Written and Directed by
Ric Burns

Produced by
Lisa Ades, Ric Burns

Edited by
Bruce Shaw

Narrated by
David McCullough

Voices
J.D. Cannon
Timothy Hutton
Gene Jones
Amy Madigan
Donal McCann
George Plimpton
Paul Roebling
Lois Smith
Frances Sternhagen
Eli Wallach

Cinematography
Buddy Squires with Allen Moore

Associate Producer
Matthew Butcher

Assistant Editor
Edward Barteski, Jr.

Sound Editor
Ira Spiegel

Senior Creative Consultants
Richard Snow
Geoffrey Ward

Consultants
Thomas Andrews
Donald Buck
Donald L. Hardesty
Thomas H. Hunt
Joseph A. King
Merrill J. Mattes
Patricia Nelson Limerick
Richard Rhoads
Max Rudin
Wallace Stegner

Original Music Composed and Arranged by
Brian Keane

Sound Recording
Steve Longstreth, Roger Sherman, Buddy Squires

Assistant Sound Editor
Edward Barteski, Jr.

Apprentice Editor
Christopher White

Re-recording Mixer
Lee Dichter, Sound One Corporation

Voice-over Recording
Lou Verrico, A&J Recording Studios, Sound Dimensions

Music Mixing Engineer
Ron Bach

Animation Photography
George Davis, Eighth Frame Camera

Map Animation
Balsmeyer & Everett

Negative Matching
Noelle Penrat

Title Design
Jim Madden, Asterisk

Titles and Opticals
John Alagna, The Effects House

Optical Effects
John E. Allen, Inc., Cinema Arts, Inc.

Color Timing
Dave Pultz, Du Art Film Labs

Film to Tape Transfer
John J. Dowdell, III, The Tape House

Interns
Chet Bridgeman, Norman Cohen

Musicians

Guitar, Synthesizers
Brian Keane

Banjo
Eric Weissberg

Piano
John Boswell

Fiddle
Kenneth Kosek

Harmonica
William Galison

Main Theme Music

"Dark Spanish Symphony"
composed by Angelo Badalamenti
courtesy of Polygram Music and MCA Music

Additional Pre-Recorded Music

"The White Arcades"
"Children on the Hill"
"Gunfighter"
"Wanderer"
"Algebra of Darkness"
composed and performed by Harold Budd
courtesy of Upala Music, Inc.
and Warner Bros. Records
by arrangement with Warner Special Products

"A Strange Day in the Countryside"
performed by Clannad
from their album Crann Ull
courtesy of Tara Records

"Fear and Loathing at 4th and Butternut"
performed by John Fahey
courtesy of Varrick/Rounder Records

"White Cockade"
performed by The Village Green
courtesy of North Star Records

Archival Material
Special thanks to the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

The Bancroft Library
The Huntington Library
Sutter's Fort State Historic Park and The Berkshire Museum
California Department of Parks
California Historical Society
California State Library
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Colorado Historical Society
Denver Public Library, Western History Department
Donner Memorial State Park
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Fort Bridger State Historic Site
Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum
Thomas Gilcrease Institute
Grantsville Museum
Illinois State Historical Library
John Wornell House Museum
Kansas Historical Society
M. H. DeYoung Museum
Missouri Historical Society
National Archives
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Nevada Historical Society
New York Historical Society
Oakland Museum
University of Nevada-Reno Library
University of San Francisco, Richard A. Gleeson Library
University of Utah, Marriott Library
Utah Historical Society
American Heritage Society
University of Wyoming
Robert Weinstein Collection
Wyoming State Museum
Yuba County Library

Special thanks to
Angelo Badalamenti
David Bigler
Mike Brown
Donner Memorial State Park
Ellie Huggins
Mary-Ellen Jones
Alan Jutzi
Michael Kantor
National Frontier Trails Center
Oregon-California Trails Association
Michael Tucker

This program was made possible in part by generous grants from The National Endowment for the Humanities, The California Council for the Humanities, and The Missouri Humanities Council.

For AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Post Production Supervisor
FRANK CAPRIA

Post Production Assistant
REBECCA BARNES

Field Production
LARRY LeCAIN
BOB McCAUSLAND
CHAS NORTON

Series Designers
ALISON KENNEDY
CHRIS PULLMAN

Title Animation
SALVATORE RACITI
Wave, Inc.

On-line Editors
DAN WATSON
DOUG MARTIN

Series Theme
CHARLES KUSKIN

Series Theme Adaptation
MICHAEL BACON

Unit Manager
MARI LOU GRANGER

Project Administration
NANCY FARRELL
HELEN R. RUSSELL
ANN SCOTT

Publicity
DAPHNE B. NOYES
JOHANNA BAKER

Coordinating Producer
SUSAN MOTTAU

Series Editor
JOSEPH TOVARES

Senior Producer
MARK SAMELS

Executive Consultant
JUDY CRICHTON

Executive Producer
MARGARET DRAIN

A Steeplechase Films Production for AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is a production of WGBH/Boston.

Major funding for this series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Additional funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.

Corporate funding is provided by Scotts/Miracle-Gro.

©1997 WGBH Educational Foundation. All rights reserved.