The Battle of the Little Big Horn (1991) - From "Son of the Morning Star" Custer Mini-Series
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- 147 Years ago today! A brilliant, and rarely excellent nonfiction account of the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876. The story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the blow-by-blow events of the battle of the Little Bighorn.
Based on Evan S. Connell's best-selling 1984 book of the same name, It starred Gary Cole (George Armstrong Custer) and featured Dean Stockwell (General Philip Sheridan), Rosanna Arquette (Elizabeth Custer), Rodney A. Grant (Crazy Horse), Nick Ramus (Red Cloud), Buffy Sainte-Marie (voice of Kate Bighead), and Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Sitting Bull). Originally aired on ABC on February 3rd 1991.
"Two great warriors. One final confrontation. The last great battle for the American Frontier."
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Remember watching this during the 90s, during prime time on tv late evening. When TV was still good. Now today, tv broadcasting is garbage
as is hellywoodie
@@jimmyhaley727😅😅😅😅😅
AMC ain't bad
The same in Italy.
TV is garbage. I second it.
I was born and raised in italy and loved to the U.S. 20 some years ago. I watched and read some movies, documentaries and books about this battle as well as about Custer, the 7th Cavalry, the Sioux and their chief Sotting Bull.
In July 2023 I took my kids to the Little Big Horn battle ground.
I love my new Country the U.S. and I’m also a proud American citizen and I honor our military, however my sympathy and respect go to the Lakota People who fought protecting their land and families.
Hey, it’s 20 years late, but welcome to the US!
Be sure to vote this November, for Trump and all Republicans, if you want to see the US continue to be the great nation it once was. It’s being destroyed today, by liberal, socialist Democrats, who want to destroy the Constitution, have one-party rule, allow us to be overrun by illegal immigrants, etc.
You’re right about the Native Americans being screwed for years, but there was a conflict of cultures there and if they didn’t like the whites moving west, they would just commit mass murders of innocent white people. It was a very difficult situation. Native Americans are still getting screwed over, the latest being that oil pipeline going through the middle of their reservation, when it should have been built through a more efficient route, the original planned route.
First thing I noticed… all the friggen awesome hats!
Agree 👍
People Remember This Are Only Hollywood Actors That Got All Their Hats 👒 🧢 🎩 With All Their In The Costume Room Custer’s Entire Command ( 210 ) As Fast As A Hungry Man Can Eat ) His Entire Command That Was Called Last Stand Hill They All Died. and Why Because He Was A Boy General, I Was A Sgt in Vietnam 75 Missions But I Never Got Anyone Killed 👋
And also how more than half of them dont even wear uniforms, what kind of Army is that?
@4:36. Custers guide put his hand on his shoulder and says "Friend, today you and I go home, by a road we do not know" Always found this kind of a haunting. exchange of words between them.
Not if you’re Scottish . You take high road (life ) and I’ll take low road (death ) and I’ll be in Scotland before you.
This exchange probably didn’t happen. It’s just Hollywood antics.
😉👍This was such a great show when I watched it back in 91 I always felt that this was one of the best and accurate and true portraitels of Custer indeed, It truly needs to be put back on DVD or Blurey for sure in it's entirety so I can get myself a copy of it!,👌.
Did Custer commit suicide like he did in real life?
This is an awesome two-part history western series. So close to the real story and characters. This film needs to be on DVD.
It is on dvd, I have it.
@@michaeleagle5607 How did you get it and where did you get it? I want one for my movie collection.
Best i've seen.
Yes where did you get it? I've been looking for it since the first time I've seen it a few months ago,
It was shown on TV many years ago in Finland.@@johnredbird3796
Visited the big horn as a tourist. I felt the hair's on my neck bristle.
Come on dont be silly
Yeah, I was there 5 years ago, you can definitely feel the ghosts of those that died there. Unlike most battlefields, the area is little changed from how it was in the 19th century. You can feel how it must have been for them
Custer Definitely Found The Glory He Was Looking For That Day and He Got Each and Everyone Of His Men Killed, My Wife and My Self and My Son and His Good Friend All Veterans and My Self A Vietnam Veteran A Sgt. Custer Never Listened To Anyone , The Boy General 👍🇺🇸
You need the UV Lamp dud•et
I need to visit Little Big Horn someday soon....
Best book i ever read. I became a history buff concerning the Battle after that.
ALl History of. USA is Chane Crime’s , Roberry ‘s and Murder’s
The best book on the battle is Gregory Michno's "The Mystery of E Company." Michno analyzes all of the previous histories and the archeological exams after the fire that denuded the battleground in 1983. One thing that becomes clear is that Custer did not panic but fought the last. He had waited for Benteen to arrive until he finally deployed his companies into a rough square, which was a tried and true defense of the 19th century. Custer had successfully employed it against similar odds in 1873 as did General Sully in 1968. Custer had used it a number of times during the CW with great success as well, so he knew how to do it quickly. If Benteen had arrived, Custer would have had more rifles per side than either he or Sully had in the early actions I list here. Michno goes into micro-detail to show how this happened.
