Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (1997)

Directed by

Ken Burns

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

4h

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary miniseries follows the Lewis and Clark Expedition as they travel west across North America. The first part covers their journey up the Missouri River. The second part shows their meeting with the Shoshone people, the crossing of the mountains, and their return trip.

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What happens

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. It is produced by Burns' Florentine Films for Washington, DC PBS station WETA-TV, first aired on PBS on November 4 and 5, 1997. The first part of the film covers the expedition up to the headwaters of the Missouri River. The second part of the film 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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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