THE WAR | "Starting this project was intimidating" | PBS

Published: Sept. 4, 2007, 1:01 p.m.

b'THE WAR, a seven-part series directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, tells the story of the Second World War through the personal accounts of a handful of men and women from four quintessentially American towns. \\n\\nDirectors Ken Burns and Lynn Novick describe the challenges they faced in assembling thousands of hours of film footage into the finished series'