American Pioneer

Duration: 740

Year Published: 1952

Creator: Almanac Films

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Shows the types of people, modes of transportation, and physical dangers encountered in the period of American expansion westward. Includes the building of a frontier fort with the use of primitive tools and native lumber. Points out the conflict between the pioneers and the Eastern land speculators who tried to exploit their efforts, and the economic and social motives for the westward movement.

Complete Record: Explains the types of people, modes of transportation and various physical dangers in the period of American expansion westward. Shows the building of a frontier fort with primitive tools and native lumber.; Skeletal entry

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