The West (1996)

The West, sometimes marketed as Ken Burns Presents: The West, is a documentary film about the American Old West. It was directed by Stephen Ives and the executive producer was Ken Burns. The film originally aired on PBS in September 1996.

The West

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as Self as Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice)

Keith Carradine

Keith Carradine

as Self as Self (voice)

as Self as Self / John R. Gills (voice)

as Self - Narrator

N. Scott Momaday

N. Scott Momaday

as Self - Writer

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick

as Self - William Swain

as Self - Brigham Young

as Self (voice)

George Plimpton

George Plimpton

as Self (voice)

as Self (voice)

as Self (voice)

as Self / Charles Goodnight (voice)

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

1x1

The people (1500-1806)
1x2

Empire upon the trails (1806-1848)
1x3

The speck of the future (1848-1856)
1x4

Death runs riot (1856-1868)
1x5

The grandest enterprise under god (1868-1874)
1x6

Fight no more forever (1874-1877)
1x7

The geography of hope (1877-1887)
1x8

Ghost dance (1887 -1914)
1x9

One sky above us (1887-1914)

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