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The American Buffalo

Newcomersto the continent found them fascinating at first butin time, came to consider...

[Train whistle blowing] Narrator: Newcomers
to the continent found them fascinating at first but
in time, came to consider them a hindrance and then a source
of profit for a growing nation

Full Transcript

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Narrator: Newcomers to the continent found them
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fascinating at first but in time, came to consider them
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a hindrance and then a source of profit for a growing nation.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:04:26
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 FLORES: Bison and humans, in, in a real sense, - The American Buffalo 00:11
FLORES: Bison and humans, in, in a real sense,
S01 Sometimes the animals would ebb and flow. - The American Buffalo 00:05
Sometimes the animals would ebb and flow.
S01 • E01 In the space of only a decade, - The American Buffalo 00:19
In the space of only a decade,
S01 And, so, there was this wonderful kind of dynamic - The American Buffalo 00:09
And, so, there was this wonderful kind of dynamic
S01 LaPIER: They have always lived with humans. - The American Buffalo 00:05
LaPIER: They have always lived with humans.
S01 • E02 But we are also the only species which, - The American Buffalo 00:10
But we are also the only species which,
S01 They've always been hunted by humans; - The American Buffalo 00:17
They've always been hunted by humans;
S01 • E01 It really is a story of Indigenous people - The American Buffalo 00:09
It really is a story of Indigenous people
S01 PUNKE: And their primary defense mechanism is to, - The American Buffalo 00:06
PUNKE: And their primary defense mechanism is to,
S01 And they have that skill at a very young age. - The American Buffalo 00:05
And they have that skill at a very young age.
S01 • E01 And then enter not just the Europeans but the Americans. - The American Buffalo 00:08
And then enter not just the Europeans but the Americans.
S01 A newborn buffalo calf tries to stand, for the first time, - The American Buffalo 00:09
A newborn buffalo calf tries to stand, for the first time,
S01 • E01 And that really is a story of utter destruction. - The American Buffalo 00:06
And that really is a story of utter destruction.
S01 And, at seven minutes, - The American Buffalo 00:06
And, at seven minutes,
S01 • E01 Man: It's not just the story of this magnificent animal. - The American Buffalo 00:07
Man: It's not just the story of this magnificent animal...
S01 • E02 Most people believed the continent's - The American Buffalo 00:10
Most people believed the continent's
S01 • E01 It takes us - The American Buffalo 00:13
It takes us
S01 NARRATOR Over the centuries, - The American Buffalo 00:10
NARRATOR Over the centuries,
S01 • E02 During the same time, Native Americans had been - The American Buffalo 00:17
During the same time, Native Americans had been
S01 The types of grasses that flourished there, - The American Buffalo 00:08
The types of grasses that flourished there,