Ken Burns

Ken Burns

Ken Burns (born 1953) is a highly celebrated American documentarian who gradually amassed a considerable reputation and a devoted audience with a series of reassuringly traditional meditations on Americana. Burns' works are treasure troves of archival materials; he skillfully utilizes period music and footage, photographs, periodicals and ordinary people's correspondence, the latter often movingly read by seasoned professional actors in a deliberate attempt to get away from a "Great Man" approach to history. Like most non-fiction filmmakers, Burns wears many hats on his projects, often serving as writer, cinematographer, editor and music director in addition to producing and directing. He achieved his apotheosis with The Civil War (1990), a phenomenally popular 11-hour documentary that won two Emmys and broke all previous ratings records for public TV. The series' companion coffee table book--priced at a hefty $50--sold more than 700,000 copies. The audio version, narrated by Burns, was also a major best-seller. In the final accounting, "The Civil War" became the first documentary to gross over $100 million. Not surprisingly, it has become perennial fund-raising programming for public TV stations around the country. Burns arrived upon the scene with the Oscar-nominated Brooklyn Bridge (1981), a nostalgic chronicle of the construction of the fabled edifice. The film was more widely seen when rebroadcast on PBS the following year. Though Burns has made other nonfiction films for theatrical release, notably an acclaimed and ambiguous portrait of Depression-era Louisiana governor Huey Long (1985), PBS would prove to be his true home. He cast a probing eye on such American subjects as The Statue of Liberty (1985), The Congress (1988) (PBS), painter Thomas Hart Benton (1988) (PBS) and early radio with Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991) (PBS). Burns returned to long-form documentary with his most ambitious project to date, an 18-hour history of Baseball (1994), which aired on PBS in the fall of 1994. He approached the national pastime as a template for understanding changes in modern American society. Ironically, this was the only baseball on the air at the time, as the players and owners were embroiled in a bitter strike.

  • Taitara: Ken Burns
  • Rongonui: 8.457
  • E mohiotia ana mo: Directing
  • Ra whanau: 1953-07-29
  • Te Whanautanga: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Ken Burns Kiriata

  • 2010
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    A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939

    A Hall for Heroes: The Inaugural Hall of Fame Induction of 1939

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2022
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    The Unmaking of a College

    The Unmaking of a College

    8 2022 HD

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  • 2012
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    Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself

    Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself

    7.7 2012 HD

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  • 2024
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    Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories

    Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2014
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    OETA's On The Record: Ken Burns

    OETA's On The Record: Ken Burns

    1 2014 HD

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  • 2000
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    Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

    Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation

    6.8 2000 HD

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  • 2020
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    Ken Burns: Here & There

    Ken Burns: Here & There

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2020
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    Here For A Good Time

    Here For A Good Time

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2019
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    Very Ralph

    Very Ralph

    6.8 2019 HD

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  • 2020
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    East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

    East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

    7.5 2020 HD

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  • 2004
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    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson

    7.1 2004 HD

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  • 2000
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    Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal

    Seeing, Searching, Being: William Segal

    1 2000 HD

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  • 1981
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    Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge

    7.2 1981 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

    The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

    6.7 1984 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Congress

    The Congress

    9 1989 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Statue of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty

    6.7 1985 HD

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  • 2010
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    Baseball: The Tenth Inning

    Baseball: The Tenth Inning

    7.8 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    Baseball: The Tenth Inning

    Baseball: The Tenth Inning

    7.8 2010 HD

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  • 2003
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    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

    Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

    7.3 2003 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Central Park Five

    The Central Park Five

    7 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Central Park Five

    The Central Park Five

    7 2012 HD

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  • 1985
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    Huey Long

    Huey Long

    6.8 1985 HD

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  • 2002
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    Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

    6.9 2002 HD

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  • 2002
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    Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

    6.9 2002 HD

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  • 1991
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    Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    7.4 1991 HD

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  • 1991
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    Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    7.4 1991 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Statue of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty

    6.7 1985 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Address

    The Address

    5.6 2014 HD

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  • 1989
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    Thomas Hart Benton

