The Way West - Episode 3 (1995)

Synopsis: The 4-part documentary THE WAY WEST from renowned filmmaker Ric Burns takes a photographic journey across an expanding America. Famous actors read the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the pioneering men and women who settled the Old West in the national expansion between 1845 and 1893. This... The 4-part documentary THE WAY WEST from renowned filmmaker Ric Burns takes a photographic journey across an expanding America. Famous actors read the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the pioneering men and women who settled the Old West in the national expansion between 1845 and 1893. This volume includes the third episode, "The War for the Black Hills: 1870-1876," which examines the dramatic events that led to the legendary battle between Native American tribes of the Northern Plains and the U.S. Army led by George Custer at Little Big Horn, Montana. [More]