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The West

Rated 8.419 votes19961 season1h 20mTV-PG

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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First aired
Sep 15, 1996
Status
Ended
Network
PBS
Episodes
9
Country
US

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S1 E1: The People (1500-1806)

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S1 E1 The People (1500-1806)

Sep 15, 1996

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.

  1. 1The People (1500-1806)
  2. 2Empire Upon The Trails (1806-1848)
  3. 3The Speck Of The Future (1848-1856)
  4. 4Death Runs Riot (1856-1868)
  5. 5The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874)
  6. 6Fight No More Forever (1874-1877)
  7. 7The Geography Of Hope (1877-1887)
  8. 8Ghost Dance (1887 -1914)
  9. 9One Sky Above Us (1887-1914)

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