An NBC SPECIAL broadcast.
"Bonanza's" Lorne Greene forsakes the Ponderosa for a wilder range to tell the story of the American West...the savage beautiful land west of the Mississippi and north of the Rio Grande.
Geene and singer Beatrice Kay chronicle the days of the early settlers, prospectors, Indians, lawmen, gunmen, wagon trains, cattle drives, railroad builders, church socials, dance halls and the Pony Express.
Joe Reisman conducts the orchestra. Included, a medley of songs by a Chorus of singers.
HIGHLIGHTS:
"The Land to Which They Came" "Ol' Tin Cup," "Ringo," "I've Been Workin' on the Railroad," "Bringing in the Sheaves," "Ghost Riders in the Sky."---------------------------------Lorne Greene
"Buffalo Gal," "What is a Home Without a Mother?"---Beatrice Kay
"Shenandoah," "Sweet Betsy from Pike,"
"Red River Valley"---------------------------------Chorus
"Pony Express"--------------------------------------All