Views of a Vanishing Frontier (trailer) (American Experience season 1, episode 13) (1988)
Title
Views of a Vanishing Frontier (trailer) (American Experience season 1, episode 13) (1988)
Subject
Indians of North America--Great Plains
Wied, Maximilian, -- Prinz von, -- 1782-1867.
Bodmer, Karl, -- 1809-1893.
URL
Trailer
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Description
Content description from WorldCat.org
(https://www.worldcat.org/title/views-of-a-vanishing-frontier/oclc/705371674):
This film documents the historic journey of Prince Maximilian zu Wied, a German aristocrat, and the Swiss artist, Karl Bodmer, to the American West in 1832-34. Retraces the two-year expedition to the upper reaches of the Missouri River (present-day Montana), and evokes the experience by using Bodmer's original paintings, extensive location photography, and words from Prince Maxmilian's diary.
Ephemera: none available
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(https://www.worldcat.org/title/views-of-a-vanishing-frontier/oclc/705371674):
This film documents the historic journey of Prince Maximilian zu Wied, a German aristocrat, and the Swiss artist, Karl Bodmer, to the American West in 1832-34. Retraces the two-year expedition to the upper reaches of the Missouri River (present-day Montana), and evokes the experience by using Bodmer's original paintings, extensive location photography, and words from Prince Maxmilian's diary.
Ephemera: none available
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Craig B. Fisher (director and writer)
Helen Ashton (writer)
George P. Horse Capture (presenter)
Werner Klemperer (voice of Prince Maximilian of Bavaria)
Sam Waterston (narrator)
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
WGBH
Date
1988 December 27
Citation
“Views of a Vanishing Frontier (trailer) (American Experience season 1, episode 13) (1988),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/66.