An era-appropriate melody plays as photographs move slowly across the screen and a voice reads heartfelt letters written ...

One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera), and the two became close friends, ...

William E. Leuchtenburg, a leading scholar of Franklin Roosevelt and the Great Depression, has died at age 102.

One was a filmmaker, the other a scholarly adviser (who sometimes appeared on camera). The two became close friends, working together for more than 40 years.

He received some of the top awards given to historians, including the Parkman and Bancroft prizes, was a political analyst for CBS and NBC and consulted on several of Ken Burns' PBS documentaries.

Leuchtenburg, Eminent Presidential Historian and Ken Burns Consultant ... it could achieve prosperity" until the U.S. entered World War II. But he also credited the New Deal with transforming ...

World War Two has birthed some incredible documentary films, TV series and podcasts, but the top spot goes to a forgotten gem.

Depending on who you were in school, you might have one of several different relationships with Ken Burns. The most prolific ... popular American myths. World War II may be the ultimate example ...

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