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PBS - Ken Burns: The West, USA History (1996) (Repost)

Posted By: Polik88

Date: 10 Jul 2014 22:01:57

The complete Ken Burns documentary series which tells of the taming of the Wild West. If you have seen and enjoyed Ken Burns legendary documentary mini-series, The American Civil War, then you will not be disappointed by The West.
Burns employs the same techniques (letters, photos, old maps, drawings with Hollywood actors providing the voices and historians occasionally fleshing out the tones) to tell the story of the American West. It is a wonderful story told from every angle. If you enjoy American history and value good film-making, then do not miss this wonderful documentary series.
In a conversation with us several years ago, the Kiowa poet N. Scott Momaday remarked that the American West "is a place that has to be seen to be believed, and it may have to be believed in order to be seen." For five years we have travelled that landscape, photographed its vistas, talked to its people, sought out its history, all as part of our production of THE WEST, an eight-part documentary series for public television.

Ken Burns - The West - 01 - The People (1500-1806)
Ken Burns - The West - 02 - Empire Upon The Trails (1806-1848)
Ken Burns - The West - 03 - The Speck Of The Future (1848-1856)
Ken Burns - The West - 04 - Death Runs Riot (1856-1868)
Ken Burns - The West - 05 - The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874)
Ken Burns - The West - 06 - Fight No More Forever (1874-1877)
Ken Burns - The West - 07 - The Geography Of Hope (1877-1887)
Ken Burns - The West - 08 - One Sky Above Us (1887-1914)

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