- BFI identifier406882
- Date1992 (Copyright)
1993-05-20 (Television) - Production countryUSA
- Production company
- SynopsisAn investigation into the fate of the Donner party, an 1846 wagon train from Illinois to California, which was trapped in the Sierra Nevada by a very fierce winter and experienced Indian attacks, starvation, madness and cannibalism. Uses archive footage, photos, paintings, eye witness accounts and actors. (Synopsis)
- Work historyTx in GB as DEATH OF A WAGON TRAIN THE DONNER PARTY
- CategoryNon Fiction
- Subject
- Credits
- Cast
Title
The Donner Party (Original)
Death of a Wagon Train (Alternative)
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