Way better than Stephen Ambrose's books on Custer, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull.
Me too!
@@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 I believe the book you are referring to is "The Mystery of E Troop: Custer's Gray Horse Company at the Little Bighorn".
It is indeed a fascinating book on the matter. However had Benteen arrived, he would not have stopped or repelled the attack, in reality he and his Battalion would have been decimated as well. multiple scholars and even accounts of those who were there said that any attempt a relief would have been doomed as well. Benteen prepared his forces and what was left of Reno's for a fight the coming morning, so they entrenched themselves. Instead the indians moved out rather than attack the bluffs on the high ground.
First of all! I'm German and my English is a bit rusty. I understand it better than I can express myself. But, I try anyway. It's interesting to read some of the comments! They teach each other, and also point out that the battle didn't take place like that, or who didn't follow orders where and how. It's often forgotten that when this series was filmed, many of the truths that investigations have uncovered over the past few years didn't exist. Much of what was reconstructed from witness statements has now also been partially refuted. The fact is that no one has been able to reconstruct the battle with 100% accuracy, and it is questionable whether this will ever be possible, despite the most modern technology. The battle depicted in "Son of the morning Star" may not have happened that way, but it's still the best thing to see in movies because it just captures the mood well. And that counts for me. So, thanks for this video. Unfortunately there is no high-quality version on DVD.
Man has never learned and NEVER will, wars keep going on til the end of times as WE know it
70% of the soldiers were Dutch, German, Swedish and Irish poor immigrants. Many of them had lied about their age as well and were around 16 to 17 years old. That is what the archaeological findings reveal! There never was a nice "Custers Last Stand" either. They were scattered over a large area and were slaughtered or shot themselves to not become prisoners of the Indians in many cases.
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Maybe so. Ironically lord Chelmsford knew about the little big horn
In realtà la lotta durò molto poco , secondo testimonianze dei nativi meno d'un quarto d'ora , pare proprio che Custer si sia suicidato .
When a chief was asked afterward how long did Custer's stand last, he explained " as long as it takes for a hungry man to eat his breakfast "
Or ...' how long is a piece of string ' ??
The experience was different for different Indians. Some came late and others left early. All scholars have come to the conclusion that the battle was about two hours long. Once the collapse began it happened fairly quickly, but there was a lot of shooting and ducking back and forth before the Indians felt it was safe enough to charge in. You can read what the chiefs at the battle had to say in Gregory Michno's "Lakota Noon."
Yeah, there was no 'battle'. The Americans were killed while tryng to run away - not particularly creditable to either side.
@@paddymeboy There was a documentary on tv to support your claim as forensic technicians trailed the spent cartridges to a hollow which proved there was no stand but a flee
that was his answer to how long the battle lasted...
By all accounts this is pretty accurate portrayal of what happened that day. A lot of brave men died for what they believed in, each their individual glories and defeats, no true winners of this War, only winners of the ideals that they fought for. Maybe one day we will all learn to love each other and join the other people's of the universe, when we humans learn to stop being a warring people...
Custer was a maniac..pure and simple
start by yourself,the whole world dont need lessons for that...start to stop your wars in the world...
@justsceptic3085 okay simpleton what does the world need, what wars, and how do you know what I'm doing? Are you up my ass, you're definitely on my nerves simp.🤡
Murderers and criminals got their just deserts that day. Remember being taught English school he as in custard was a hero ouch we all know he and 7th criminals where out to do genocide.history leaders and politicians at the time should be accounted for.
War is part of human nature. Maybe one day you hippies will all learn to accept that.
The last survivor of Reno Hill, Sgt. C. Windolph, is buried at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis. Windolph, a German immigrant, had deserted from the 7th Cav. early, but reenlisted under an assumed name. He won the Medal of Honor for volunteering to sneak down to the river that night to retrieve water for the wounded. Later he worked at the Homestake Gold Mine in Lead, just outside Deadwood. The author of Forty Miles a Day on Beans and Hay became friends with Windolph in Charley's later years. Windolph died in 1950. I participated in the 110th Anniversary Re-ride at the Little Big Horn, and was fortunate to meet Curley's granddaughter. "She said this to me. "This is not just old history to us. It is our family history."
Some of those who were at Little Big Horn ( Sitting Bull ) found themselves touring the Buffalo Bill shows.😯 They came to France, to Alsace (a region which was then German). They spent several months (1890-91) in Benfeld, a few kilometers from the city of Strasbourg, where they regularly went on horseback through the Stockfeld, an area of forest and countryside then a playground for the city's children who went to meet the Indians. The children then got into the habit of shooting arrows at the tram that passed by and even today the name of Stockfeld Indianer remained
Aslcasce- Lorraine n' estpas?
