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Salvador (Puig Antich)
The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.
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Doomed attempt to get to California in 1846. More than just a riveting tale of death, endurance and survival. The Donner Party's nightmarish journey penetrated to the very heart of the American Dream at a crucial phase of the nation's "manifest destiny." Touching some of the most powerful social, economic and political currents of the time, this extraordinary narrative remains one of the most compelling and enduring episodes to come out of the West.
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David McCullough Narrator (voice)
J.D. Cannon voice
Timothy Hutton voice
Gene Jones voice
Amy Madigan voice
Donal McCann voice
George Plimpton voice
Paul Roebling voice
Lois Smith voice
Frances Sternhagen voice
Eli Wallach voice
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