Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago

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We may associate Wild West films with Hollywood, but the earliest known Western film was actually made in Britain. Why would Britain make a Wild West film? Answering that takes us on a journey through Victorian Britain's obsession with the American Frontier and what it tells us about society at the time.

PART TWO: youtu.be/4xigZ-k5J1A
PART THREE: youtu.be/haoyHWX_V_k