The docu, finishing off the exploration, tells what happened to the hearty Clark and to several of the men.
Not much is known about the near-anonymous young men and what happened to most of them after their return from the long journey there’s strong material for an imaginative screenwriter. The Corps hired Charbonneau as an interpreter, but it’s Sacagawea who, acting as guide, became their real connection with the West. The greatest fortune for the travelers was encountering Sacagawea, a young Shoshone woman married to French trader Toussaint Charbonneau. It’s difficult to conceive how the proud Native American could swallow the arrogant pronouncements. The so-secure explorers explained to various tribal chiefs that the Indians were, like children, under the protection of the great chief in Washington. The Mandans and the Nez Perce welcomed them the Teton Sioux and the Blackfeet they encountered were less accommodating. The Indians’ reactions are another matter. The journals of the leaders and the men reflect their bravery and resourcefulness, and are often touchingly human, as when, after a long period of short supplies, one of the expedition members writes apologetically of eating horse meat. His companions, as the docu poignantly demonstrates, named the hilltop where they buried him Floyd Bluff. Charles Floyd, died in what’s now Idaho, apparently from a burst appendix. Louis not only behaved, after a few setbacks, but survived. The men, in their early 20s, generally stuck by the rules from all accounts, the small team starting in St. How York is eventually treated is a sad comment on the people of an era.Ī formidable team, Lewis and Clark established and administered any necessary punishment, including lashes to the back. A straightforward, red-headed Virginian, Clark took along his slave, York, because he had grown so dependent on him. Lewis suffered from what seems to have been occasional depression Clark, more emotionally stable, was robust. Lewis, 29, a former military officer and Jefferson’s private secretary for two years, was chosen by the president for the job Lewis selected his friend and former military commander Clark, 33, to go along into history. The leaders’ backgrounds and relationship are described early on. Burns’ cameras catch first impressions of the Missouri’s White Cliffs, sandstone formations that still rise today like ancient fortresses the Pacific (after first mistaking the Columbia’s wide gorge for the sea) the Continental Divide the three forks in the Missouri. Mountain ranges, rushing streams, thick forests, strong river currents and unimaginable waterfalls faced the explorers. Colors are startling, with blues too blue, trees too high, wide open spaces breathtakingly wide and open. And they do it in the best way: by re-creating with cameras what the expedition saw. The filmmakers capture the imposing grandeur as it was first viewed. WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.Burns and Duncan splendidly convey the utter vastness and foreignness of these unknown 2,000 miles of the American continent. Other contributors Burns, Ken, 1953- Duncan, Dayton. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. United States- Discovery and exploration. Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) West (U.S.)- Description and travel. Subject headings Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809. Special features: Ken Burns: Making history a Conversation with Ken Burns the making of Lewis & Clark featurette Charlie Rose interviews with producers Ken Burns, Dayton Duncan and author Stephen Ambrose. 10, 1997.Īlso issued as part of the box set Ken Burns American lives. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them. Tells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
LEWIS AND CLARK CORPS OF DISCOVERY KEN BURNS FULL
Voices, Adam Arkin, Murphy Guyer, Sam Waterston, Matthew Broderick, Kevin Conway, Tantoo Cardinal narrator, Hal Holbrook.Įditors, Paul Barnes, Erik Ewers cinematography, Buddy Squires, Ken Burns, Allen Moore.ĭVD, region 1, full screen presentation Dolby Digital surround stereo. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, c2004.Ģ videodiscs (240 min.) : sd., col., b&w sequences 4 3/4 in. Lewis & Clark : the journey of the Corps of Discovery / a film by Ken Burns a Florentine Films and WETA-TV produced by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns written by Dayton Duncan.
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