Category: Western

Cowboy Artist Raised on Texas Ranch Paints Old West and New West, Inspired by ‘Gunsmoke,’ Reenactments

“You can’t paint timid.” Bold. That’s how the cowboy artist from Canyon, Texas, approaches his painting. “I’d rather paint a bold brush stroke wrong than a timid brush stroke right,” Jack Sorenson, 69, told The Epoch Times. With 48 years of experience under his belt, rendering the Old West and the New West in oil,…


Western Union to Open Money Transfers to Cuba From All 50 US States

Western Union will vastly expand a U.S. pilot program for money transfers to Cuba, it said on Thursday, opening retail locations across the 50 states and allowing for digital service through its website and mobile app. The company, among the globe’s top providers of such services, first resumed transfers on a limited basis to the…


Strong Earthquake Shakes Western Indonesia; No Tsunami Alert

JAKARTA, Indonesia—A strong undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia on Friday night but no serious damage or casualties were reported. The magnitude 6.9 earthquake was centered 202 kilometers (126 miles) southwest of Bengkulu at a depth of 25 kilometers (15 miles), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The earthquake was followed by an aftershock measuring magnitude 5.4,…


Heroes of the Somme | Documentary

This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Original archives from the Western Front are used to uncover the stories of seven men who were awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain’s most prized military medal. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My…


Young Bill Hickok (1940)

Bill Hickok, assisted by Calamity Jane, is after a foreign agent and his guerrilla band who are trying to take over some Western territory just as the Civil War is coming to a close. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save”…


Liquid Gold: From the Mediterranean to the Midwest | Documentary

A group of Midwesterners travels to Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, to learn life-changing lessons from olive oil maker Eugene Ladopoulos about slowing down, eating for pleasure, and connecting with others. * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original…


American Empire (1942)

Two men join forces to build a cattle empire and battle rustlers, bad weather, and each other. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on social media: Twitter:…


The Mark of Zorro (1920)

A seemingly idiotic fop is really the courageous vigilante Zorro, who seeks to protect the oppressed. Credit: Public Domain Movies – BUY Jan 6 DVD: www.epochtv.shop/product-page/dvd-the-real-story-of-january-6, Promo Code “EpochTV” for 20% off. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access…


Western Flames Spread, California Sees Its Largest 2022 Fire

YREKA, Calif.—Crews battling the largest wildfire so far this year in California braced for thunderstorms and hot, windy conditions that created the potential for additional fire growth Sunday as they sought to protect remote communities. The McKinney Fire was burning out of control in Northern California’s Klamath National Forest, with expected thunderstorms a big concern…


Divine Messengers | Socrates Secrets (Episode 2)

Scholars agree that the ancient Greeks laid the foundation for Western civilization in various areas, including art, science, theater, and democracy. In the center of all of this was a man who would become one of the most well-known Greeks throughout time, and maybe one with the greatest influence on our thinking in the Western…