Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
| Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery |
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|---|---|
| Genre | Documentary |
| Written by | Dayton Duncan |
| Directed by | Ken Burns |
| Starring | (See cast for full list) |
| Narrated by | Hal Holbrook |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns |
| Cinematography | Buddy Squires, Ken Burns, Allen Moore |
| Editor(s) | Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers |
| Running time | 4 hours |
| Production company(s) | Florentine Films, WETA-TV |
| Distributor | PBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | November 4 – November 5, 1997 |
| External links | |
| ["http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/" Website] | |
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Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery is a 1997 documentary film about the Lewis and Clark Expedition directed and co-produced by Ken Burns. The film, produced by Burns' Florentine Films for Washington, DC PBS station WETA-TV, first aired on PBS on November 4 and 5, 1997.
Part 1 of the film covers the expedition up to the headwaters of the Missouri River. 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.
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.
The following summary appeared in the 2001 PBS DVD Gold release of the film:
"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. Louis to the headwaters of the Missouri River, over the Continental Divide to the Pacific. It was the United States' first exploration of the West and one of the nation's most enduring adventures."
"This extraordinary film tells the remarkable story of the entire Corps of Discovery -- not just the two famous Captains, but the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea, who brought along her infant son. Journey with them all, across a breath-taking landscape in an unforgettable experience that explores both the history -- and promise -- of America."
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