19th Century
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MovieWicked Spring
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During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get separated from their units as twilight engulfs the ravaged battlefield. The men wander alone through the dangerous woods, separate from each other until they meet by chance on the banks of a quiet cr...
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1816 Springfield Conversions
Updated with new photography, stills, and audio remastered for HistoryFix in 2022!
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Movie + 1 extraFredericksburg
Movie + 1 extra
Fredericksburg, A Documentary Film is the complete story of the Union army's attempt to force a river crossing in front of the town of Fredericksburg, and dislodge the Confederates from their defenses, which would have opened the road to Richmond in December 1862. It is a unique film for a unique...
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In the Valley of Death
Originally filmed in standard definition, this Civil War short film is set around the Chancellorsville campaign depicting first hand soldier accounts from the war.
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The Compact
The Compact is the story of 12 Union Soldiers from the American Civil War. Raised across the country, they met in a hospital in Pennsylvania. They are drawn to make a compact to better their lives and meet 20 years later at Niagara Falls, NY. Meet the men and hear their stories.
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Road to Los Angeles
In 1842 the first gold strike has been found just outside the town El Pueblo de Los Angeles and the world rushes in to stake their claim.
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MovieForlorn Hope
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On a warm summer afternoon, late in the Civil War, more than 850 Maine Soldiers accepted orders to charge an entrenched Confederate position on the outskirts of Petersburg, Virginia. Within 10 minutes of their charge, more than 630 of those soldiers were struck down. It was the largest number of ...
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1860s Train Passenger Coach Replica Used by Henry Ford and Thomas Edison
Guests to Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation will recognize this prominent artifact: our Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Passenger Coach Replica. But did you know that this railcar has a special connection to our 90th anniversary? Learn more from our Curator of Transportation Matt Anderson.
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Movie + 3 extrasBattle at Shiloh: The Devil's Own Two Days
Movie + 3 extras
characters, based on real-life accounts, each filmed as documentary-style interviews.
These stories reveal the dramatic and haunting effects of Shiloh, which resulted in almost 24,000 maimed, missing or dead; more casualties than in all previous American wars combined. The Battle of Shiloh marke... -
Cailloux: The Fight to Freedom
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The incredible true story of a man born enslaved, who eventually lead the first assault by Black soldiers in the Civil War. Andre Cailloux’s courage became a rallying cry in their fight to end slavery. Told through the works of local New Orleans artists and preeminent experts, this important and ...
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Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow 1812
In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. But after winning a costly victory at Borodino and occupying Moscow, Napoleon's invitation to Russian Emperor Alexander to make peace met with no response. Napoleon now found himself 500 miles from friendly territory, out...
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Movie + 1 extraHunter's Raid: The Battle of Lynchburg
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June, 1864. During the American Civil War, General David Hunter and his Army of 18,000 Union soldiers are ordered to capture Lynchburg, Virginia. If Hunter can seize this important Southern city, it might cripple the Confederacy permanently, and end the war. Defended only by old men and young boy...
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Sword and Saber Nomenclature
Updated with additional photography and remastered audio.
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Savage & North Revolver - Civil War artifact reviewed
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Movie + 2 extrasSoldiers All
Movie + 2 extras
In the tradition of Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage, but with a broader sweep of time and events, Soldiers All carries the viewer from the exciting, early days of the conflict, to the grim, day-to-day battles in the trenches, and the poignant scenes of the veteran-reunions. It is the complet...
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Movie + 2 extrasAntietam
Movie + 2 extras
Unique, educational, and action-packed, Antietam, A Documentary Film was filmed on the actual Antietam battlefield and captured in 35mm motion picture film. It is narrated by James Earl Jones and includes four, on-site historians, working in pairs, two to each side, as they walk the battlefield,...
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The History of the Magic Lantern
Developed in the 17th century, the magic lantern allowed people to experience movie-like entertainment hundreds of years before cinema or photography existed.
Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch astronomer, mathematician, and physicist in the 1650s, is credited with the invention of the magic lantern. H...
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Coffee Mill Sharps - Civi War artifact
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Scythe & Reaper
Civil War Digital Digest has combined two of its popular episodes into in larger story. By adding new still images, video footage, and re-mastering the audio a more complete discussion is had about how the scythe was used in the Civil War era as well as the reaper which replaced it in many circum...
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The Killer a Fight in July
An innocent man gets out of prison and returns to his home town to seek revenge on the man who framed him.
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Bad Men and The Devil
One stormy night in a saloon a group of cowboys encounter a very evil man.
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Battle of Waterloo, 1815
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In Their Words: 12th New Hampshire Infantry
"In Their Words" chronicles the lives of various soldiers in the 12th New Hampshire Infantry during their service in the American Civil war using first person accounts.
