Frontier House [videorecording (DVD)] / a co-production of Thirteen/WNET New York and Wall to Wall and in association with Channel 4 Television Corporation and Channel 4 International ; series producer, Simon Shaw ; [episodes 1, 3, 5] produced and directed by Maro Chermayeff ; [episodes 2, 4, 6] produced and directed by Nicolas Roether Brown.
Bonus features: Behind the scenes (11 min.), Making of Frontier House (27 min.). Narrator, Kathryn Walker.
Contents:
Disc 1. The American dream (52 min.) -- Promised land (53 min.) -- 'Til death do us part (54 min.) -- Disc 2. Survival (52 min.) -- A family affair (53 min.) -- The reckoning (55 min.).
Summary:
Three modern families were chosen to learn to survive as if the year is 1883. Using the tools and technology of that time they must make difficult choices and cope with the consequences in the Montana wilderness.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.