Notorious Robberies
The western frontier attracted all kinds of honest hard working men and women in search of wealth, happiness and a better way of life. The West also attracted another breed of individual, ruthless and lazy men and women who wanted to get rich quick without working. They were called bandits, highway...
| Other Authors: | Arts and Entertainment Network., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2011]
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sound, color, digital file. |
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| Summary: |
The western frontier attracted all kinds of honest hard working men and women in search of wealth, happiness and a better way of life. The West also attracted another breed of individual, ruthless and lazy men and women who wanted to get rich quick without working. They were called bandits, highway men or just plain robbers. Frontier robberies made headlines in newspapers all across the country and the robbers themselves became famous, not by settling the West but by stealing from it. |
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| Item Description: |
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 19, 2011. Credits: Notorious Robberies (0:11) -- Native American Perspective on American West (2:04) -- Stage Coach Robbery (5:20) -- Black Bart: Gentleman Stage Robber (4:30) -- Joaquin Murrieta: Hispanic Robin Hood (2:55) -- Train Robberies, a Western Epidemic (3:00) -- Pearl Hart: Female Bandit (3:30) -- The Grey Fox and Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch (4:18) -- Wiping out the Disease of Train Robbery (2:25) -- Social Bandits in the West (2:48) -- Black Jack Ketchum (2:47) -- Bank Bandits (3:31) -- The Dalton Gang (5:31) Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. The western frontier attracted all kinds of honest hard working men and women in search of wealth, happiness and a better way of life. The West also attracted another breed of individual, ruthless and lazy men and women who wanted to get rich quick without working. They were called bandits, highway men or just plain robbers. Frontier robberies made headlines in newspapers all across the country and the robbers themselves became famous, not by settling the West but by stealing from it. 9 & up. Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (45 min.) : sound, color, digital file. |
| Format: |
Mode of access: Internet. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Audience: |
9 & up. |
| Access: |
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |