Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip is a 2003 documentary film directed by Ken Burns and written by Dayton Duncan. Its subject is the first cross-country automobile journey in the United States, which occurred during the summer of 1903. The documentary focuses primarily on Horatio Nelson Jackson and his Winton car, the Vermont, along with his companions Sewall K. Crocker, his pet pitbull Bud and frequent correspondence with Jackson's wife Bertha Richardson Wells. The journey became a race among three teams, the winners being Jackson and Crocker.
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip (2003)
Directed by Ken Burns
Genres - Action-Adventure, Documentary, History |
Release Date - Oct 6, 2003 |
Run Time - 107 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - TV-G
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Cross Country
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Narrative Location: United States of America
Subject: Documentary about automobiles, Documentary about United States history, motor car
Subject: Documentary about automobiles, Documentary about United States history, motor car
Alternate Titles
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
US
Pionierfahrt 1903 - Mit 20 PS durch die USA
DE