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Duncan: This is the Industrial Revolution
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The American Buffalo

This isthe Industrial Revolution arriving on the magnificentGreat Plains

Duncan: This is
the Industrial Revolution arriving on the magnificent
Great Plains

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Duncan: This is the Industrial Revolution
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arriving on the magnificent Great Plains.
Duration
8 seconds
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29
Timestamp in Movie
01:08:54
Uploaded
Apr 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history

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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 Narrator: By the early 1900s, the largest herd of buffalo-- - The American Buffalo 00:20
Narrator: By the early 1900s, the largest herd of buffalo--
S01 • E01 They were turning it into a--a factory floor. - The American Buffalo 00:07
They were turning it into a--a factory floor.
S01 • E01 You know, they--instead of assembling something, though, - The American Buffalo 00:08
You know, they--instead of assembling something, though,
S01 • E01 They were disassembling an animal and just taking - The American Buffalo 00:08
They were disassembling an animal and just taking
S01 • E02 Accounts of that herd's origins differ, - The American Buffalo 00:19
Accounts of that herd's origins differ,
S01 • E01 And then the conveyer belt was the railroads - The American Buffalo 00:12
And then the conveyer belt was the railroads
S01 • E01 It was a factory, and the-- and the buffalo hunters, - The American Buffalo 00:12
It was a factory, and the-- and the buffalo hunters,
S01 • E01 [Continuing gunshots] It had this metronomic, - The American Buffalo 00:08
[Continuing gunshots] It had this metronomic,
S01 • E01 Relentless, relentless, - The American Buffalo 00:07
Relentless, relentless,
S01 • E02 Charles Allard was part Indian - The American Buffalo 00:08
Charles Allard was part Indian
S01 • E01 Narrator: More than a million hides made their way - The American Buffalo 00:16
Narrator: More than a million hides made their way
S01 • E02 Michel Pablo was born on the Blackfeet Reservation - The American Buffalo 00:10
Michel Pablo was born on the Blackfeet Reservation
S01 • E02 Pablo: My great-great- grandfather, Michel Pablo, - The American Buffalo 00:13
Pablo: My great-great- grandfather, Michel Pablo,
S01 • E01 If they shot the buffalo more than once, - The American Buffalo 00:06
If they shot the buffalo more than once,
S01 • E01 If the skinners were not good at their work, - The American Buffalo 00:06
If the skinners were not good at their work,
S01 • E01 If the hides were staked out and there was a rainstorm, - The American Buffalo 00:06
If the hides were staked out and there was a rainstorm,
S01 • E02 So, he was half Blackfeet, half Spaniard, or Mexican. - The American Buffalo 00:06
So, he was half Blackfeet, half Spaniard, or Mexican.
S01 • E01 Insects came along and chewed on the hides. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Insects came along and chewed on the hides.
S01 • E02 I mean, he saw the buffalo when there were lots of them. - The American Buffalo 00:05
I mean, he saw the buffalo when there were lots of them.
S01 • E01 So, by one estimate, it-- - The American Buffalo 00:14
So, by one estimate, it--