A triumph of the human spirit, the transcontinental railroad opens a new era in the West, carrying homesteaders onto the prairies, bringing cowboys up the cattle trail from Texas, helping give women the vote in Utah and sending buffalo hunters onto the plains, where they drive a symbol of the West -- and a way of life -- to the brink of extinction.
Title | The West - Season 1 Episode 5 The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874) |
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Year | 1996 |
Genre | Documentary |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | PBS |
Cast | Peter Coyote, N. Scott Momaday, Murphy Guyer, John Trudell, Eli Wallach, Arthur Miller |
Crew | Geoffrey C. Ward (Writer), Stephen Ives (Writer), Stephen Ives (Director), Ken Burns (Executive Producer), Paul Barnes (Editor) |
Alternative Titles | Ken Burns: The West, Ken Burns Presents: The West |
Keyword | wild west |
First Air Date | Sep 15, 1996 |
Last Air date | Sep 23, 1996 |
Season | 1 Season |
Episode | 9 Episode |
Runtime | 80:14 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb: | 8.40/ 10 by 16.00 users |
Popularity | 10.147 |
Language | English |