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  Title

  West (Television program)

  Author

  Burns, Ken, 1953-  

  Publisher:

  PBS Home Video ;

  Pub date:

  c2010.

  Pages:

  5 videodiscs (711 min.) :

  ISBN:

  1415702489

  Item info:

  1 copy available at Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library.
  

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    Sugar Grove Campus --Todd Library	Copies	Material	Location	Map
    F591 .W44 2010 DISC 1-5	1	DVD 3-Day Circulation	Circulation Desk

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  Uniform title:

  West (Television program)

  Title:

  The West [videorecording] / Ken Burns presents ; directed by Stephen Ives ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan ; produced by Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; senior producer, Ken Burns ; 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.

  Publication info:

  [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif., c2010.

  Physical description:

  5 videodiscs (711 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

  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.).

  Credits:

  Editors, Richard Hankin, Michael Levine, Adam Zucker ; supervising editor, Paul Barnes ; director of photography, Buddy Squires with Allen Moore ; music by Matthias Gohl.

  Performer:

  Narrated by Peter Coyote.

  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.

  Audience:

  Not rated PBS Home Video.

  Held by:

  TODD

  Subject term:

  Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)

  Subject term:

  Films for the hearing impaired.

  Geographic term:

  West (U.S.)--History.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Burns, Ken, 1953-

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Ives, Stephen.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Ward, Geoffrey C.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Duncan, Dayton.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Abramson, Jody.

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Kantor, Michael, 1961-

  Added Entry-Personal Name:

  Coyote, Peter.

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  Insignia Films.

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  Florentine Films.

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  Time Life Video & Television.

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  West Film Project, Inc.

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association.

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  PBS Home Video.

  Added Entry-Corporate Name:

  Paramount Home Video (Firm)

  HTTP:

  http://videoindex.pbs.org/program/series.asp?nola=WESTDX0

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