Synopsis
Gunfight at the OK Corral in 1881 and the St Valentine Days Massacre in 1929.
- Programme: Days That Shook the World
- Series: 3
- Episode: 2: Rule of the Gun
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2005
- History | American West | Law & Order
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