@@NorryJones-kg1se Oui, exact , Benfeld est en Alsace proche de la Moselle et des Vosges (qui sont en Lorraine )
Thanks for that information. Interesting detail. Makes for a strange world. I was at the uni in Strasbourg. From this Custer strikes me as utterly incompetent.
Alsace is German
Sitting Bull would cuss out the crowd. The audience not knowing his language would applaud.
The Sioux and Cheyenne warriors actually looked like ties gone bye, the paint, the long hair, dress, instead of Native Americans with short back and sides, with a head band with one feather, and stripes for paint on their faces in the old hollywood westerns, this is authentic, just like Dances with wolves, so well done for that.
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I watched this when it was first broadcast, and the warrior with the buffalo headdress and coup stick scared the hell out of me.
My great great great grandfather was killed at the battle of Little Big Horn.
He wasn’t in the battle itself, he was camping in the next field and went over to see what all the noise was about…..
Yor grenpa its brutal killer and big Pig!
😂
Curiousity killed the cat? 🙀
Came up over the ridge and distracted Custer..
Is this true? How do you know this? I don't accuse you of lying and am only wondering if this is family legend or lore. I would be interested to know if you've seem anything in the family history that backs this up
Probably the most realistic of all Custer movies - the uniforms the troops wore was a pretty fair approximation of how the Seventh would have appeared at the time...not the smart blue outfits of the John Ford classics!
Yes, the most realistic, but not that accurate, yet more accurate than the junk that had preceded it. (The only possible exception to that is the one item in the Errol Flynn version when it depicts the truth that Custer saved the Union by preventing Stuart from coming into the Union rear on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg during Pickett's Charge). Many myths about the LGH and Custer are indulged in it.
The later inquiry made it clear as have the many in-depth studies of that battle that if Benteen had followed orders and Renonot had not been drinking, Custer would have had enough men in his square formation to frustrate the Indian attacks as he had in 1873, and Sully had in 1968. (Michno proves this in "The Mystery of E Company"). From the start of this sequence from the mini-series, all of the false myths about the battle are in place and misrepresent the actual known facts about the battle. As the entire command was passing through a narrow valley, there was a series of low ridges to the left. Custer wanted Benteen to "sweep" through them to make sure that no Indians were able to hit them as they passed through. Some witnesses said that Benteen dawdled because he didn't believe they would find Indians that day and others said that Beteen wanted Custer to go out and find trouble by himself. Benteen was a cynical officer. He was a Southerner who had joined the Union Army during the CW because he didn't believe in slavery, but he also didn't like Yankees. Custer had leaped over him in promotion and he resented that, too. There are a number of diaries from survivors of the battle, Lt. Godfrey's being the most pertinent one in this case. He had been with Reno's command. He concluded his diary by saying that Custer's scouts did not warn him to not pursue the Indians once he found them that he would have been severely criticized. It was Crook a week earlier who left the field after the Battle of Rosebud Creek and sent no word of it to Custer or Terry and Gibbon who took longer to cross the Yellowstone River than expected. All three were supposed to converge within a gunshot of the other by the day Custer found the Sioux and Cheyenne camp. When Benteen found Reno, he did not move on to get to Custer as ordered. Lt. Godfrey's diary says that distinct distress volley signals were made so that Benteen had to have heard and could come to them. But he didn't. So everyone let Custer down that day. Chief Gall said of the men on Custer (Cemetery) Hill that if all of the soldiers had fought as hard as the men there, they would not have won the day. (You can read what all 28 Chiefs who were at the battle had to say about it in Gregory Michno's "Lakota Noon.).
If Reno and Benteen had rushed to help Custer they would have all been slaughtered.
If you notice at 7.35, there is a Trooper being dragged into the camp by two Indians. This is very accurate as it was reported that two Troopers lost control of their horses and rode headlong into the camp. Their mutilated bodies were recovered a few days later.
I wish someone would have done a movie on the Reno-Benteen defense. They withstood the entire Sioux/Cheyenne onslaught for most of 2 days with heroic resistance.
That isn't of interest for the leftist narrative that dominates today's culture
There's a British podcast called "The rest is History" which is due to talk about this next week. They're up to part 5 of an 8 part series about Custer. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook have done well so far; you can listen for free. Just google "The Rest is History Holland Sandbrook Custer".
It'll be fun. Feel free to come back and curse me if I'm wrong.
Quite a bit more realistic than "Men Who Died With Their Boots On" Although I still enjoy watching that old gem.
There was another one custer off the west Robert Shaw played custer and his real wife Mary ure was his wife in it
I've read where Jim Thorpe knock the hell out of Earl Flynn after he took a swing at him at the Brown Derby, hahaha
I think Earl Flynn is related to Errol Flynn and yeah, Thorpe did take a swing at him! I grabbed both of them by the scruff of the neck and threw them out of that tavern!
'Nother round?
