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

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The West, Ken Burns presents a film by Stephen Ives ; directed by Stephen Ives ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan ; produced by Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV Washington in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television, Disc four
Language
eng
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videorecording
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MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
The West
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videorecording DVD
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Ken Burns presents a film by Stephen Ives ; directed by Stephen Ives ; written by Geoffrey C. Ward & Dayton Duncan ; produced by Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV Washington in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television
Runtime
169
Summary
Episode 6. Focuses on the resistance by Indians and Mormons to U.S. westward movement in the 1870s. Includes the stories of Sittng Bull & the battle of the Little Bighorn, Brigham Young, and Chief Joseph & the Nez Perce. Episode 7. Native Americans find themselves confined to reservations, while the open West lures landless Europeans and newly freed slaves to settle and put the land to new uses
Table Of Contents
Episode 6. Fight no more forever -- Episode 7. The geography of hope
Technique
live action
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