The West: A Film by Stephen Ives and Presented by Ken Burns
Season 1
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Episodes
- S1 E1 - The PeopleSeptember 14, 19961 h 22 minThis series chronicles the saga of the American West, tracing the lives of a diverse cast of characters, from explorers, soldiers and Indian warriors to settlers, railroad builders and gaudy showmen, who share their stories in their own words, through diaries, letters and autobiographical accounts.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buy
- S1 E2 - Empire Upon the TrailsSeptember 15, 19961 h 24 minIn the early 1800's, no one knew who would control the seemingly infinite spaces of the West.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buyThe price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
- S1 E3 - The Speck of the FutureSeptember 16, 19961 h 25 minIn 1848, a sawmill worker named James Marshall reached down into the stream bed of the American River in California -- and came up with the future of the West in the palm of his hand. He had discovered gold.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buy
- S1 E4 - Death Runs RiotSeptember 17, 19961 h 24 minThe West had always symbolized hope and new beginnings, but in the 1850s, as more American pioneers poured west to start over, they brought with them the nation's oldest, most divisive issue -- slavery.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buy
- S1 E5 - The Grandest Enterprise Under GodSeptember 18, 19961 h 24 minAfter the Civil War reunited North and South, Americans set out with renewed energy and optimism to finally unite the nation, East and West.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buy
- S1 E6 - Fight No More ForeverSeptember 19, 19961 h 25 minBy the 1870s, only a few groups resisted the nation's push to conquer the West.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buyThe price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
- S1 E7 - The Geography of HopeSeptember 20, 19961 h 25 minThe conquest of the West was nearly complete by the 1870s. In one remarkable decade, with Indians effectively confined to reservations, over four million new settlers arrived to stake their claim to the future.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buyThe price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
- S1 E8 - Ghost DanceSeptember 21, 199659minBy the late 1880's, Americans were astounded by the changes they had brought to the West.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buyThe price before discount is the median price for the last 90 days.
- S1 E9 - One Sky Above UsSeptember 21, 19961 h 3 minLos Angeles steals its water supply, millions of Mexicans migrate north, and Hollywood begins to shape the West and the nation's image of it.Free trial of PBS Documentaries or buy
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- English [CC]
- Directors
- Stephen Ives
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