The Frontier
The Frontier is a TV show on NITV. The program has been available since 2025. A total of 6 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2025.
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44:44The Frontier
The completion of the transcontinental railroad devastated the indigenous population. As the century draws to a close, the scars of systematic ethnic cleansing of native peoples along with US claims on land stretching the span of the entire continent, seemingly ends 'the frontie...
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44:27The United States needed to connect the east and west coasts. The solution? A transcontinental rail line. Two railroad companies, the Union Pacific and Central Pacific, were tasked with building the track, which met in Utah in 1869. This new railroad facilitated a thriving beef industry for the white population, which led ...
44:45The newly acquired territory of California would prove invaluable as the chance discovery of gold unleashes the largest migration in US history and ignites a vicious debate on slavery, culminating in the American Civil War.
44:58Mexican-owned Texas offers land and freedom for those white settlers searching for a fresh start but the influx of 'Americans' would be the catalyst for the brutal Mexican-American war (1846-1848). Victory in the war against Mexico resulted in the United States gaining over half a million square miles of new territory, inc...
45:39As the United States advances west, the true nature of the land is revealed. What appeared to be a boundless empty terrain was in fact a richly inhabited landscape of diverse indigenous peoples who were not about to surrender their lands without a fight. After centuries of exposure to European diseases decimated the native...
44:00This is the story of the 'Frontier' of the 'Wild West', and the founding of America. By the turn of the 18th century, colonial Britain had already claimed land stretching nearly the full length of the east coast of North America. The 'Thirteen Colonies' of European settlers were eager to evolve west despite the Proclamatio...