Films for U.S. Diplomatic History 176

 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
Alamo (2003) - notes
Allegheny Uprising (1939) - notes
Amistad (1997) - notes
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996) -review
Brigham Young - Frontiersman (1940) with Dean Jagger as the Mormon leader in 1840s Utah
Burn! (1969) with Marlon Brando as William Walker - notes
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) with Henry Fonda as 1770s farmer Gil Martin
Emigrants, The (1972) by Swedish director Jan Troell
Far Horizons, The (1955) with Charleton Heston as 1803 explorer William Clark, Fred MacMurray as Meriwether Lewis, Donna Reed as Sacajawea - notes
55 Days at Peking (1963) with Charleton Heston as Major Matt Lewis in 1900 Boxer Rebellion
500 Nations (1995 on CBS) eight-part documentary narrated by Kevin Costner
Fitzcarraldo (1982) with Klaus Kinski as a opera-loving imperialist in the Amazon - notes
Gangs of New York (2002) - notes
Gettysburg (1993) by producer Ted Turner on the Civil War battle of 1863 - notes
Glory (1989) - notes
Gods and Generals (2002) - notes
How the West Was Won (1962) and notes
Howards of Virginia (1940) with Cary Grant
Hudson's Bay (1940) with Paul Muni as fur company founder Pierre Radisson fighting Indians in 1660 Canada
Hunley, The (1999 on TNT) - notes
Jefferson in Paris (1995) with Nick Nolte as 1785 Thomas Jefferson - notes
Khartoum (1966) Charleton Heston as Brit. General Gordon in 1883 Egypt.
Last of the Mohicans (1992) - notes
Madness of King George (1994) and notes
Monroe Doctrine, The (1939)
Napoleon (1927, restored 1981) by director Abel Gance
Patriot, The (2000) - notes
Revolution (1985) with Al Pacino - notes
Siege (1998) deals with the problem of Arab terrorism in New York City
Tripoli (1950) with Howard da Silva as 1805 Barbary pirate.
Victoria & Albert (2001 on A&E) - notes
Walker (1988) with Ed Harris as 1850s filibusterer William Walker
Wind and the Lion (1975) with Sean Connery as Raisuli in 1904 Morocco and Brian Keith as Theodore Roosevelt
West, The (PBS 1996) and the PBS web site
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