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The American Buffalo

This is the era of the mythof inexhaustibility, the belief that the Westis so vast, that...

[Buffalo grunts] Punke: This is the era of the myth
of inexhaustibility, the belief that the West
is so vast, that the resources
are so vast that they
can never be exhausted

Full Transcript

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[Buffalo grunts]
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Punke: This is the era
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of the myth of inexhaustibility,
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the belief that the West is so vast,
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that the resources are so vast
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that they can never be exhausted.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
01:41:28
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history

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Movie Summary

A journey through more than 10,000 years of North American history and across some of the continent's most iconic landscapes, tracing the mammal's evolution.
S01 • E02 In 1911, he wrote to Goodnight saying - The American Buffalo 00:18
In 1911, he wrote to Goodnight saying
S01 • E01 But it was so much in front of them, what was happening, - The American Buffalo 00:09
But it was so much in front of them, what was happening,
S01 • E01 It became more and more difficult to find buffalo, - The American Buffalo 00:07
It became more and more difficult to find buffalo,
S01 • E02 He died a month later-- - The American Buffalo 00:09
He died a month later--
S01 • E01 Weird things began to happen, - The American Buffalo 00:09
Weird things began to happen,
S01 • E01 But there also was a capacity to deny - The American Buffalo 00:16
But there also was a capacity to deny
S01 • E02 They came to help make a film that would capture - The American Buffalo 00:16
They came to help make a film that would capture
S01 • E01 Narrator: In Miles City, - The American Buffalo 00:16
Narrator: In Miles City,
S01 • E02 The highlight was a buffalo hunt-- - The American Buffalo 00:13
The highlight was a buffalo hunt--
S01 • E01 They came back in the spring - The American Buffalo 00:09
They came back in the spring
S01 • E01 Steven Rinella: There are people in Miles City - The American Buffalo 00:10
Steven Rinella: There are people in Miles City
S01 • E01 When they had finished, they didn't know they'd finished. - The American Buffalo 00:06
When they had finished, they didn't know they'd fi...
S01 • E02 And it finally got organized - The American Buffalo 00:08
And it finally got organized
S01 • E01 They felt that, well, it can't be over...and it was over. - The American Buffalo 00:06
They felt that, well, it can't be over...and it was ove...
S01 • E02 Even those whose views on many things we despise, - The American Buffalo 00:22
Even those whose views on many things we despise,
S01 • E01 [Train chugging] Narrator: In 1884, - The American Buffalo 00:26
[Train chugging] Narrator: In 1884,
S01 • E01 "And there settled over them - The American Buffalo 00:07
"And there settled over them
S01 • E01 The buffalo was gone." - The American Buffalo 00:08
The buffalo was gone."
S01 • E02 Fraser said he wanted a coin - The American Buffalo 00:14
Fraser said he wanted a coin
S01 • E01 No story anywhere in world history - The American Buffalo 00:19
No story anywhere in world history