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The American Buffalo

Leather isthe fifth-largest industry in the United States,and so one of the reasons why...

Leather is
the fifth-largest industry in the United States,
and so one of the reasons why this industrial society
reaches out into the Great Plains
to consume bison hides is just to feed this appetite
for leather

Full Transcript

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Leather is the fifth-largest industry
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in the United States, and so one of the reasons why
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this industrial society reaches out
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into the Great Plains to consume bison hides
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is just to feed this appetite for leather.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
01:02:44
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 He found that location in the Bronx, - The American Buffalo 00:17
He found that location in the Bronx,
S01 • E01 Narrator: Dealers clamored for as many hides - The American Buffalo 00:10
Narrator: Dealers clamored for as many hides
S01 • E01 A young Vermonter named J. Wright Mooar - The American Buffalo 00:17
A young Vermonter named J. Wright Mooar
S01 • E02 When it opened in late 1899, - The American Buffalo 00:12
When it opened in late 1899,
S01 • E02 Many of them seemed particularly fascinated - The American Buffalo 00:11
Many of them seemed particularly fascinated
S01 • E01 Word that there was money to be made - The American Buffalo 00:17
Word that there was money to be made
S01 • E02 They included bison that had originally been captured - The American Buffalo 00:13
They included bison that had originally been captured
S01 • E01 ["Shadows On The Marsh" by Al Petteway playing] - The American Buffalo 00:09
["Shadows On The Marsh" by Al Petteway playing]
S01 • E02 Hornaday was proud that he could now display live buffalo-- - The American Buffalo 00:17
Hornaday was proud that he could now display live buffalo--
S01 • E01 "Men left jobs, businesses, - The American Buffalo 00:07
"Men left jobs, businesses,
S01 • E01 "There were uncounted millions of the beasts. - The American Buffalo 00:06
"There were uncounted millions of the beasts.
S01 • E01 "If you could kill them, what they brought was yours. - The American Buffalo 00:06
"If you could kill them, what they brought was yours.
S01 • E01 They were like walking gold pieces." - The American Buffalo 00:20
They were like walking gold pieces."
S01 • E02 "The only way to ensure the perpetuation - The American Buffalo 00:15
"The only way to ensure the perpetuation
S01 • E01 They called themselves "buffalo runners" - The American Buffalo 00:15
They called themselves "buffalo runners"
S01 • E02 The idea that citizens of the United States - The American Buffalo 00:12
The idea that citizens of the United States
S01 • E01 The notion of galloping up on a trusty steed - The American Buffalo 00:12
The notion of galloping up on a trusty steed
S01 • E02 But it was also tied up with his - The American Buffalo 00:08
But it was also tied up with his
S01 • E01 That's very different, of course, from how - The American Buffalo 00:08
That's very different, of course, from how
S01 • E02 Narrator: One of the most prominent founders - The American Buffalo 00:14
Narrator: One of the most prominent founders