Ken Burn's presents the West [dvd videorecording]

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Title:

Ken Burn's presents the West [dvd videorecording]

Author:

Burns, Ken, 1953-

ISBN:

9781415702482

Edition:

Standard format.

Publication Information:

[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif., c2010.

Physical Description:

5 videodiscs (711 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Originally produced as a documentary television program in 1996.

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).

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.

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.).

Abstract:

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.

Reading Level:

Not rated PBS Home Video.

Subject Term:

Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- DVDs.

Geographic Term:

West (U.S.) -- History -- DVDs.

Added Author:

Kantor, Michael, 1961-