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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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Prohibition: American Folly
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Prohibition Sneak Peek
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PBS Previews: PROHIBITION
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PROHIBITION Preview
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Prohibition-Preview 1
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Introducing PROHIBITION
0:32 Air Date 10/02/11

The Tenth Inning: Preview
0:32 Air Date 09/28/10
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Horatios Drive: Mt. Shasta
1:50 Air Date 01/06/12

What is Liberty?
2:29 Air Date 01/06/12

Mark Twain: Problem of Race
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Mark Twain Goes Abroad
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Frank Lloyd Wright: Phillip Johnson
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Horatios Drive: Cleveland
4:18 Air Date 01/06/12

Dan James discusses Benton's persona
0:40 Air Date 01/06/12

David McCullough talks about the Brooklyn Bridge
0:59 Air Date 01/06/12

Mark Twain: Triumph Through Tragedy
0:36 Air Date 01/06/12

Mark Twain: Hartford House
0:47 Air Date 01/06/12

Louis Armstrong Returns to Europe
2:12 Air Date 01/06/12

Power of Sound
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