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

Publication Info.	[Alexandria, VA] : PBS DVD Gold ; [Burbank, Calif.] : Warner Home Video, 2003.
	1996.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	DVD 978.02 WEST DISC 1-5	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	DVD 978 WEST DISC 1-5	Check Shelf
Simsbury Public Library - DVDs	DVD 978 WEST DISC 1-4	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Audio-Visual Materials	DVD 978 W52 DISC 1-5	Check Shelf
Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department	DVD DOCUMENTARY WEST DISC 1	Check Shelf
Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department	DVD DOCUMENTARY WEST DISC 2	Check Shelf
Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department	DVD DOCUMENTARY WEST DISC 3	Check Shelf
Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department	DVD DOCUMENTARY WEST DISC 4	Check Shelf
Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department	DVD DOCUMENTARY WEST DISC 5	Check Shelf

Edition	Standard version.
Description	5 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Note	Originally televised in 1996.
	Special features: The making of The West, interview with the filmmakers, interactive maps, The West trivia quiz.
Contents	Disc 1. Episode 1. The people. Bonus DVD features -- Disc 2. Episode 2. Empire upon the trails. Episode 3. The speck of the future. -- Disc 3. Episode 4. Death runs riot. Episode 5. The grandest enterprise under God. --Disc 4. Episode 6. Fight no more forever. Episode 7. The geography of hope. --Disc 5. Episode 8. Ghost dance. Episode 9. One sky above us.
Credits	Director of photography, Buddy Squires with Allen Moore ; music by Matthias Gohl ; edited by Richard Hankin, Michael Levine and Adam Zucker.
Performer	Peter Coyote.
Summary	Chronicles the history of the American West beginning before the European settlers and continuing into the 20th century. Includes the peoples, the wagon trains, the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the transcontinental railroad and the destruction of the buffalo, wars against the Indians, settlers in the West, the Wounded Knee massacre, and beginnings of the new West.
System Details	DVD; stereo, surround.
Language	Closed-captioned.
Note	GMD: videorecording.
Subject	Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
	West (U.S.) -- History.
Added Author	Burns, Ken, 1953-
	Ives, Stephen.
	Coyote, Peter.
	Insignia Films.
	WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
	Florentine Films.
	Time Life Video & Television.
	PBS DVD (Firm)
	Warner Home Video (Firm)
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	0780643615 set
	130.00
Standard No.	794054889123
Music No.	B8891 PBS DVD Gold

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