The Wild West Uncovered

Production
2006, France
French
00:52:00
Genre
documentary
archeology, discovery
Elmar Bartlmae
Elmar Bartlmae
Gédéon programmes
Gédéon programmes

The American Wild West of legend is a sprawling desert fraught with promise and danger… A land of characters larger than life, whose exploits were celebrated - and undoubtedly embroidered - by the then-young travel writer Mark Twain. Today, an archaeological dig in the heart of gold rush country - Virginia City, Nevada - is turning old cliches about the Wild West on their heads. A dynamic team of experts, unearthing artifacts from iconic Western institutions - saloons - are finding evidence that the real 19th century West is even more intriguing that its legend.