The West [videorecording] / Ken Burns presents ; directed by Stephen Ives ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan ; produced by Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; executive producer, Ken Burns ; a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV Washington ; in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television ; The West Film Project, Inc., Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: 88583 | PBS Home VideoPublication details: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2004.Edition: Standard formatDescription: 5 videodiscs (707 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1415702489
  • 9781415702482
Other title:
  • Title on container: Ken Burns presents The West
Uniform titles:
  • West (Television program)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • DVD F 591 .W44 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
disc 1. Ep. 1, The people (82 min.) -- disc 2. Eps. 2 & 3, Empire upon the trails (84 min.) ; The speck of the future (84 min.) -- disc 3. Eps. 4 & 5, Death runs riot (84 min.) ; The grandest enterprise under God (84 min.) -- disc 4. Eps. 6 & 7, Fight no more forever (85 min.) ; The geography of hope (84 min.) -- disc 5, Eps. 8 & 9, Ghost dance (58 min.) ; One sky above us (62 min.).
Production credits:
  • Editors, Richard Hankin, Michael Levine, Adam Zucker ; music by Mathias Gohl.
Narrated by Peter Coyote.Summary: Chronicles the history of the American West, starting with the first European explorations and ending with the beginning of the 20th century. Examines the impact of the white settlers on the lives of the Native Americans and the land. Also discusses the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the battle of Little Bighorn, and the massacre at Wounded Knee.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD F 591 .W44 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. dvd 1 98635716
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD F 591 .W44 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. DVD3 98635718
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD F 591 .W44 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. DVD 4 98635719
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD F 591 .W44 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. DVD 5 98635720
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD F 591 .W44 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. DVD 2 98635717

DVD, region 1; Dolby surround stereo.

In English.

Closed-captioned.

Narrated by Peter Coyote.

Editors, Richard Hankin, Michael Levine, Adam Zucker ; music by Mathias Gohl.

Originally produced as a documentary television program in 1996.

Special features (disc 1): making-of featurette (9 min.); interview with Burns & Ives (originally broadcast on The Charlie Rose Show, 22 min.); 4 interactive maps; "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions); "Did you know ...? Frontier facts" (10 entries).

Special feature (disc 2): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

Special feature (disc 3): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

Special feature (disc 4): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

Special feature (disc 5): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

Program notes on set container include episode summaries and a message from Ken Burns & Stephen Ives ("New perspectives on the West").

Individual episodes of this program are indexed by the PBS Video database of America's history & culture merged index. The index is available in print and online.

"Presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition"--Container.

Not rated PBS Home Video.

Chronicles the history of the American West, starting with the first European explorations and ending with the beginning of the 20th century. Examines the impact of the white settlers on the lives of the Native Americans and the land. Also discusses the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the battle of Little Bighorn, and the massacre at Wounded Knee.

disc 1. Ep. 1, The people (82 min.) -- disc 2. Eps. 2 & 3, Empire upon the trails (84 min.) ; The speck of the future (84 min.) -- disc 3. Eps. 4 & 5, Death runs riot (84 min.) ; The grandest enterprise under God (84 min.) -- disc 4. Eps. 6 & 7, Fight no more forever (85 min.) ; The geography of hope (84 min.) -- disc 5, Eps. 8 & 9, Ghost dance (58 min.) ; One sky above us (62 min.).

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