- Lewis and clark corps of discovery ken burns full#
- Lewis and clark corps of discovery ken burns plus#
Lewis and clark corps of discovery ken burns full#
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B.The companion volume to Ken Burns's PBS documentary film, with more than 150 illustrations, most in full color.Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997).Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1991).The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984).The soundtrack of the recordings used in the film was released on RCA at the time of the film's debut.The book was written by Dayton Duncan, however, cover images available on retail sites also credit film co-producer Ken Burns as co-author. A paperback edition was released August 31, 1999. A hardcover companion book, subtitled An Illustrated History, was published at the time of the film's debut.
Lewis and clark corps of discovery ken burns plus#
Ambrose from March 1996 and Ken Burns & Dayton Duncan from Novemon Side A, and Part 2 of the film plus three bonus featurettes ("The Making of Lewis & Clark", "Ken Burns: Making History", and "A Conversation with Ken Burns") on Side B. This dual-sided DVD includes Part 1 of the film plus bonus Charlie Rose interviews with Stephen E. Ambrose joined Burns and Duncan and many of the reenactors of the month-long portage of the five falls of the Missouri River as the completed film segment about the portage was previewed. So for example, when the preview tour reached Great Falls that October, nearby resident and film contributor Stephen E. He suggested, in keeping with the "help along the way" spirit of the expedition, a preview tour honoring the people of the cities along the trail who helped make the film possible.Īs part of these events, their segment of the completed film was previewed prior to its airing on PBS. Ken Burns recalls in his Charlie Rose interview Novemthat primary film underwriter General Motors wanted to know how he wanted to celebrate their 10th anniversary of filmmaking together. Program advisors not appearing on camera included Gary E. Program advisors included Allen, Ambrose, Heat-Moon and Ronda. Ward served as Senior Creative Consultant. Kemper Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and by the Montana Department of Commerce, whose voice-over in the original introduction draws a famous quote from a journal entry by Meriwether Lewis: "Montana, where 'scenes of visionary enchantment' can still be discovered".
Ambrose - historian who wrote Undaunted Courage about Lewis and the expedition
"Sent by President Thomas Jefferson to find the fabled Northwest Passage, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the most important expedition in American history-a voyage of danger and discovery from St. The following summary appeared in the 2001 PBS DVD Gold release of the film: The film, as with most of Burns' individual biography documentaries, is part of his American Lives film project, and is so credited in the copyright. Part 2 covers the meeting with the Shoshone, the treacherous crossing of the mountains, the downstream rush to reach the Pacific Ocean, and the ambitious explorations of the return trip.
Part 1 of the film covers the expedition up to the headwaters of the Missouri River. It is produced by Burns' Florentine Films for Washington, DC PBS station WETA-TV, first aired on PBS on November 4 and 5, 1997. Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery is a 1997 television documentary miniseries about the Lewis and Clark Expedition directed and co-produced by Ken Burns.