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Mood:
- Humorous
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Plot:
- AdventurerArtist's LifeAthlete's LifeContests and CompetitionsNothing Goes RightObsessive QuestRace Against TimeAmericana more...
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Genres:
- HistoricalDocumentaryAdventure
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Time/Period:
- 1900s
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Place:
- New YorkSan FranciscoUSASmall Town
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Style:
- On the RoadArchive Footage
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- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip, 2003
English
USA
Profile of Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip can be described as humorous. The plot revolves around the life of an artist, the life of an athlete, and celebrity culture. The main genres are documentary, historical, and adventure. In terms of style, it archive footage and has a road movie structure. In approach, it is realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a small town. It is located in San Francisco and New York. It takes place in the 1900s.
Summary of Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
The American roadways are filled with people driving their cars cross country, experiencing all the union has to offer from inside a motor vehicle. While today this seems routine, in 1903 it was unheard of, until Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson made such a journey a reality. A fifty dollar bet propelled Jackson to drive an automobile from San Francisco to New York City in a trip that required 63 days and some clever troubleshooting. Arriving in New York, Nelson proved that this "horseless carriage" was the future of travel. Ken Burns documents this trip using archival photography and the meticulous research that made Burns' films such as THE CIVIL WAR and BASEBALL such favorites among history buffs.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 6 October 2003 |
| Runtime: | 107 min |
Cast and Crew
as Narrator
as Horatio Nelson Jackson
as Other Voices
as Other Voices
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