Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story

In the mid 1850s, thousands of Latter-day Saint immigrants crowded the docks of Liverpool, dreaming of a new life in Zion. After an arduous ocean voyage and an overland trip to Iowa, they loaded their belongings into handcarts, which they then began pulling the nearly 1300 miles to the Salt Lake Valley. But for the Willie and Martin companies, numerous delays in an already late start led to a near-catastrophe, which was only averted by one of the greatest acts of heroism of the 19th century.

Join KBYU-TV for "Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story," a new production by documentary filmmaker Lee Groberg.