The Donner Party
8.2
Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey penetrated to the very heart of the American Dream at a crucial phase of the nation's "manifest destiny." Touching some of the most powerful social, economic and political currents of the time, this extraordinary narrative remains one of the most compelling and enduring episodes to come out of the West.
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David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
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Ric Burns Director · Brian Keane Composer Buddy Squires Cinematographer
United States release January 14, 2003 · Produced in United States
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 28, 1992
TV · PBS "American Experience"
United States · January 14, 2003
Physical · DVD
Japan
November 7, 1993
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