At the Reno inquiry Benteen denied any knowledge of what Custer had in mind. Standard operating procedures of swift moving cavalry, pincer movement, has to done with aggressive speed no hesitation. Custer had no backup, Indian oral history, including Sitting Bull described panic in the villages.
Wise up. Benteen wasn't sent on any 'pincer movement.' He was sent on a perfectly useless 'flanking maneuver' to keep him out of what Custer expected would be an easy victory (this would deny Benteen credit toward a promotion.) The proof of this is Custer's immediate advance beyond Benteen's column, which was ostensibly his flank guard. He literally left it behind, and only sent his 'come on' message as he was descending Medicine Tail Coulee--without mentioning, of course, that he had hung Reno out to dry on the other side of the river. His demand that Benteen 'bring the packs'--which were not under Benteen's command--placed the onus of the pack train's safety directly on Benteen, and Benteen was perfectly justified in waiting for the pack train to arrive at Reno Hill, as the Army concluded. Custer got no backup because he left it too far behind. If you talk to the US Command and Staff College you'll find Custer has a poor reputation there.
Benteen also disobeyed a direct order and disregarded the volley fire which was a call for immediate aid
Reno was drunk.
@@charlesfaure1189wrong. He was order to button up the East should the Indians break out that way. Then if no sign of it swing back to aid Custer
@charlesfaure1189 Custer may have made some errors but is generally regarded as having sound strategy. Yes he stretched everything to the limit of reason but made no real errors. By the time he realized his weak condition it was too late to change anything. He sent for help more than once. One time it was wrongfully denied. He was not flawless that day but he was quite competent and correct in his strategies. Bad Intel and poor communication, and eventually outright failure of other commanders to appropriately compensate for an ever changing battlefield resulted in what happened.
We all can speculate forevermore but the point is that Custer was a good commander, one of the best, and this catastrophe does not rest on his shoulders alone, and arguably only in a minor way.
Custer disregarded his scouts initial intelligence and reports, which was basically the story of the day.
Custer was “brave” but more so impulsive and egotistical. Not traits of a good commander.
If grenades had been invented, he would have woke up with one in his tent long before then.
AWESOME! Perfect timing! Thanks you… Cheers from Australia!
Must be the time difference ( good grrrrls cup this week oi heard !)
I remember recording this on my VHS player. For a network mini series, this was top shelf stuff. Soon after I read the same titled book this was based on. Gave more detail and events not used in the tv show.
Recording TV on VHS was such a high dollar luxury. We'd rent one for a weekend once a month or so. Curtis Mathis company, rent a player and some VHS movies.
Reading Nathan philbricks book now. The last stand. Really good. Wish it would come on tv again.
I remember seeing this as a kid and I'm glad it has held up so well. But I can't get over the actor playing Custer looking exactly like Ben Stiller.
He played the boss Bill Lumberg in Office Space
What a coincidence... Custer ran the battle like Ben Stiller.
Gary Cole played Custer.
Yes i thought that as well, 😂😂
SIOUXLANDER 🤣
The Native American reenactors must have loved making this movie
Beats drinking on the rez
They did what so many armies in history failed to do, follow up their victory by finishing up off their enemy. They left the Army garrison a ways away hanging on. A tactical victory, but a strategic blunder and it spelt the doom of their way of life.
...as a Cheyenne/Arapaho, yes we did!
The only other thing that bothers me about the battle sequence is that it is made to look like a full panic run up to "Custer Hill" by the entire Regiment. There's no depiction of Keogh's or Calhoun's individual "stands" Still I absolutely love this movie even if I nitpick at it.
that should not bother you, because there was no last stand, they all ran in the end, kneeled and laid down. most of them panicked as the bullet findings suggest. there was nill heroism
@rnies6849 not with Miles Keough. He fought so bravely that the Indians did not mutilate his body. 2k warriors , many with repeating rifles caught 210 troopers,out in the open armed with short range pistols and single shot carbines many of which malfunctioned. Soldiers on Reno hill in a,defensive position held out for 2 days until Terry arrived.
@@rnies6849i didn't know you were there
@@Thunderchild-gz4gc new archaeologists research and reports of indians gave this picture
@@michaelrichardson6051the soldiers ran and shot themselves
Custer thought he was invincible and he was right. The women and children and the elders. That was his ace up his sleeve. So long as he got a hold of them he was safe. The landscape, and the mud and river blocked him from getting his ace.
Really, how was Custer supposed to get to them if the warriors were defending them? You're saying the warriors ran away? Do your homework instead of saying nonsense.
If Custer thought he was invincible then he wasn't right.
Custer was betrayed by Reno and Benteen with the backing of Grant. Do your homework. Duh!@@bartlettbigx
How could Custer get a hold on them when the warriors were protecting them? You're saying the warriors ran away? :D
From what I learnt the moms ,children and elderly fled down the river to be safe and Custer was after them .Many reports confirm this but who knows.
Bloody Knife's statement to Custer that they 'go home by a road they do not know' is haunting to this elderly student and visitor of the battle site.
