Buffalo Bill
Type
Label
Buffalo Bill
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
NRC
Main title
Buffalo Bill
Medium
electronic resource
Runtime
60
Summary
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody's legendary exploits helped create the myth of the American West that still endures today. Born in an Iowa log cabin in 1846, he fought Indians, worked as a Pony Express rider, and earned his nickname while hunting buffalo to feed the construction crews of the Kansas Pacific Railroad. After the Civil War he scouted for the U.S. Army along America's vast western frontier. In 1883, just as that frontier was disappearing, he transformed himself into a master showman, creating and starring in a world-famous traveling show that brought the "real" Wild West to life. Part circus, part history, "Buffalo Bill's Wild West" toured for three decades, playing to enthusiastic crowds across the United States and Europe. Though Cody made a fortune from the show's success, he was nearly bankrupt when he died 1817. This AMERICAN EXPERIENCE production will draw upon rich archival materials of the period to explore the man behind the legend, revealing the complexity of Buffalo Bill's extraordinary life
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Subject
- Entertainers -- United States -- Biography
- Entertainers -- West (U.S.)
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- History -- 19th century
- Wild west shows + History -- 19th century
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
- Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- Pioneers -- West (U.S.)
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 -- Relations with Indians of North America
- United States -- History -- 19th century
Content
Director
Is Derivative Of
Narrator
Producer
resource.screenwriter
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor5
- Genre1
- Subject12
- Entertainers -- United States -- Biography
- Entertainers -- West (U.S.)
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.)
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Indians of North America -- Great Plains -- History -- 19th century
- Wild west shows + History -- 19th century
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917
- Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- West (U.S.) -- Biography
- Pioneers -- West (U.S.)
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890
- Buffalo Bill, 1846-1917 -- Relations with Indians of North America
- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Content1
- Director1
- Is Derivative Of1
- Narrator1
- Producer1
- resource.screenwriter1