The Grandest Enterprise under God : The West, a Film by Stephen Ives / Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)

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This program explains how the transcontinental railroad was built, and then how it opened up the West to European settlers and brought on the extermination of the buffalo and the defeat of Southern Plains Indian tribes. Viewers will witness the transformation through first-person accounts from Nativ...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2011], ©1996.
Series:Films on Demand.
Subjects:
American bison.
Immigrants > United States.
Imperialism > History.
Indigenous peoples of North America > History.
Industries > United States > History.
Pioneers.
Transcontinental Railroad National Back Country Byway (Utah)
United States > Economic conditions.
United States > Territorial expansion.
West (U.S.) > History.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Genre:
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (84 min.) : sound, color, digital file.
Variant Title:
West, a Film by Stephen Ives
Other Uniform Title:West (Television program)
Format: Electronic Video

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Online Access

Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)