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The American Buffalo

"I wanted efficiency." One hunter wrote a letter to the Sharps RifleManufacturing Company...

"I wanted efficiency." One hunter wrote a letter to the Sharps Rifle
Manufacturing Company in Connecticut,
asking for a better gun

Full Transcript

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"I wanted efficiency."
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One hunter wrote a letter
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to the Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company
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in Connecticut, asking for a better gun.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
01:05:13
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 At the top were certain tall, blue-eyed white Protestants-- - The American Buffalo 00:13
At the top were certain tall, blue-eyed white Protestants--
S01 • E01 Sharps responded with a series of new models, - The American Buffalo 00:09
Sharps responded with a series of new models,
S01 • E02 Everyone else was catalogued in a descending order - The American Buffalo 00:07
Everyone else was catalogued in a descending order
S01 • E01 The rifles weighed 12 to 16 pounds, - The American Buffalo 00:22
The rifles weighed 12 to 16 pounds,
S01 • E02 Madison Grant would eventually put his racist theories - The American Buffalo 00:16
Madison Grant would eventually put his racist theories
S01 • E02 Nijhuis: Hornaday was stridently anti-Catholic, - The American Buffalo 00:07
Nijhuis: Hornaday was stridently anti-Catholic,
S01 • E01 [Gunshot echoes] - The American Buffalo 00:17
[Gunshot echoes]
S01 • E02 He blamed Italian Americans and African Americans, - The American Buffalo 00:10
He blamed Italian Americans and African Americans,
S01 • E02 West: These racists, these White supremacists, - The American Buffalo 00:09
West: These racists, these White supremacists,
S01 • E01 Then he picked out a lead buffalo, - The American Buffalo 00:10
Then he picked out a lead buffalo,
S01 • E02 But they were sure there. They were sure there. - The American Buffalo 00:06
But they were sure there. They were sure there.
S01 • E02 Narrator: More than 1,500 miles west of the Bronx Zoo, - The American Buffalo 00:15
Narrator: More than 1,500 miles west of the Bronx Zoo,
S01 • E01 [Gunshot] - The American Buffalo 00:05
[Gunshot]
S01 • E01 It would stand there, get woozy, fall over dead. - The American Buffalo 00:07
It would stand there, get woozy, fall over dead.
S01 • E01 The other animals see the lead animal laying there, - The American Buffalo 00:06
The other animals see the lead animal laying there,
S01 • E02 In South Dakota, Frederick Dupuis, - The American Buffalo 00:17
In South Dakota, Frederick Dupuis,
S01 • E01 Now, if they started to drift, - The American Buffalo 00:07
Now, if they started to drift,
S01 • E01 [Gunshot] anything you can do to not - The American Buffalo 00:09
[Gunshot] anything you can do to not
S01 • E01 Another one goes down. They mill around - The American Buffalo 00:11
Another one goes down. They mill around
S01 • E02 In the early 1880s, just as the hide hunters - The American Buffalo 00:14
In the early 1880s, just as the hide hunters