Uniform Title West (Television program)

Title The West / Ken Burns presents a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV Washington in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan ; produced by Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; directed by Stephen Ives.

Publication Info.	[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, 2004.
	1996.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	DVD 978 WEST DISC 1-5	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction DVD	DVD 978 WEST DISC 1-5	Check Shelf
Southington Library - Adult	DVD 978 WES DISC 1-5	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD 978 WE DISC 1	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD 978 WE DISC 2	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD 978 WE DISC 3	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD 978 WE DISC 4	Check Shelf
Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department	DVD 978 WE DISC 5	Check Shelf

Description	5 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color & black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details	DVD, region 1; fullscreen presentation; Dolby surround stereo.
Performer	Narrated by Peter Coyote.
Credits	Editors, Richard Hankin, Michael Levine, Adam Zucker ; supervising editor, Paul Barnes ; director of photography, Buddy Squires with Allen Moore ; music by, Matthias Gohl.
Note	Originally produced as a documentary television program in 1996.
	Special features: The making of The West; Trivia on the West; Interactive maps.
Audience	Not rated.
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.
Contents	Disc 1. Ep. 1, The people (82 min.) -- Disc 2. Ep. 2, Empire upon the trails (84 min.) ; Ep. 3, The speck of the future (84 min.) -- Disc 3. Ep. 4, Death runs riot (84 min.) ; Ep. 5, The grandest enterprise under God (84 min.) -- Disc 4. Ep. 6, Fight no more forever (85 min.) ; Ep. 7, The geography of hope (84 min.) -- Disc 5, Ep. 8, Ghost dance (58 min.) ; Ep. 9, One sky above us (62 min.).
Language	English dialogue; closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Local Note	WNPLDVD
Subject	West (U.S.) -- History.
	Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
Genre/Form	Documentary television programs.
	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author	Burns, Ken, 1953-
	Ives, Stephen.
	Ward, Geoffrey C.
	Duncan, Dayton.
	Abramson, Jody.
	Kantor, Michael, 1961-
	Coyote, Peter.
	Insignia Films.
	WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
	Florentine Films.
	Time Life Video & Television.
	Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association.
	PBS Home Video.
	Paramount Home Video (Firm)
Note	Title on container: Ken Burns presents The West
Added Title	People.
	Empire upon the trails.
	Speck of the future.
	Death runs riot.
	Grandest enterprise under God.
	Fight no more forever.
	Geography of hope.
	Ghost dance.
	One sky above us.
ISBN	1415702489
	9781415702482
Standard No.	097368858343
	841887051279 (packaging)
Music No.	88583 PBS Home Video
	WEST600 PBS

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