Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip

2003
★★★★☆ 7.4/10
⏱️ 107 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 EN
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie
In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping to become the first person to cross the United States in the new-fangled "horseless carriage." Most people doubted that the automobile had much of a future. Jackson's trip would prove them wrong.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel
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Amazon Video

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Cast

Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
Horatio Nelson Jackson (voice)
Keith David
Keith David
Narrator (voice)
Adam Arkin
Adam Arkin
Other Voices (voice)
Philip Bosco
Philip Bosco
Other Voices (voice)
John Cullum
John Cullum
Other Voices (voice)
Amy Madigan
Amy Madigan
Other Voices (voice)

Crew

Director
Ken Burns
Writer
Dayton Duncan

Production

Florentine Films, american lives ii film project

Keywords

road tripautomobilecross country