Santa Fe trail

Duration: 0:17:40

Genre: Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1979

Creator: BFA Educational Media: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Retraces the development of the Santa Fe Trail, which began as a trade route and contributed to the growth of the western states. Depicts its importance as a military road and its use by pioneers on their way to California and Colorado until the coming of the railroad. Shows the countryside the route passes through and simulates activities of the pioneers who traveled it., Follows the lives of J. E. B. Stuart, George Custer, and other characters as the leave West Point in the years before the Civil War. Some join John Brown's army, others are sent to quash John Brown. Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Haviland, Ronald Reagan, Raymond Massey.

Complete Record: , Retraces the development of the Santa Fe Trail, which began as a trade route and contributed to the growth of the western states. Depicts its importance as a military road and its use by pioneers on their way to California and Colorado until the coming of the railroad. Shows the countryside the route passes through and simulates activities of the pioneers who travelled it., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.