American Experience
Season 14 Episode 3 - War Letters
6.6 ?
1988
Documentary
War letters from the American Revolution to the Gulf War are read by 15 actors (including Joan Allen, Edward Norton, Kevin Spacey and Courtney B. Vance). Accompanied by clips, home movies and re-creations, the letters reflect the horror, boredom, anger and, mostly, fear that war engenders. Many readings are followed by notations that the writers had died, but the hour isn't unrelentingly grim. “Pucker up,” one WWII GI writes to his sweetheart on VJ Day. “Here I come.”
Episodes in Season 14
1
New York (6): The City of Tomorrow
55 min
2
New York (7): The City and the World
55 min
3
War Letters
55 min
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4
Woodrow Wilson (1): A Passionate Man
55 min
5
Woodrow Wilson (2): The Redemption of the World
55 min
6
Mount Rushmore
55 min
7
Miss America
55 min
8
Zoot Suit Riots
55 min
9
Monkey Trial
55 min
10
Public Enemy #1
55 min
11
Ansel Adams
55 min
12
A Brilliant Madness
55 min
13
Ulysses S. Grant (1): The Warrior
55 min
14
Ulysses S. Grant (2): The President
55 min
