From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article <10i8qtn$2n9rf$1@dont-email.me>,   
   Evelyn C. Leeper  wrote:   
   >THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (2025): For THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Ken   
   >Burns did not have the benefit of photographs, or films of people   
   >who lived through the Civil War and survived long enough to be   
   >filmed. So he had to rely on paintings, and on "recreations", but   
   >these recreations were very carefully filmed; most consist of legs   
   >marching or charging, or arms and hands firing muskets, rifles,   
   >and artillery. You never see the faces of the re-creators. This   
   >makes the whole series less engaging than THE CIVIL WAR. (And of   
   >course most of his other documentaries are set in more modern   
   >times.) He has historians that provide some faces and movement,   
   >but none are as charismatic as Shelby Foote or Barbara Fields or   
   >Ed Bearss.   
      
   [Hal Heydt]   
      
   I don't suppose he included a Capt. William Hall and the ship he   
   commanded, the Brig'o'War Notre Dame?   
      
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