America: The Story of the US Westward (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, History

America: The Story of the US

Westward (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, History

Trailblazing pioneers set out to conquer the vast continent west of the mountains, but find the land already claimed. Wagon trains meet danger and hardship on the road to unprecedented riches in California's golden hills.

Directors

Andrew Chater | Marion Milne (series)

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Edit Released

Updated May 2, 2010

Release date

May 2, 2010 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 6 nominations

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Daniel Webb Narrator (voice) (version: International) (as Danny Webb) Narrator (voice) (version: International) (as Danny Webb) See fewer	America: The Story of the US (2010)
Michael Douglas Self Self See fewer	Wall Street (1987)
Colin Powell Self Self See fewer	Madam Secretary (2014)
Richard Machowicz Self Self See fewer	Gamer (2009)
Robert Warrior Self Self See fewer	Freedom Riders (2009)
Donald Trump Self Self See fewer	The Apprentice (2004)
Brian Williams Self Self See fewer	NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970)
Jeannette Walls Self Self See fewer	The Glass Castle (2017)
Buzz Aldrin Self Self See fewer	Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
David Baldacci Self Self See fewer	Absolute Power (1997)
Alberto Camarillo Self (as Al Camarillo) Self (as Al Camarillo) See fewer	California and the American Dream (2005)
Sheryl Crow Self Self See fewer	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
H.W. Brands Self Self See fewer	The American West (2016)
Jimmy Wales Self Self See fewer	Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web (2017)
John Legend Self Self See fewer	La La Land (2016)
Annette Gordon-Reed Self Self See fewer	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Richard Slotkin Self Self See fewer	Justice Files (1992)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self (as Henry Louis Gates) Self (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Tom Brokaw Self Self See fewer	NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970)
Leon Clingman Lewis Keseberg Lewis Keseberg See fewer	The Siege of Jadotville (2016)
Matthew Dylan Roberts James Howden James Howden See fewer	Lost Boys: The Thirst (2010)
Liev Schreiber Self - Narrator Self - Narrator See fewer	Spotlight (I) (2015)