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Ken Burns
A chronicle of the turbulent history of one of the most extraordinary landscapes
on earth.


THE WEST | FULL DOCUMENTARY

The People
The West begins as the whole world to the people who live there. It becomes a
New World when Europeans arrive, a world shaken by incompatible visions. And
almost three centuries later, when Lewis and Clark venture west to find a
Northwest Passage, this world becomes the testing-ground for a young nation's
continent-spanning dream.
Episode 1 82m 20s


Episode 1
The People
82m 20s
The West begins as the whole world to the people who live there. It becomes a
New World when Europeans arrive, a world sha...
Episode 2
Empire Upon the Trails
84m 31s
Americans head west along many pathways -- following the fur trade into the
mountains, fighting for self-determination in ...
Episode 3
Speck of the Future
84m 49s
The Gold Rush brings the whole world to the West, as 49ers from Asia, South
America and the eastern states scramble for “a...
Episode 4
Death Runs Riot
84m 47s
Civil war comes early to the West. In “Bleeding Kansas,” abolitionists battle
for free soil. In Utah, federal troops march...
Episode 5
The Grandest Enterprise Under God
84m 33s
A triumph of the human spirit, the transcontinental railroad opens a new era in
the West, carrying homesteaders onto the p...
Episode 6
Fight No More Forever
85m 6s
The federal government tightens its grip on the West, but three bold spirits
remain defiant -- Sitting Bull, who prophesie...
Episode 7
The Geography of Hope
84m 53s
Newcomers arrive by the millions, bringing a new spirit of conformity to the
West. Indian children are taught to forsake t...
Episode 8
Ghost Dance
58m 38s
As settlers race to claim tribal lands, Native Americans take up the Ghost
Dance, trusting in its power to restore a lost ...
Episode 9
One Sky Above Us
62m 58s
As the 20th century neared, Americans celebrated with the World Columbian
Exposition, where they were told that the fronti...
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The Role of Horses
4m 51s
Horses were brought to the West by the Spanish — the utilization of horses
changed the way of life for Native American peo...
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Extraordinary Landscape
3m 42s
The West stretches from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean, from the Northern
Plains to the Rio Grande — more than 2 mil...
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Exploring The West
3m 3s
Spanish, British, French, Chinese, and Russian explorers came to the West from
every point of the compass. Native American...
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ABOUT THE FILM

A nine-part series chronicling the turbulent history of one of the most
extraordinary landscapes on earth. Beginning when the land belonged only to
Native Americans and ending in the 20th century, the film introduces
unforgettable characters whose competing dreams transformed the land. It was a
tragic, inspiring intersection where the best of us met the worst of us — and
nothing was left unchanged.

Premiered on PBS: September 15, 1996.


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from pre-Columbian times to the early decades of the twentieth century.



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It was the most horrible, necessary, intimate, acrimonious, mean-spirited, and
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Funding provided by General Motors Corporation, Corporation for Public
Broadcasting, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, and The National Endowment
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