The West(1996)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1996-09-15
Average Runtime: 1h 20m
Rating: 8.4
Votes: 19
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 9
The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and the executive producer was Ken Burns. The film originally aired on PBS in September 1996.
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Season 1
Episodes: 9E01
The People (1500-1806)
Air Date: 1996-09-15
The West begins as the whole world to the people who live there. It becomes a New World when Europeans arrive, a worl...
E02
Empire Upon The Trails (1806-1848)
Air Date: 1996-09-16
Americans head west along many pathways -- following the fur trade into the mountains, fighting for self-determinatio...
E03
The Speck Of The Future (1848-1856)
Air Date: 1996-09-17
The Gold Rush brings the whole world to the West, as 49ers from Asia, South America and the eastern states scramble f...
E04
Death Runs Riot (1856-1868)
Air Date: 1996-09-18
Civil war comes early to the West. In “Bleeding Kansas,” abolitionists battle for free soil. In Utah, federal troops ...
E05
The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874)
Air Date: 1996-09-19
A triumph of the human spirit, the transcontinental railroad opens a new era in the West, carrying homesteaders onto ...
E06
Fight No More Forever (1874-1877)
Air Date: 1996-09-20
The federal government tightens its grip on the West, but three bold spirits remain defiant -- Sitting Bull, who prop...
E07
The Geography Of Hope (1877-1887)
Air Date: 1996-09-21
Newcomers arrive by the millions, bringing a new spirit of conformity to the West. Indian children are taught to fors...
E08
Ghost Dance (1887 -1914)
Air Date: 1996-09-22
As settlers race to claim tribal lands, Native Americans take up the Ghost Dance, trusting in its power to restore a ...
E09
One Sky Above Us (1887-1914)
Air Date: 1996-09-23
Los Angeles steals its water supply, millions of Mexicans migrate north, and Hollywood begins to shape the West and t...
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