Such a great movie, I wish there was a good quality dvd of this available
It''t not very accurate though. It indulges in a lot of myths that have been thoroughly debunked by many scholars. The myth about the Indian women piercing Custer's ears after the battle is one such myth. The later inquiry made it clear as have the many in-depth studies of that battle that if Benteen had followed orders and Renonot had not been drinking, Custer would have had enough men in his square formation to frustrate the Indian attacks as he had in 1873, and Sully had in 1968. (Michno proves this in "The Mystery of E Company"). From the start of this sequence from the mini-series, all of the false myths about the battle are in place and misrepresent the actual known facts about the battle. As the entire command was passing through a narrow valley, there was a series of low ridges to the left. Custer wanted Benteen to "sweep" through them to make sure that no Indians were able to hit them as they passed through. Some witnesses said that Benteen dawdled because he didn't believe they would find Indians that day and others said that Beteen wanted Custer to go out and find trouble by himself. Benteen was a cynical officer. He was a Southerner who had joined the Union Army during the CW because he didn't believe in slavery, but he also didn't like Yankees. Custer had leaped over him in promotion and he resented that, too. There are a number of diaries from survivors of the battle, Lt. Godfrey's being the most pertinent one in this case. He had been with Reno's command. He concluded his diary by saying that Custer's scouts did not warn him to not pursue the Indians once he found them that he would have been severely criticized. It was Crook a week earlier who left the field after the Battle of Rosebud Creek and sent no word of it to Custer or Terry and Gibbon who took longer to cross the Yellowstone River than expected. All three were supposed to converge within a gunshot of the other by the day Custer found the Sioux and Cheyenne camp. When Benteen found Reno, he did not move on to get to Custer as ordered. Lt. Godfrey's diary says that distinct distress volley signals were made so that Benteen had to have heard and could come to them. But he didn't. So everyone let Custer down that day. Chief Gall said of the men on Custer (Cemetery) Hill that if all of the soldiers had fought as hard as the men there, they would not have won the day. (You can read what all 28 Chiefs who were at the battle had to say about it in Gregory Michno's "Lakota Noon.).
the last words Custer said before he was shot at the river: "boys WE got them "NAPPING!" 😂
Custer should have prevailed that day and would have if Reno had not panicked and Benteen had followed orders. I wish people who like to post on historical matters would read some real history. The later inquiry made it clear as have the many in-depth studies of that battle that if Benteen had followed orders and Renonot had not been drinking, Custer would have had enough men in his square formation to frustrate the Indian attacks as he had in 1873, and Sully had in 1968. (Michno proves this in "The Mystery of E Company"). From the start of this sequence from the mini-series, all of the false myths about the battle are in place and misrepresent the actual known facts about the battle. As the entire command was passing through a narrow valley, there was a series of low ridges to the left. Custer wanted Benteen to "sweep" through them to make sure that no Indians were able to hit them as they passed through. Some witnesses said that Benteen dawdled because he didn't believe they would find Indians that day and others said that Beteen wanted Custer to go out and find trouble by himself. Benteen was a cynical officer. He was a Southerner who had joined the Union Army during the CW because he didn't believe in slavery, but he also didn't like Yankees. Custer had leaped over him in promotion and he resented that, too. There are a number of diaries from survivors of the battle, Lt. Godfrey's being the most pertinent one in this case. He had been with Reno's command. He concluded his diary by saying that Custer's scouts did not warn him to not pursue the Indians once he found them that he would have been severely criticized. It was Crook a week earlier who left the field after the Battle of Rosebud Creek and sent no word of it to Custer or Terry and Gibbon who took longer to cross the Yellowstone River than expected. All three were supposed to converge within a gunshot of the other by the day Custer found the Sioux and Cheyenne camp. When Benteen found Reno, he did not move on to get to Custer as ordered. Lt. Godfrey's diary says that distinct distress volley signals were made so that Benteen had to have heard and could come to them. But he didn't. So everyone let Custer down that day. Chief Gall said of the men on Custer (Cemetery) Hill that if all of the soldiers had fought as hard as the men there, they would not have won the day. (You can read what all 28 Chiefs who were at the battle had to say about it in Gregory Michno's "Lakota Noon.).
@@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244
Custer Was Outnumbered 3 to 1,
When He Split His Command, He
Was "DOOMED" To Failure...
Knapping means making stone blades from obsidian or chert.
Fiction.
Custer was told by Terry to not engage tell he arrived
I still watch the full movie every year.Thanks for posting my friend.
Stephen Ambrose (Band of Brothers & Founder of the National WWII Museum) wrote a great book called Custer And Crazy Horse: The Parallel Lives Of Two Great American Warriors. Any historian who has interest in this battle should read it.
He plagiarized a bunch
Heard and read much about the battle of little big horn and its significance in human history. Atrocities committed in war or war like situation unfortunate and uncondonable .
