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Movies: Age of Imperialism 1800AD –1914AD

Crimean War 1853-56 Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) (Peter Merritt) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027438/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_2 A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children. American Civil War 1861-1865 Glory (1989) (Deborah Southwell) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097441/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2 Col. Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War’s first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices […]

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By Deborah Southwell
February 25, 2022
In At the Movies
Tagged Age of Imperialism , American Civil War , Boer War , Breaker morant , Crimean War , Deborah Southwell , Gettysburg , Josey Wales , Russian Revolution , Zulu War

At the Movies: Get the popcorn ready!

After an exchange of good war movies to view at a recent Virtual CLWG meeting, I offered to curate a list for Milmud. I had in mind pulling together war movies that would be plausible enough for members who may not have a strong background in a particular era to gain some context for creating […]