TY  - ADVS
AU  - Abramson,Jody
AU  - Burns,Ken
AU  - Coyote,Peter
AU  - Duncan,Dayton
AU  - Ives,Stephen
AU  - Kantor,Michael
AU  - Ward,Geoffrey C.
ED  - Florentine Films.
ED  - Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association.
ED  - Insignia Films.
ED  - Paramount Home Video (Firm)
ED  - PBS Home Video.
ED  - Time Life Video & Television.
ED  - West Film Project, Inc.
ED  - WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
TI  - The West
SN  - 1415702489
PY  - 2004///
CY  - [Alexandria, Va.], Hollywood, Calif.
PB  - PBS Home Video, Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
KW  - DVD
KW  - Frontier and pioneer life
KW  - West (U.S.)
KW  - History
KW  - Documentary television programs
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
N1  - "Presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition"--Container; Originally produced as a documentary television program in 1996; Special features (disc 1): making-of featurette (9 min.); interview with Burns & Ives (originally broadcast on The Charlie Rose Show, 22 min.); 4 interactive maps; "The West" trivia quiz (10 questions); "Did you know ...? Frontier facts" (10 entries); disc 1. Ep. 1, The people (82 min.) -- disc 2. Eps. 2 & 3, Empire upon the trails (84 min.) ; The speck of the future (84 min.) -- disc 3. Eps. 4 & 5, Death runs riot (84 min.) ; The grandest enterprise under God (84 min.) -- disc 4. Eps. 6 & 7, Fight no more forever (85 min.) ; The geography of hope (84 min.) -- disc 5, Eps. 8 & 9, Ghost dance (58 min.) ; One sky above us (62 min.); Editors, Richard Hankin, Michael Levine, Adam Zucker ; music by Mathias Gohl; Narrated by Peter Coyote; Not rated; PBS Home Video
N2  - 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
ER  -