The film depicts the opening of the Unassigned Lands. An analysis could focus on how the film portrays the chaotic transition from "frontier" to "civilization" and the displacement of Native Americans, which was handled with more nuance in 1960 than in the 1931 original.

Technical analysis of Anthony Mann’s direction and the visual language of the Land Rush sequence. Cimarron (1960) (BDMux.1080p.ITA.ENG) (By Eblee...

A paper on the 1960 version of Cimarron often explores the tension between the "Old West" mythos and the reality of the 1889 Oklahoma Land Rush, specifically focusing on the domestic conflicts between the adventurous Yancey Cravat and his more stability-minded wife, Sabra. The film depicts the opening of the Unassigned Lands