# Driven Westward

Driven Westward Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film SummaryAn excerpt from the 1940 feature film Brigham Young. Describes how the Mormons were persecuted in Illinois. Relates how they traveled westward and established a colony at the Great Salt Lake. Describes the contributions of the Mormons to American national development. A documentary account of Dr. Louis Leakey's life and work as recorded in motion pictures and stills. Surveys his work in Kenya and explains the significance of the discoveries made by Dr. Leakey.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1948
- Runtime: 30 min
- By: National Council for Social Studies
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/drivenwestward)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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