The West Ken Burns presents ; a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV Washington ; in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television ; The West Film Project, Inc., Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. ; directed by Stephen Ives ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan ; produced by Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor.

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FilmPublisher number: 88583 | PBS Home VideoPublisher: [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home VideoDistributor: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home EntertainmentCopyright date: ©2004Edition: StandardDescription: 5 videodiscs (707 minutes) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Audience:

Unrated
General
Juvenile

ISBN:

1415702489
9781415702482

Other title:

Title on container: Ken Burns presents The West

Uniform titles:

West (Television program)

Subject(s):

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.).

Production credits:

Executive producer, Ken Burns ; edited byRichard Hankin, Michael Levine, Adam Zucker ; music by Mathias Gohl.

Narrated by Peter Coyote ; cast: Keith Carradine, Ossie Davis, John Lithgow, Eli Wallach.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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
DVD	John Tomay Memorial Library	DVD Nonfiction	DVD NF WES (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	31030100051374

Originally produced as a documentary television program in 1996.

Special features (disc 1): making-of featurette (9 min.); interview with Burns & Ives (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 feature (disc 2): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

Special feature (disc 3): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

Special feature (disc 4): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

Special feature (disc 5): "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions).

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.

Executive producer, Ken Burns ; edited byRichard Hankin, Michael Levine, Adam Zucker ; music by Mathias Gohl.

Narrated by Peter Coyote ; cast: Keith Carradine, Ossie Davis, John Lithgow, Eli Wallach.

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.