Stephen Ives' "The West" is a PBS 4-Video Series co-produced by Ken Burns: - "Death Runs Riot" 85 min. - "Fight No More Forever" 85 min. - "Ghost Dance" 58 min. - "The People" 82 min.
This documentary covers the history of the American West from the Native American tribes to their encounter with Europeans and how the Europeans conquered them and settled the land. In telling this story, the film takes into the account to both the viewpoints of Indians and other minorities to balance the white populations history.
Aired: Sep 15, 1996 This series chronicles the saga of the American West, tracing the lives of a ...
2. Empire Upon The Trails (1806-1848)
Aired: Sep 16, 1996In the early 1800's, no one knew who would control the seemingly infinite spa...
3. Speck Of The Future (1848-1856)
Aired: Sep 17, 1996In 1848, a sawmill worker named James Marshall reached down into the stream b...
4. Death Runs Riot (1856-1868)
Aired: Sep 18, 1996The West had always symbolized hope and new beginnings, but in the 1850s, as ...
5. Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874)
Aired: Sep 19, 1996After the Civil War reunited North and South, Americans set out with renewed ...
6. Fight No More Forever (1874-1877)
Aired: Sep 20, 1996By the 1870s, only a few groups resisted the nation's push to conquer the West.
7. Geography Of Hope (1877-1887)
Aired: Sep 21, 1996The conquest of the West was nearly complete by the 1870s. In one remarkable ...
Aired: Sep 22, 1996 By the late 1880's, American settlers continue to claim tribal lands while th...
9. One Sky Above Us (1887-1914)
Aired: Sep 23, 1996Los Angeles steals its water supply, millions of Mexicans migrate north, and ...
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