I wonder what books you read, if any. But you ought to read some deep history. Gregory Michno is the most acclaimed historian of the West alive today. His writings are deep examinations that assert themselves. You ought to read "Lakota Dawn," "Lakota Noon," and also "A Fate Worse than Death," which is a catalog of documented captive narratives. Michno's analysis and commentary at the end are a must-read for those who wish to seriously examine the history of The Indian Wars. Custer's own book is well worth reading and reveals far more truth than a book and film like "Son of he Morning Star," which supports and exploits every myth about Custer and the battle that ever existed.
Lol lmao even.
paleface fuxked around and found out this day.
Thanks. This seemed like an accurate account based on everything I have read so far.
Splitting the troops
in the battle area was the biggest blunder a commanding officer could do in an enemy territory especially if you are not sure of their strength of the enemy.
Not always a bad idea....Lee was forced to do this sort of thing several times and usually won battles when he did.
You Are Partially Correct , The Other Factor He Was A Boy. Commander and He Left Behind His Gatling Guns and Canons , I’ve Been To The Little Bighorn , No Place For Any Of His Men To Take Cover , Only A Stupid Ass Would Kill All His Horses 🐎 and That’s Exactly What Boy General Custer Did, I Did 75 Combat Missions and I Never Lost A Man I Complement (@angelojesusroyeca4341 ) He’s 100% Correct You Never Spitting Up Your Command Unless You Can Box Them Inn and You Know How Many Men They Have 👍🙏
Custer was trying to capture the women and children and hold them as hostages. He thought he would conduct the Battle of Big Horn in the same way he conducted the Battle of the Washita. Custer's underestimated his opponents..
He was last of his class at Westpoint, the only reason he became an officer was that because of the western campaign was so big every man was needed. But he was far from being one
He was last of his class at West Point but despite that he was apparently very popular amongst his peers. He was a maverick who, by all accounts,excelled in the civil war. He was certainly an odd fish going off solitary hunting with his command and on one occasion having to be searched for and rescued by his command after having lost his horse and being miles from it. His command was also plagued by desertion. I pass no value judgement.
I've stood on last stand hill in June it's an awesome spectacle.
All brave men, army and native warriors
Many thanks
This is the most accurate of the many filmed versions of the famous disaster . If Custer had listened to his " Ree " scouts , he could have saved the lives of his men .
Custer was natzi swiss descent as many in usa
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Secondo gli indiani contrariamente a quanto mostrano molti film, Custer fu uno dei primi a cadere nell'assalto al villaggio mentre il grosso degli indiani era ancora occupato contro il maggiore Reno. Ed aveva i capelli completamente rasati.
@@ghebalouhacene7422 From you written English I suspect that you are neither a native born English speaker nor a competent intelligence.
"If Custer had listened to his Ree scouts" what in God's name are you posting.Firstly they were mainly Crow scouts led by Half Yellow Face with mitch Boyer as interpreter.Custer had planned to rest and wait till morning but the Crow scouts told Custer that they were spotted and should attack immediately.
Crazy Horse
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They took from the Crows
Does anybody know what sort of special effects they're using for getting hit with the arrows in this movie? It looks really good. Are they just wearing bags filled with something under their shirts?
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This movie got some things wrong, but a lot of the most important scenes they got right, and were written perfectly! this was a fantastic mini series!
Capolavoro assoluto la battaglia è ' ricostruita in maniera perfetta
The way this is filmed, is very similar to the movie Zulu Dawn.
Britains little big horn. (Battle of Isandlwana) 1800 British soldiers massacred by 24,000 Zulu warriors.
Give it a watch. 👍
Wish they woud remake Zulu Dawn, the original was good, but needs a 2024 revamp.
A truly awesome account of the battle.
Excellent battlefield. Fairly accurate from what I've read about the battle.
Did anyone else notice that the corporal with the feather in his hat is seen getting killed at 24:29 but is alive again at 24:41?
Who care
Custer wanted between, to bring packs so why did he split the battalion when benteen warned him,he was the wrong man for the job.
Custer certainly got the fight to match his ego, as the proverb says -Pride comes before a fall. And boy didn't he fall!
"Son of the Morning Star, the film, might be the best visual movie concerning the LBH and Custer during the Indian Wars, but it indulges in every debunked myth about him. The seeker of truth would be advised to read more real history as the books of Gregory Michno offer (Lakota Noon, The Mystery of E Company), and even the various diaries of soldiers that had been on the campaign, particularly, Lt. Godfrey who was at the LBH with Benteen, and Lt. James Bradley who was with Crook at the Battle of Rosebud Creek. "Lakota Noon" is a catalog of all the interviews of the 28 chiefs who fought at LBH.
