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- DirectorAdam Lee HamiltonJohn MontegrandeStarsJohn HenshawJordan DawesAndrew LondonThe story is set in 1844 when a group of working-class people from the town of Rochdale came together to change the unfair society they were living in. Fed up with dishonest and corrupt shopkeepers selling poor quality products at high prices they decide to take matters into their own hands. By pooling the few resources they have, the group manage to get enough money together to open their own shop and pledge to only sell quality, unadulterated products, sharing the profits fairly with their customers. The shop is only small and stocks just a handful of products like butter, flour and sugar, but the idea itself is revolutionary and the way they do business is fundamentally different in its nature.
- DirectorEugeniusz StarkyStarsAngela PienkosDonald E. PienkosJames S. PulaExamine the conditions and circumstances that ultimately led to the birth of the Unites States, and the extremely important, yet little known, role Polish immigrants played in the genesis of America as a country in the New World.
- DirectorR.G. SpringsteenStarsBill ElliottRobert BlakeAlice FlemingIn Chicago, Red catches the crook Bull and his two young accomplices. Hoping to reform the boys, he brings them back to the ranch. But upon returning he finds that part of the ranch has been burned and all the hands are quitting.
- DirectorDenton FlorianSam Houston (1793-1863) is remembered today primarily for his activities in Texas, but n fact he was also a giant of the frontier and a dominant American political figure in the 1800s. This path breaking film is the first to document Sam Houston's remarkable life, in which viewers will find surprising points of identification: the teen-aged runaway who fled his controlling family to live with the Indians, the rejected husband who learned too late that his wife did not love him, the alcoholic forced to choose between ruin and sobriety -very modern sounding challenges. Yet Sam Houston lived out a triumphant American story: the only person ever to govern two states, conquering general, two-term President of the Republic of Texas, U.S. House member, U.S. Senator, and at the end a southerner banished from power and hated for his devotion to the Union. No one who learns Sam Houston's story will ever see American history the same way again.
- DirectorEric PoulinStarsEric PoulinA long distance hiker maps out and walks a new 1000 mile wilderness hiking route across Nevada in search of the ultimate outdoor adventure.
- DirectorSimeon HalliganStarsPollyanna McIntoshLee WilliamsJoanne MitchellIt's Ed and Sarah's first night in their new home, a perfect farmhouse in the country. A new beginning away from their stressful city lives. It suddenly dawns on them: they do not belong here and they're certainly not welcome.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsTom CruiseNicole KidmanThomas GibsonA young Irish couple flee to the States, but subsequently struggle to obtain land and prosper freely.
- DirectorTom HarperStarsFelicity JonesEddie RedmayneHimesh PatelA balloon pilot and a scientist find themselves in a fight for survival while attempting to make discoveries in a gas balloon in the 1860s.
- DirectorJohn FordHenry HathawayGeorge MarshallStarsJames StewartJohn WayneGregory PeckA family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
- StarsJoseph M. MarshallIrene BedardGil BirminghamTales from the American West in the 19th century, told from the perspective of two families, one of white settlers and one of Native Americans.
- StarsDelbert HuntAndrew Patrick NelsonWalter Runningcrane Jr.As America expands westward, intrepid explorers and rugged mountain men risk their lives to blaze new trails into the wild frontier.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsBruce GreenwoodPaul DanoSettlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.
- StarsCampbell ScottH.W. BrandsMark CubanRockefeller, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Astor, Ford and Morgan. Their names are part of history and synonymous with the American dream. These men transformed every industry they touched: oil, rail, steel, shipping, automobiles, and finance.
- DirectorT.C. ChristensenStarsJasen WadeEmily WadleyJason CelayaThe Willie Handcart Company treks across America to the Salt Lake Valley, experiencing many trials and deaths, as well as 17 miracles.
- DirectorMarcus ColeStarsRichard ThomasMeredith MonroeWalton GogginsA version of the "Little House" stories that cover some of the events that take place in the last three books of the series and the book "The First Four Years" Laura is living on the prairie nere De Smet, South Dakota and eventually meets the man that she will marry, Almanzo Wilder. Life, however, is not easy on the prairie and after a crop lost to hail, the loss of their baby son, the burning down of their house, and a terrible bout of diptheria, the Wilders must make some hard choices about how to move on from the tragedies.
- DirectorStewart RaffillStarsRobert LoganHeather RattrayMark Edward HallIn this family classic, two orphans cross the Rocky Mountains in search of their heritage. The couple forms an uncertain alliance with a drifter and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime together.
- StarsElizabeth MontgomeryHal HolbrookJane SeymourFrontierswoman Sayward Luckett's struggles in Ohio during the late-18th and early-19th centuries.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJoanna PettetWilliam ShatnerDavid JanssenDespite some initial hesitations, a family from the East decides to try their luck by settling in the harsh and dangerous West in 1867.
- DirectorJames L. ConwayStarsRobert FullerAndrew PrineMichael CallanA grim incident from American pioneer history is recreated as a determined group of settlers, facing almost insurmountable odds, struggles to reach California in 1846. Already divided by internal dissension over the choice of a leader and the selection of a route, the wagon train is soon decimated by Indian raids, a scarcity of food and water, and the unrelenting forces of nature. Finally after months of hardship, the party reaches the High Sierras, only to be stranded in the middle of the pass by an early snowstorm. And as fear of an agonizing death from starvation forces the abandonment of conventional rules of human behavior, the pioneers face a new enemy - each other.
- StarsRichard ChamberlainBenny GibsonAlice KrigeFollows Fremont as he chosen to lead the journey into the Oregon Territory with the help of Kit Carson.
- DirectorRob SibleyStarsGerald N. LundIn 1879 a faithful group of Utahans sought to establish a settlement in southeastern Utah. Their six month journey would required conquering rugged impassable territory, sheer sandstone walls, steep mountainsides and solid rock ridges. The pioneers began by blasting a roadway through a rocky crevice barely large enough for a man to walk through. Then workers tacked a roadway on to the side of a vertical mountain and constructed a ferry to cross a treacherous river. Through that "Hole in the Rock", 250 men women and children, 83 wagons and over a thousand head of livestock descended to the perilous Colorado River. Hosted by author Gerald N. Lund, this powerful documentary relates stories of faith, ingenuity and courage as told by descendants of the Hole in the Rock expedition.
- DirectorGeorge ShermanStarsFess ParkerEd AmesPatricia BlairDaniel Boone leads a party of settlers into Kentucky to found the town of Boonesborough. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with a lovely, red-haired servant named Rebecca and must vie with the gambler, Jim Santee for her affection.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsGene AutryChampionGail DavisBaddies McLain and Riker charge settlers what the traffic will bear for supplies. When Autry attempts to help out, the outlaws go after him.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsGene AutryChampionKathleen CaseEx-Pony Express rider Autry ties to protect his US mail franchise as the Pony Express gives way to stage coach mail and the telegraph.
- DirectorGeorge ArchainbaudStarsGene AutryChampionGail DavisOne of a bunch of gangsters trying to push the old protection racket on western ranchers turns out to be Gene's younger brother.