Films for American Civilization 117

Any of these films may be viewed for extra credit. Read the Filmguide for instructions on how to write the report and the History on Film bibliography for resources.

Recent releases: Gangs of New York and Gods and Generals and The Patriot and Sally Hemings

1492: the Conquest of Paradise (1992) and notes
Alamo (1960)
Alamo (2003) and notes
Allegheny Uprising (1939) and notes
Amistad (1997) and notes
Andersonville (1996 TV) and notes
Bamboozled (2000) and notes
Barnum (1986 TV) and notes
Birth of a Nation (1915) and notes
Black Pirate (1926) and notes
Brigham Young - Frontiersman (1940)
Captain Blood (1935)
Civil War, The (1990 TV) and notes
Cromwell (1970) and notes
Crucible (1996) and notes
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Far Horizons, The (1955) and notes
Gangs of New York (2002) and notes
General, The (1926) and notes
George Washington (1984 TV miniseries ) and notes
Gettysburg (1993) and notes
Glory (1989) and notes
Gods and Generals (2002) and notes
Gone With the Wind (1939) and notes
House Divided, A (2000 on SHO) and notes
How the West Was Won (1962) and notes
Howards of Virginia (1940)
Hudson's Bay (1940) with Paul Muni as fur company founder Pierre Radisson fighting Indians in 1660 Canada
Hunley, The (1999 on TNT) and notes
Into the West (2005 TNT) and notes
Intolerance (1916)
Jefferson in Paris (1995) and notes
Jezebel (1938) and notes
Johnny Tremain (1957)
Last of His Tribe (1992)
Last of the Mohicans (1992) and notes
Madness of King George (1994) and notes
Mark of Zorro (1920) and notes
Monroe Doctrine, The (1939)
Morgan the Pirate (1961) with Steve Reeves as 1660s pirate Henry Morgan
New World (2005) and notes
North and South (1985)
North and South - Book II (1986)
North and South - Book III (1994)
Patriot, The (2000) and notes
Pony Express Days (1940)
Restoration (1996) and notes
Revolution (1985 with Al Pacino) and notes
Roots (1977)
Sally Hemings (2000 on TV) and notes
Santa Fe Trail (1940) and notes
Scarlet Letter, The (1850 book text)
Scarlet Letter, The (1917)
Scarlet Letter, The (1926)
Scarlet Letter, The (1934)
Scarlet Letter, The (1995)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) and notes
Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994) and notes
Virgin Queen, The (1955)
Walker (1988)
West, The (PBS 1996) and the PBS web site

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