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Title:

The grandest enterprise under God [videorecording] / a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV, Washington, in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television ; directed by Stephen Ives.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Turner Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

c1996

Description:

1 videocassette (84 min.) : sd., col. and B & W ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.
Railroads--History.
Railroads--West (U.S.)
Cattle drives.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Ives, Stephen.
Abramson, Jody.
Kantor, Michael.
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Duncan, Dayton.
Burns, Ken, 1953-
Coyote, Peter. nrt
Insignia Films.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Florentine Films.
PBS Home Video.
Turner Home Entertainment (Firm)
Time Life Video & Television.

Notes:

Historical TV documentary series. "Ken Burns presents The West, a film by Stephen Ives"--Container. Originally produced as a TV series by WETA-TV, Washington, D.C.

Summary:

After the Civil War Americans set out with a new energy and optimism to finally unite the East and the West. To do this, they embarked on one of the greatest technological achievements of the age--building the first transcontinental railroad to conquer forbidding mountains, harsh deserts and awesome distances.

Series:

West ; 5

ISBN:

9780780613447 (v. 5)
0780613449 (v. 5)

Locations:

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)