software, multimedia The Donner Party A Film by Ric Burns
- Summary
- Trapped in the Sierra Nevada mountains during the bitter winter of 1846, nearly 90 members of the Donner and Reed families longed for California's “Promised Land.” But a previously untraveled shortcut became a road to madness, death, and cannibali... Read more
- Contents
- Alexis de Tocqueville Quote (0:57) -- Introduction to The Donner Party (3:05) -- The Emigrants’ Guide to Oregon and California (2:50) -- April 16th, 1846 - Springfield Illinois (2:14) -- Departing for Independence Missouri (1:36) -- Shortcut Acros... Read more
- Format
- software, multimedia
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (90 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
- Publisher
- Films Media Group 1992
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