Custer's Last Stand

Summary Talking heads and documentary style narration combine with reenactment of Custer's last stand. In 1876 Lakota and Cheyenne tribes fled the reservations,taking guns given them for hunting and set up a huge village by the Little Big Horn river. Custer and Reno led two separate groups of soldiers to catch and return them to the reservation but an underestimation of the native Americans' strength of numbers and marshy conditions preventing the Cavalry from crossing the river led to Custer's and Reno's men being routed with many casualties.

S1.E1 ∙ Custer's Last Stand

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Liam Cunningham David Leon Toby Stephens Michael Praed

7.5

Details

Genres : Drama History War Western Biography

Release date : Feb 17, 2007

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Filming locations : Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Discovery Channel

Summary Talking heads and documentary style narration combine with reenactment of Custer's last stand. In 1876 Lakota and Cheyenne tribes fled the reservations,taking guns given them for hunting and set up a huge village by the Little Big Horn river. Custer and Reno led two separate groups of soldiers to catch and return them to the reservation but an underestimation of the native Americans' strength of numbers and marshy conditions preventing the Cavalry from crossing the river led to Custer's and Reno's men being routed with many casualties.

Details

Genres : Drama History War Western Biography

Release date : Feb 17, 2007

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : BBC

Language : English

Filming locations : Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Discovery Channel

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