Great story 👍
Bit of ashame really ; a bit like " Glencoe" or that? C
They show a couple thing that I take exception with. Number one is portraying Major Reno weeping on the battlefield. You are taking a liberty that seems impossible when looking at his service. This guy fought at Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, and Ceder Creek, twice being brevetted for his heroism and gallantry. He was well known for his honor and bravery. To show him crying like a woman after losing a sporting event is ridiculous. Also, they seem to show that Custer was stripped, and he most certainly was not. Yes, he was partially cut up or mutilated, ears, finger, but he was dressed in buckskin, and it was left on him
Every single account stated that Custer was indeed stripped. But not scalped.
Still the best movie about Custer.. Gary Cole nails the part..
worst acting ever
@@tomhirons7475 Worse riding ever.
Ironically, the real battle probably only lasted as long as the battle sequence depicted in the mini-series.
Scholars of the battle have determined that it was about two hours long. It has been proven that Benteen had plenty of time to arrive to Custer but failed to follow orders. That is the real "mystery" of the battle.
Lol no. The battlefield covers miles of territory. It would take an hour to from one end to the other
Thank you for the excellent upload. God Bless You.
Been there on that hill even saw the rifleman pits...its an awesome place
Bit like Glencoe x
At the end, Custer and his men had no where to go. No where to run. Skirmish lines collapsed. Perimeter collapsed. Poor Decisions By Officers.Soldiers used their horses for cover.
Custer believed his own hype. That is always a very dangerous thing to do.
Still can't understand why hollywood dosen;'t make a historically correct movie about this battle, something like Dances With Wolves, kevin costner. Would be a blockbuster movie yet no one ever does!!
It is believed that Custer may have taken the wound to his chest while leading an advance across the LBH River. When he was hit the troops fell back up the hill. The wound to his forehead may have been self inflicted.
Custer was a brave and smart military leader but he made a big mistake. Everybody makes mistakes but this one cost him and his troops their lives.
The troops he led in the Civil War realized that they were on a crusade. The troops he led out west did not want to be there. it was only a job, a way to get by because of the economic Crash of 1873. @@dendeloro
Most historians doubt that Custer was shot at the river. While White Cow Bull and oral history do talk about an officer shot at the river, it's very unlikely that soldier was Custer. It could have been any of the other officers since many were dressed similarly to Custer. If Custer was wounded at the river, he likely would have been taken to Calhoun Hill since it's a safer and way less exposed position than Last Stand Hill. Also, Indian accounts say that the soldiers who rode down to the river were on grey horses (undoubtedly Company E), which means if an officer was wounded or killed at the river, it more likely would have been 1st Lieutenant Algernon Smith or 2nd Lieutenant James Sturgis.
The suicide theory is also wrong. It's certain that Custer was a right-handed man, which contradicts the suicide theory since the gunshot wound was found in his left temple. Soldier accounts also state that there were no powders burns around the wound, which is not consistent with someone who shot himself.
@@covand semantics, he ended up on Last stand Hill. He sent out Tom's, Keogh's and Calhoun's companies as he moved toward his demise. disagree about Smith and Sturgis. Have you even been to LBH Battlefield? I have 4 times and been reading about Custer for 61 years.
@@skippy-ti6jc Yes, I've been to the battlefield. And I too have been reading about Custer for many years.
The only problem is that after that battle it was basically the end of the "real" Indian wars. The tribes scattered and we're eventually all conquered.
Watched this repeatedly back in the day yet I couldn’t figure out why certain bits of footage seemed unfamiliar… and then I realised: the version shown in the U.K. (where I’m from) must’ve been censored to tone down instances of violence against the horses! The BBFC is _really_ strict on depictions of animal violence, even if they are only simulated.
On a more positive note though this is like a pseudo director’s cut for me! 😁
I remember watching this 92 where it was uncensored. Bbc 1 or BBC 2 if I remember rightly.
That female voice over when Reno charges the camp: that would be Buffy St Marie the worlds most famous pretendian who was born as an Italian girl.
She must vote for the Democrats. Another Pocahontas 😂
Did anyone here see the movie Dodgeball? Is it just me, or is George Custer here giving off major "White Goodman" vibes?
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To me, the mishmash of soldiers' uniforms reeks of authenticity...still far and away the best film on Custer's Last Stand imho...
Inspiring Words of Sheridan Chief: Today is a good day to die!
I'd say, "Good! Then die!" And what is "Sheridan Chief?"
@@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 Indigenous chief
Words of Crazy Horse when he was gathering his warriors.
Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse handed Custer’s ass on a platter and then ate his lunch. Speculation is rapidly growing that Custer committed suicide rather than be captured, tortured, and murdered. I can see that happening. Custer was was an arrogant prick and finally got what he had coming to him. God bless Sitting Bull and Red Cloud
Well said. It was greed and avarice for gold that drove miners to exploit Lakota land. Sending in that pompous ass Custer to violate the treaty and kill innocent women and children shows what a coward he was. I am in my 70s and even as a boy, I rejoiced in hearing how the Lakota and Cheyenne destroyed Custer.
