
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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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...
Air Date: 1996-09-16
Americans head west along many pathways -- following the fur trade into the mountains, fighting for self-determinatio...
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...
Air Date: 1996-09-18
Civil war comes early to the West. In “Bleeding Kansas,” abolitionists battle for free soil. In Utah, federal troops ...
Air Date: 1996-09-19
A triumph of the human spirit, the transcontinental railroad opens a new era in the West, carrying homesteaders onto ...
Air Date: 1996-09-20
The federal government tightens its grip on the West, but three bold spirits remain defiant -- Sitting Bull, who prop...
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...
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 ...
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...