The West (1996)
The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and the executive producer was Ken Burns. The film originally aired on PBS in September 1996.
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Episodes
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1. The People (1500-1806)1996-09-15 · 1h 20mThe West begins as the whole world to the people who live there. It becomes a New World when Europeans arrive, a world shaken by incompatible visions. And almost three centuries la
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2. Empire Upon The Trails (1806-1848)1996-09-16 · 1h 20mAmericans head west along many pathways -- following the fur trade into the mountains, fighting for self-determination in Texas, seeking religious freedom in Utah or a better life
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3. The Speck Of The Future (1848-1856)1996-09-17 · 1h 20mThe Gold Rush brings the whole world to the West, as 49ers from Asia, South America and the eastern states scramble for “a share of the rocks,” littering the hills with mining town
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4. Death Runs Riot (1856-1868)1996-09-18 · 1h 20mCivil war comes early to the West. In “Bleeding Kansas,” abolitionists battle for free soil. In Utah, federal troops march against Mormon polygamy. And along the Rio Grande, oppres
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5. The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874)1996-09-19 · 1h 20mA triumph of the human spirit, the transcontinental railroad opens a new era in the West, carrying homesteaders onto the prairies, bringing cowboys up the cattle trail from Texas,
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6. Fight No More Forever (1874-1877)1996-09-20 · 1h 20mThe federal government tightens its grip on the West, but three bold spirits remain defiant -- Sitting Bull, who prophesies his people's greatest victory but cannot prevent their u
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7. The Geography Of Hope (1877-1887)1996-09-21 · 1h 20mNewcomers arrive by the millions, bringing a new spirit of conformity to the West. Indian children are taught to forsake their heritage, Mormons are told to abandon a tenet of thei
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8. Ghost Dance (1887 -1914)1996-09-22 · 1h 20mAs settlers race to claim tribal lands, Native Americans take up the Ghost Dance, trusting in its power to restore a lost way of life until their hopes are crushed at Wounded Knee.
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9. One Sky Above Us (1887-1914)1996-09-23 · 1h 20mLos Angeles steals its water supply, millions of Mexicans migrate north, and Hollywood begins to shape the West and the nation's image of it.
Cast
Peter CoyoteSelf - Narrator
N. Scott MomadaySelf - Writer
Murphy GuyerSelf
John TrudellSelf
Eli WallachSelf
Arthur MillerSelf
John LithgowSelf
Gary SiniseT. P. Eagan
Jimmy SmitsSelf
Keith CarradineSelf
Adam ArkinSelf
Matthew BroderickSelf - William Swain
Ossie DavisSelf
Jason RobardsSelf - Brigham YoungImages
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