Title:
The West / Ken Burns presents ; a film by Stephen Ives ; a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV Washington in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television ; produced by Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; directed by Stephen Ives ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan.
ISBN:
9781415702482
9780780643611
Uniform Title:
West (Television program)
Edition:
Full screen.
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2004]
©2004
Physical Description:
5 videodiscs (707 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally produced as a documentary television program in 1996.
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.
Special features (disc 1): making-of featurette (9 min.); interview with Burns & Ives & Geoffrey C. Ward (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 features and enhancements may vary by copy.
DVD, NTSC; region 1; Dolby surround stereo.
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.).
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.
Geographic Term:
Subject Term:
Added Title:
People.
Empire upon the trails.
Speck of the future.
Death runs riot.
Grandest enterprise under God.
Fight no more forever.
Geography of hope.
Ghost dance.
One sky above us.
Electronic Access:
PBS Video database of America's history & culture merged index for "The West" http://videoindex.pbs.org/program/series.asp?nola=WESTDX0
Language Note:
In English; closed-captioned in English.
Audience:
Not rated PBS Home Video.
Performer:
Narrated by Peter Coyote.
Production Credits:
Editors, Richard Hankin, Michael Levine, Adam Zucker ; supervising editor, Paul Barnes ; director of photography, Buddy Squires with Allen Moore ; music by Matthias Gohl ; narrator, Peter Coyote.
OCLC Number:
ocm56612413
Availability:
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
Eagan - Wescott~1
