat pilot, a soldier, a surveyor, a postmaster, a general-store owner, and a self-taught lawyer; and ending with the story of how he became the sixteenth president of the United States and led the nation through...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"On March 4, 1865, at the United States Capitol, a crowd of fifty thousand listened as President Lincoln delivered his classic second inaugural address, urging charity and forgiveness to a nation in the final throes of war. Just two months later, a train, nine cars long and draped in black bunting, pulled slowly out of a station in Washington, D.C. Dignitaries and government officials crowded the first eight cars. In the ninth rode the body of Abraham...
9) Lincoln
Publisher
DreamWorks Pictures
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
12) Lincoln
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Filmed as if through the president's own eyes, Lincoln goes deeper than any documentary has before to reveal the troubled depths behind the man known as the Great Emancipator.
Publisher
Marshall Pub. and Promotions
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Brings to life not only Lincoln's famous speech, but also the major events leading up to the Civil War, a comprehensive background on Lincoln's life, and a summary of the Gettysburg Battle itself. Features one of the most famous and most quoted speeches in American history given by Lincoln in just two minutes on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1983 at the dedication of the soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg. Includes re-enactments of...
14) The address
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Explores the challenges faced by students at a Vermont school as they memorize the Gettysburg Address.
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Five documentaries, employing re-enactments and historical photographs, and two feature films explore the life and times of Abraham Lincoln or the Civil War.
Lincoln, trial by fire: Lincoln, facing the crisis of a divided nation, was forced to turn for help to General George McClellan, who supported Southern positions on slavery and states' rights. The conflict between Lincoln and McClellan was intense from the start and before their uneasy partnership...
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Over 29 Hours of Compelling Lincoln Films and Documentaries. Abraham Lincoln's remarkable life story and historic achievements are chronicled in this epic 10 DVD collection. Through captivated storytelling and dramatic portrayals witness the unique appeal and legacy of one of America's greatest heroes.
17) Lincoln
Publisher
[Distributed by] Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Reveals the political and personal struggles of President Lincoln as he guided the nation through the Civil War while confronting his own family tragedies.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
From the fateful balcony in Ford's Theatre to Dr. Samuel Mudd's remote home to the fiery showdown in a Virginia farmhouse, experience firsthand the suspenseful, breakneck search for America's first presidential assassin. Discover the awesome reach of his conspiracy, which had further targeted Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William Seward in a bid to undermine the U.S. Government and give the Confederacy a second chance. No man...
19) Killing Lincoln
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the story of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, describing the events surrounding the murder and the hunt to track down John Wilkes Booth and his accomplices.
20) Lincoln
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
Captures the drama of Lincoln in his own words. Drawn from letters, speeches and diaries, Lincoln's words are brought to life by the voice of actor, Jason Robards. Uses historic black and white photographs to portray Lincoln and the period of the Civil War in American history.
