The American Revolution

WBZ's Jordan Rich takes a look at this series from PBS, just in time for America's 250th. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome. This is now streaming with Jordan. From a small
spark kindled in America, a flame has arisen, not to
be extinguished. Known for his ability to bring documentaries to life,
Ken Burns presents perhaps his most ambitious project to date,
just in time for the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of Independence. It's Ken Burns The American Revolution on PBS,

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taking a look at the rise of revolution in the colonies,
how they fought the war for independence and established a
radical new form of government. According to critics and reviewers,
You'll experience the war through the memories of the men
and women who were there, the soldiers, the military leaders,
members of the British Army, civilians, slaves and those freed
African Americans, with a usual incredible amount of detail that

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Burns and his team provide. The six episode series takes
us from May of seventeen fifty four to seventeen eighty
and beyond. The American Revolution a Ken Burns production from PBS,
and that's now streaming with Jordan. WBZ, Boston's news radio