Gary Sinise, Jason Robards, Jimmy Smits

Historian and Academy Award nominee Ken Burns and his talented team mine vintage photographs, music, maps, letters, newspapers and more to bring to life the struggles and challenges Americans faced in...( read more  read more... ) the 19th century as they embarked on a westward expansion. It was a world full of possibility for those willing to risk the dangers of this largely unknown territory, and both the successes and the failures are chronicled in this miniseries.

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Directed by: Stephen Ives

Release Date: December 31, 1996

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DVD Release Date: September 30, 2003

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