The West

The West (1996)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • First Air Date: 1996-09-15
  • Last Air Date: 1996-09-23
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 9
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 80 min.
  • Production Company: Insignia Films
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Networks: PBS
  • Director: Stephen Ives
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Summary

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.

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The West Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 1996-09-15
9 Episodes

The West Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1The People (To 1806)82 min
Season 1Episode 2Empire Upon the Trails (1806-1848)84 min
Season 1Episode 3The Speck of the Future (1848-1856)85 min
Season 1Episode 4Death Runs Riot (1856-1868)84 min
Season 1Episode 5The Grandest Enterprise Under God (1868-1874)84 min
Season 1Episode 6Fight No More Forever (1874-1877)85 min
Season 1Episode 7The Geography of Hope (1877-1887)85 min
Season 1Episode 8One Sky Above Us (1887-1914)121 min
  • Peter Coyote

    as Self - Narrator
  • N. Scott Momaday

    as Self - Writer
  • Murphy Guyer

    as Self
  • John Trudell

    as Self
  • Eli Wallach

    as Self
  • Arthur Miller

    as Self
  • John Lithgow

    as Self
  • Gary Sinise

    as T. P. Eagan
  • Jimmy Smits

    as Self
  • Keith Carradine

    as Self
  • Adam Arkin

    as Self
  • Matthew Broderick

    as Self - William Swain
  • Ossie Davis

    as Self
  • Jason Robards

    as Self - Brigham Young
Writing Geoffrey C. Ward Writer
Writing Stephen Ives Writer
Directing Stephen Ives Director
Production Ken Burns Executive Producer
Editing Paul Barnes Editor