The Donner Party / a Steeplechase Films production ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; WNET/Thirteen ; written and directed by Ric Burns ; produced by Lisa Ades and Ric Burns.
Publication Info.
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS DVD Video : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2003]
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Note
Originally broadcast as a segment of the PBS television series: The American experience in 1992.
Performer
Host, narrator, David McCullough.
Summary
Chronicles the tale of the pioneer group that set out for California in the spring of 1846 and ended in disaster in the snows of the Sierra Nevada Mountains the following winter.