Research Catalog

Title

The West [videorecording] / [presented by] Ken Burns ; a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV, Washington in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television ; directed by Stephen Ives.

Publication

[Atlanta, GA] : Turner Home Entertainment ; [Alexandria, VA] ; PBS Home Video, c1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Burns, Ken, 1953-
• Ives, Stephen.
• Coyote, Peter.
• Insignia Films.
• WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
• Turner Home Entertainment (Firm)
• PBS Video.

Description

9 videocassettes (707 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Beginning before the arrival of the first Europeans and extending into the 20th century, this series discusses the Native American tribes, Spanish explorers, American pioneers and homesteaders, and the steady expansion of the U.S. across the continent.

Alternative 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

Subject

• Documentary films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Television mini-series
• West (U.S.) > History

Note

• Issued also as: Time Life Video V716-01--V716-09.
• Episode titles from cassette labels.
• Originally telecast on PBS: c1996.

Credits (note)

• Writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan ; producers, Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; senior/executive producer, Ken Burns.

System Details (note)

• VHS.

Language (note)

• Closed-captioned.

Contents

episode 1. The people -- episode 2. Empire upon the trails -- episode 3. The speck of the future -- episode 4. Death runs riot -- episode 5. The greatest enterprise under God -- episode 6. Fight no more forever -- episode 7. The geography of hope -- episode 8. Ghost dance -- episode 9. One sky above us.

ISBN

• 0780613430 (v. 1)
• 0780613457 (v. 2)
• 0780613473 (v. 3)
• 0780613465 (v. 4)
• 0780613449 (v. 5)
• 0780613481 (v. 6)
• 078061349X (v. 7)
• 0780613503 (v. 8)
• 0780613511 (v. 9)
• 0783585136 (v. 1)
• 0783585144 (v. 2)
• 0783585152 (v. 3)
• 0783585160 (v. 4)
• 0783585179 (v. 5)
• 0783585187 (v. 6)
• 0783585195 (v. 7)
• 0783585209 (v. 8)
• 0783585217 (v. 9)

Title

The West [videorecording] / [presented by] Ken Burns ; a co-production of Insignia Films and WETA-TV, Washington in association with Florentine Films and Time-Life Video & Television ; directed by Stephen Ives.

Imprint

[Atlanta, GA] : Turner Home Entertainment ; [Alexandria, VA] ; PBS Home Video, c1996.

System Details

VHS.

Performer

Narrator: Peter Coyote.

Credits

Writers, Geoffrey C. Ward, Dayton Duncan ; producers, Stephen Ives, Jody Abramson, Michael Kantor ; senior/executive producer, Ken Burns.

Language

Closed-captioned.

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Added Author

Burns, Ken, 1953-

Ives, Stephen.

Coyote, Peter.

Insignia Films.

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

Turner Home Entertainment (Firm)

PBS Video.

Added Title

People [videorecording].

Empire upon the trails [videorecording].

Speck of the future [videorecording].

Death runs riot [videorecording].

Grandest enterprise under God [videorecording].

Fight no more forever [videorecording].

Geography of hope [videorecording].

Ghost dance [videorecording].

One sky above us [videorecording].

Publisher No.

B3337--B3345 Turner Home Entertainment

WEST-TL1--WEST-TL9 PBS Home Video

V716-01--V716-09 (v. 1-9) Time Life Video

Branch Call Number

VC 978 W