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The story of the man whose elaborate show cemented the legend of the Wild West worldwide.

Documentary about the life and work of William Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill - the man who cemented the legend of the Wild West worldwide, by creating one of the most elaborate shows on earth. 

In 1886, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West played to more than one million people in New York City. It was one of the most elaborate shows on earth. There were cowboys and Indians, sharp shooters, hundreds of horses, buffalo, elk and donkeys, with more than 200 cast members, all moving about in a western landscape of mountains and plains. Soon after the show’s stunning success in New York, it would go on to tour in London, Paris, Rome and Barcelona, cementing the legend of the Wild West in the minds of people worldwide. Behind the extravaganza was one man, William Cody, better known as Buffalo Bill, the man who made the American West into the American story. This programme documents the life and work of Buffalo Bill, whose meteoric rise to fame was made only by his own genius and flamboyant salesmanship.

Ann an 1886, thàinig còrr air millean duine a-mach a dh’ fhaicinn an taisbeanaidh Wild West aig Buffalo Bill ann am baile mòr New York. B’ e aon de na taisbeanaidhean àrd-ùrlair bu dhrùidhtiche air thalamh. Bha gillean-cruidh, Innseanaich, losgadairean, na ceudan de dh’eich, buabhaill, loin agus asalan cuide ri còrr air dà cheud cleasaiche a’ gluasad timcheall, ’s iad uile air an cuairteachadh le cruth-tìre de bheanntan agus raointean. Goirid an dèidh don taisbeanadh soirbheachadh ann an New York, chaidh iad air chuairt a Lunnainn, a Pharas, dhan Ròimh agus Barcelona, a’ daingneachadh ìomhaigh an Wild West ann an inntinn dhaoine air feadh an t-saoghail. Air cùl gnothaichean, bha aon duine, William Cody, no Buffalo Bill mar as fheàrr a dh’ aithnichear e, a chruthaich sgeulachd timcheall air taobh an iar Ameireagaidh. Tha am prògram seo a’ leantainn beatha agus slighe obrach Buffalo Bill, a choisinn àrd chliù dha fhèin le cho innleachdail agus cho math air reic ’s a bha e.  

Dubbed in Gaelic with English subtitles


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