Ken Burns Films

The West - Speck of the Future (1848 to 1856)

Directed by Ken Burns
1996 • E3    Sep 16, 1996    90m
The Gold Rush brings the whole world to the West, as 49ers from Asia, South America and the eastern states scramble for “a share of the rocks,” littering the hills with mining towns and creating the West’s first metropolis. But in the push to strike it rich, many are violently pushed aside.

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