    Thomas Hart Benton

    8.3 1989 HD

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  • 1981
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    Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge

    7.2 1981 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Statue of Liberty

    The Statue of Liberty

    6.7 1985 HD

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  • 2002
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    Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

    6.9 2002 HD

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  • 2016
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    Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War

    Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War

    6.8 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War

    Defying the Nazis: The Sharps' War

    6.8 2016 HD

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  • 1990
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    Lindbergh

    Lindbergh

    1 1990 HD

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  • 2022
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    Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness

    Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness

    1 2022 HD

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  • 1984
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    The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

    The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God

    6.7 1984 HD

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  • 1985
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    Huey Long

    Huey Long

    6.8 1985 HD

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  • 1989
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    Thomas Hart Benton

    Thomas Hart Benton

    8.3 1989 HD

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  • 1991
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    Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    7.4 1991 HD

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  • 1991
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    Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    7.4 1991 HD

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  • 1991
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    Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

    7.4 1991 HD

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  • 2013
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    Yosemite — A Gathering of Spirit

    Yosemite — A Gathering of Spirit

    1 2013 HD

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  • 2018
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    The Mayo Clinic

    The Mayo Clinic

    7 2018 HD

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  • 2014
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    Interstellar

    Interstellar

    8.4 2014 HD

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  • 2018
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    The Mayo Clinic

    The Mayo Clinic

    7 2018 HD

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  • 2020
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    East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

    East Lake Meadows: A Public Housing Story

    7.5 2020 HD

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  • 2017
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    Walden

    Walden

    9 2017 HD

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  • 2004
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    The Tony Danza Show

    The Tony Danza Show

    6.1 2004 HD

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  • 1996
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    The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

    6.4 1996 HD

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  • 1952
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    Today

    Today

    5.5 1952 HD

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  • 1981
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    This Week

    This Week

    9 1981 HD

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  • 2012
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    Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

    6.2 2012 HD

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  • 1968
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    60 Minutes

    60 Minutes

    6.7 1968 HD

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  • 2005
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    The Colbert Report

    The Colbert Report

    6.822 2005 HD

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  • 1993
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    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    7.1 1993 HD

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  • 2021
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    Muhammad Ali

    Muhammad Ali

    8.5 2021 HD

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  • 2005
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    The Tim McCarver Show

    The Tim McCarver Show

    5 2005 HD

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  • 2021
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    Back on the Record with Bob Costas

    Back on the Record with Bob Costas

    6 2021 HD

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  • 2012
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    The Mindy Project

    The Mindy Project

    6.3 2012 HD

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  • 2009
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    MLB: Baseball's Seasons

    MLB: Baseball's Seasons

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2015
    imgS10 E54

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    6.6 2015 HD

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  • 1989
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    The Simpsons

    The Simpsons

    8.018 1989 HD

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  • 1980
    imgS43 E3

    CNN Special Report

    CNN Special Report

    6.7 1980 HD

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  • 1962
    imgS31 E74

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    5.8 2014 HD

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  • 2024
    imgS1 E6

    In the Know

    In the Know

    7.1 2024 HD

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  • 2022
    imgS1 E3

    The U.S. and the Holocaust

    The U.S. and the Holocaust

    8.556 2022 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

    6.6 2015 HD

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  • 1994
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    Baseball

    Baseball

    7.3 1994 HD

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  • 2007
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    Craft in America

    Craft in America

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2018
    imgS7 E39

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.5 2018 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.135 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.135 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.3 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.3 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.3 1970 HD

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E10

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.2 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.261 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.8 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.4 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.9 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.2 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.9 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.1 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.7 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.2 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.7 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.3 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.8 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.9 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.3 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.135 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.1 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.261 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.261 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.9 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.9 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.6 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.8 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.6 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.5 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.135 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    10 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    10 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    1 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.2 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.556 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.556 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.7 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.3 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.3 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.3 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    10 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    10 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    6.7 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.8 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    6.7 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    6.7 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    6 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.5 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.5 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.5 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    7.9 1970 HD

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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.556 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    10 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    Firing Line with Margaret Hoover

    8.5 1970 HD

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