Cover image for The West
Title:
The West
Alternate title:
Title on container: Ken Burns presents The West
Added Title:
People.

Empire upon the trails.

Speck of the future.

Death runs riot.

Grandest enterprise under God.

Fight no more forever.

Geography of hope.

Ghost dance.

One sky above us.
Summary:
Chronicles the history of the American West, starting with the first European explorations and ending with the beginning of the 20th century. Examines the impact of the white settlers on the lives of the Native Americans and the land. Also discusses the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the battle of Little Bighorn, and the massacre at Wounded Knee.
Audience:
Not rated PBS Home Video.
General Note:
Originally produced as a documentary television program in 1996.

Special features (disc 1): making-of featurette (9 min.); interview with Burns & Ives & Geoffrey C. Ward (originally broadcast on The Charlie Rose Show, 22 min.); 4 interactive maps; "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions); "Did you know ...? Frontier facts" (10 entries).

Special feature (disc 2): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

Special feature (disc 3): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

Special feature (disc 4): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

Special feature (disc 5): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

Program notes on set container include episode summaries and a message from Ken Burns & Stephen Ives ("New perspectives on the West").

Individual episodes of this program are indexed by the PBS Video database of America's history & culture merged index. The index is available in print and online.

"Presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition"--Container.
Edition:
Standard format.
Contents:
disc 1. Ep. 1, The people (82 min.) -- disc 2. Eps. 2 & 3, Empire upon the trails (84 min.) ; The speck of the future (84 min.) -- disc 3. Eps. 4 & 5, Death runs riot (84 min.) ; The grandest enterprise under God (84 min.) -- disc 4. Eps. 6 & 7, Fight no more forever (85 min.) ; The geography of hope (84 min.) -- disc 5, Eps. 8 & 9, Ghost dance (58 min.) ; One sky above us (62 min.).
Physical Description:
5 videodiscs (707 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Geographic Term:
Publisher:
PBS Home Video ; Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment,
Publication Date:
2004

1996
ISBN:
9781415702482
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2004.
Call Number:
DVD 978 WEST
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