Web site: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
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In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned his secretary, Meriwether Lewis, to lead a scientific expedition to explore and map the vast Louisiana Territory he had just purchased from France. Lewis asked an old friend, William Clark of Louisville's founding Clark family, to serve as co-captain. Ken Burns' film traces the route of their dramatic journey from mid-America to the Pacific and explores the extraordinary friendship between these two very different men. Hal Holbrook narrates.
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#101
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On May 14, 1804, Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery headed up the Missouri to explore the unknown territory just purchased by the United States from France. In addition to geographic and scientific exploration, they sought a water route to the Pacific.
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#102
[TV-PG]
With the help of guide Sacagawea and friendly Native American tribes, Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery make it through the snowy Bitterroot Mountains. After crossing the Continental Divide, they find themselves at last traveling with the current instead of struggling against it. Finally they catch sight of their goal: the Pacific Ocean.
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Links
Official web site: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/
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