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Title:

The West [videorecording] / Ken Burns presents a film by Stephen Ives ; a production of Insignia Films and WETA Washington, D.C. in association with Florentine Films and Time Life Video.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Magna Pacific distributor,

Copyright Date:

1996

Description:

4 videodiscs (DVD) (VHS)(PAL) (704 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Sitting Bull--Chief of the Sioux,--1831-1890.
Clark, William,--1770-1838.
Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de,--1510-1554.
Custer, George A.--(George Armstrong),--1839-1876.
Joseph--Nez Percé Chief,--1840-1904.
Lewis, Meriwether,--1774-1809.
Marshall, James Wilson,--1810-1885.
Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar,--16th cent.
World's Columbian Exposition--1893--Chicago, Ill.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Drama.
Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--First contact with Europeans.
Indians of North America--West (U.S.)--History.
Mormons--West (U.S.)--Drama.--Drama.
Pueblo Indians--History--17th century.
Pueblo Revolt, 1680.
Railroads--History.
Railroads--West (U.S.)
Slavery--West (U.S.)--Drama.
Wounded Knee Massacre, S.D., 1890.
Frontier and pioneer life--West.--West.
America--Discovery and exploration.
California--Gold discoveries--Drama.
California--History--1846-1850--Drama.
Oklahoma--History--Land Rush, 1889.
Southwest, New--Discovery and exploration.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Drama.
West (U.S.)--Discovery and exploration.
West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890--Drama.
West (U.S.)--History--1890-1945--Drama.
West (U.S.)--History.

Other Authors:

Burns, Ken, 1953-
Coyote, Peter.
Duncan, Dayton.
Ives, Stephen.
Ward, Geoffrey C.
Florentine Films.
Insignia Films.
Magna Pacific (Firm)
PBS Video.
Time-Life Video.
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

Other Titles:

Death runs riot (1856-1868) [videorecording]
Empire on the trails (1806-1848) [videorecording]
Fight no more forever (1874-1877) [videorecording]
One sky above us (1887-1914) [videorecording]
The geography of hope (1877-1887) [videorecording]
The grandest enterprise under God (1868-1874) [videorecording]
The people (1500's-1806) [videorecording]
The speck of the future (1848-1856) [videorecording]

Notes:

Catalogued from container. Narrator: Peter Coyote.

Contents:

[Volume.1] Episode 1. The people (82 min.) -- Episode 2. Empire on the trails (84 min.) -- Episode 3. The speck of the future (84 min.)--[Volume.2] Episode 4. Death runs riot --(84 min.) -- Episode 5. The grandest enterprise under God (84 min.)[Volume.3] -- Episode 6. Fight no more forever --(85 min.) -- Episode 7. The geography of hope (84 min.) -- Episode 8. One sky above us (62 min.)

Summary:

A documentary series about the history of the American West.

Locations:

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)