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Horizons West

13 episodes · Armed Forces Radio Service · Historical

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Thirteen half-hour chapters following the Lewis and Clark expedition, from President Jefferson's first plans to the trip home down the Missouri. Written by Carl A. and William Tundberg and directed by William Lally, with John Anderson and Harry Bartell heading the cast.

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Undated

• Mr. Jefferson's Dream Armed Forces Radio Service · 31 min
  President Jefferson asks Captain Lewis to explore the lands beyond the Mississippi, and Lewis brings in his old friend Billy Clark to share the command.
• The Confrontation Armed Forces Radio Service · 31 min
  The expedition has its first deserter, and Sergeant Floyd dies of a sickness no one can name.
• Dakota Winter Armed Forces Radio Service · 31 min
  Wintering in Dakota country, the expedition takes on Sacajawea.
• Into the Unknown Armed Forces Radio Service · 31 min
  Heading west toward the Rocky Mountains, the men run into a grizzly, the expedition's dog comes to the rescue, and a wrong river leads them north.
• The Great Falls Armed Forces Radio Service · 31 min
  The party works its way upriver toward the high mountains, helped along by a cure of chokeberry tea.
• Shoshone Country Armed Forces Radio Service · 31 min
  Needing horses, the captains go looking for a tribe that keeps out of sight. Sacajawea is reunited with her people, the horses are found, and word comes of hostile tribes ahead.
• To the Pacific Armed Forces Radio Service · 30 min
  Through rapids, long carries and hostile country, the expedition reaches the shore of the Pacific.
• Fort on the Columbia Armed Forces Radio Service · 30 min
  The men build a fort to carry them through a wet winter and keep them safe.
• Homeward Bound Armed Forces Radio Service · 31 min
  The long trip home begins, with raiders and thieves along the way.
• Decision at Traveler's Rest Armed Forces Radio Service · 30 min
  A pleasant stay with friendly tribes on the way back, and then the expedition decides to split up.
• Clark and the Horse Thieves Armed Forces Radio Service · 31 min
  Raiders keep making off with the expedition's horses.
• Lewis and the Black Feet Armed Forces Radio Service · 31 min
  Lewis leads a dangerous crossing of Blackfeet country.
• Down the Missouri to St. Louis Armed Forces Radio Service · 31 min
  The last chapter: the expedition comes home down the Missouri to St. Louis.