Benjamin Martin é um herói das guerras com os Indígenas e vive retirado na sua casa, dedicando-se à família. Porém, quando estala a Guerra de Independência dos EUA e os ingleses incendeiam a sua casa e matam um dos seus filhos, Martim resolve vingar-se e pegar em armas, numa luta sem quartel contra o melhor exército do mundo.
A chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits in a tongue-in-cheek riff on the American Revolution.
Correndo por sua vida, um assassino da Companhia das Índias Orientais enterrou seu passado em uma aldeia Inglesa tranqüila, assumindo a identidade de um sacerdote anglicano. Mas este disfarce não vai durar por muito tempo, quando a mulher que ele ama e uma guerra que ele não quer, força-o a enfrentar a questão de quem ele realmente é. Em face de um conflito global iminente, ele descobre por si mesmo o significado e a fonte da verdadeira justificação e liberdade.
Story of Joseph Brant, chief of the Mohawks, and the events that led to the birth of Canada as a nation. During the time of the American Revolution, while Britain faces full scale insurrection in its American colonies, the great Indian empire of the Six Nations must choose between longtime British allies and the American Patriots, whose democratic ideals they share.
A made-for-TV dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the British forces at Trenton.
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister Rev. Anthony Anderson and arrested by the British. Dick discovers himself incapable of accusing another human to suffer and continues to masquerade as the reverend.
This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
The life of Lafayette and his involvement in the revolutionary war.
Phillipe Charboneau is the illegitimate son of an English duke. When he travels from France to England to claim his inheritance, he incurs the wrath of his father's family and is forced to flee to America, where he becomes involved in the events leading to the American Revolution. (Episodes 1 and 2 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
George Washington, commander of revolutionary American forces, ends a squabble among the colonies as to under which flag the Americans will fight the British by recommending a new flag for all the colonies. He asks Betsy Ross to design and create the first flag. Meanwhile, British officer Brandon has crossed enemy lines in order to visit secretly his wife, who boards in the same house as Betsy Ross. Ross helps Mrs. Brandon hide her husband, but then Washington himself discovers the hidden enemy and must decide whether love or the rules of war shall prevail.
Shaw turned to the classic Victorian melodrama to focus on the insincerity of much that his audience held dear, especially family and marriage. In 1777 as the American War of Independence rages, Dick Dudgeon returns to the family he revolted against years ago. But his life is about to take another twist as the british arrive and seem set on an execution...
Catherine Montour, a striking half-breed Indian princess, and mistress of King George III aspires to become the first Queen of America when the revolution breaks out.
Join in one boy's heroic adventure as he fights in the struggle for freedom on the American frontier. James Todd is a young boy growing up in the hostile American wilderness-a rugged and dangerous land also inhabited by the American Indians. His peaceful life is shattered when the treacherous British troops suddenly storm through the countryside in an attempt to crush the American Revolution. During the battle for freedom, James is ruthlessly captured and held prisoner in the enemy fort by the brutal Major Smythe. But his bravery seems without limits as an unlikely and legendary alliance is forged with the neighboring Indians in a bold and fearless rescue effort. It is a rugged and wondrous adventure which culminates as the fortress is infiltrated and James narrowly escapes to lead the spirited fight against the British Red Coats.
Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.
Mary Silliman's War is a unique, award-winning film on the American Revolution.
The American Revolution. Two old friends find themselves on opposing sides of the war. Mark Redfield is Thomas, on the side of King George. Tony Tsendeas is Isaac, a revolutionary. Isaac is captured, and brought before Thomas in a British encampment. This short was Written and Directed by M. Christopher New. Camera was by "Boots" Shelton. The film was Edited by Sean Paul Murphy. Shot on The Longmeadow Farm in Boring, Maryland. The background players are members of the Maryland Loyalist ReEnactment Group.