An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written generations ago amid a violent conflict.

Documentarian and New Hampshire resident Ken Burns is almost ready to release his new series, a six-part, 12 hour show on the American Revolution. It will air for six consecutive nights and will explore "the country’s founding and its eight-year war for independence," according to PBS broadcasting.

Filmmaker Ken Burns will visit Lexington and Concord on April 17 to discuss his new documentary, "The American Revolution."

William E. Leuchtenburg, a leading scholar of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, has died at age 102.

One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera), and the two became close friends, working together for more than 40 years.

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He won two major history prizes and served as a consultant for filmmaker Ken Burns. His books charted the evolution of the American presidency.

The Apple TV+ docuseries doesn't feature pundits or historians as talking heads, focusing instead on the people on the ground, from soldiers to nurses to Vietnamese civilians.

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Much to our delight, we have, over the last eight years of working on an eight-part, sixteen-and-a-half-hour series for PBS on the history ... future projects from Ken Burns and Florentine Films.

One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera). The two became close friends, working together for more than 40 years.

Sunday on PBS News Weekend, as Trump calls on Arab nations to take in more Palestinian refugees and talks about “cleaning out” Gaza, we get an inside look at the ongoing and desperate need for ...