Program advisors included Allen, Ambrose, Heat-Moon and Ronda. Ward served as Senior Creative Consultant. Kemper Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and by the Montana Department of Commerce, whose voice-over in the original introduction draws a famous quote from a journal entry by Meriwether Lewis: 'Montana, where 'scenes of visionary enchantment' can still be discovered'.

Mylie Lawyer - descendant of Nez Perce Chief Twisted Hair, whom befriended the expeditionįunding for the film was provided by General Motors, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, PBS viewers, the William T.

Gerard Baker - member of the Mandan- Hidatsa, tribes whom befriended the expedition.

Ambrose - historian who wrote Undaunted Courage about Lewis and the expedition

Dayton Duncan - writer and co-producer of this film, among others.

Tim Clark, Ken Little Hawk, Daniel von Bargen, John Trudell - voices.

Sam Waterston - Thomas Jefferson (Waterson also played Jefferson in Burns' Thomas Jefferson film).

The voice-over cast reading quotes from the people involved included: Journey with them all, across a breath-taking landscape in an unforgettable experience that explores both the history-and promise-of America.' 'This extraordinary film tells the remarkable story of the entire Corps of Discovery-not just the two famous Captains, but the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea, who brought along her infant son. It was the United States' first exploration of the West and one of the nation's most enduring adventures.' Louis to the headwaters of the Missouri River, over the Continental Divide to the Pacific. 'Sent by President Thomas Jefferson to find the fabled Northwest Passage, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark led the most important expedition in American history-a voyage of danger and discovery from St. The following summary appeared in the 2001 PBS DVD Gold release of the film: The film, as with most of Burns' individual biography documentaries, is part of his American Lives film project, and is so credited in the copyright. Part 2 covers the meeting with the Shoshone, the treacherous crossing of the mountains, the downstream rush to reach the Pacific Ocean, and the ambitious explorations of the return trip. Part 1 of the film covers the expedition up to the headwaters of the Missouri River.

It is produced by Burns' Florentine Films for Washington, DC PBS station WETA-TV, first aired on PBS on November 4 and 5, 1997. Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery is a 1997 television documentary miniseries about the Lewis and Clark Expedition directed and co-produced by Ken Burns. American TV series or program Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

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