Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery -Part 1 <br /><br />Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery is a 1997 television documentary miniseries about the Lewis and Clark Expedition directed and co-produced by Ken Burns. It is produced by Burns' Florentine Films for Washington, DC PBS station WETA-TV, first aired on PBS on November 4 and 5, 1997.[1] <br /><br />The first part of the film covers the expedition up to the headwaters of the Missouri River. The second part of the film covers the meeting with the Shoshone, the treacherous crossing of the mountains, the downstream rush to reach the Pacific Ocean, and the ambitious explorations of the return trip. <br /><br />The film, as with most of Burns' individual biography documentaries, is part of his American Lives film project, and is so credited in the copyright. <br /><br />#Documentary #Discovery