Yes ,I agree Custer was seeking glory and his hubris was his Achilles Heel. But I wouldnt call him a prick -.I think he saw himself as forger, a shining light (Morning Star) of Westernised America.The closest American Military leader I can think of is GeneralPatton. But I also think Sitting Bull, Red Clouud, and Crazy Horse were also Champions amongst their people. From a wasicu.
For me, this is the best depiction of what actually happened. The Indian accounts of his actions in this movie are chilling. I have also seen accounts of Custer having an affection for Lakota women, so they deliberately baited him and made the women lead him off the Battlefield. Either way, to Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and many other LEGENDS with approximately 10,000 warriors, he was doomed.
28:52 Judging by the insignia on that trooper's sleeve, there is only one LBH soldier that actor is playing as: Chief Trumpeter Henry Voss
I believe this is the way it really happen
Brilliant!!!
You have to give this to Custer he would not do anything that he would not ask his mem to do
Right
Reading Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee should be mandatory. People including Custer did terrible things that have never been atoned for.
I can understand Americans not wanting to hear that their Blue Coats and others carried out these atrocities.
It wasn't all F-Troop and Broken Arrow (Cochise).
The American People Have Every Nationality Of People Living Here ,and Custer Was Only One Man and Your Blue Coats As You Put It , Every Nationality Of People Wearing Blue Coats Including Indians , Some Soldiers , Custers Command Was Very Small A Few Hundred Men Including Indians, and Wounded Knee , That Has Been Brought Up Plenty Of Times and Yes They Made Movies About That., The Calvary Had Indian Scoots Two !! Like Jane Fonda and Her Protesters Against The Vietnam War , They Never Once Brought Up The VC Mass Murder Over 1- Million Vietnamese People Women & Children , Because I Was There ,👍
Atrocites were committed on both sides. The plains tribes took their sacred lands by committing atrocities upon the peoples who already lived there. There aren't any good guys/bad guys. Human beings of every color are generally selfish, and outright vicious where their interests are heavily involved. That's why history is so rife with tragedy.
America is paying in blood right now for these and other acts of terror beginning in 1607.
Hoka He.
So true John 7861
I agree with you, the general public in the US has not the slightest idea of horrible atrocities and sheer genocide commited against those First Nation people, who were "original" to the land, the prairies, the forest, mountains and rivers...Unlike the military trying to eliminate the Native population...
" Mistakes were made. "
...Aint that the friggin' truth.
Benteen and Reno never recovered from that. Libby Custer took on the persona of the honored widow, and advanced a narrative that couldn't be contradicted as long as she remained unmarried or alive, according to the social norms of the time. Benteen and Reno couldn't defend themselves against her accusations of abandoning her husband and his command. And she outlived both of them, dying within living memory of the Erroll Flynn film They Died With Their Boots On.
I'm not saying that Reno and Benteen didn't make mistakes, nor that the Seventh wasn't rife with dysfunction stemming from leaving Major Elliott at the Washita and egos for days. I'm just saying that a narrative was established, and not strongly contradicted until fairly recently.
@@eldorados_lost_searcherBenteen especially gets a bad rap. Without him, the Reno-Benteen Defense to the South probably would have faltered, and they would have joined the fate of their comrades with Custer. Benteen didn’t abandon Custer, nor did Reno. Reno was left unsupported, and Benteen was sent off on a scouting mission he considered a snubbing.
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Benteen definitely didn't shirk his duty once on the hill, having one of his heels shot off, and not sleeping for something like two days.
Reno seems to have cracked under the impossible position he'd been put in, and getting Bloody Knife's brains splattered on him didn't help.
And Custer apparently not giving specific orders as to his overall objective and plans ahead of time led to the other detachments being in the dark as to what was going on. Once that fell apart, he and his command seem to have done as well as they could have according to established doctrine, aside from getting broken up (but you can only fit so many men and horses on those hilltops).
And the Lakota and Cheyenne made very few mistakes in the course of the battle.
First off Custer wasn't a General, His rank was reduced after the Civil war. His rank was Colonel.
No, his rank was Lieutenant Colonel.
Yup. Brevet, (Temporary Army Rank only), Brigadier General. Dropped right back down to Lt. Col after the Civil war.
@@FelixstoweFoamForge Actually, he made it to Brevet Major General, was dropped to Captain after the Civil War, and was promoted to Lt. Col when the 7th Cavalry was formed.
@@covand I stand corrected. Thank you for the clarification. Personally, and to miss quote Sgt Major Plumley, I'm fully of the opinion that Custer was an idiot.
He was entitled to be referred to as General.
There must have been some narrow escapes. Would love to have heard them told.😢
Legend says Custer is the Headless Horseman of Montana
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This video portrays one of the most glorious days in American history. And as luck would have it, General Georg goldilocks Custer had just had his hair done the day before the battle. Giving his blond locks a rich golden hew, highlighted by a few bold patches of red making his scalp hard to overlook for a trophy. I know, I know, it hardly makes-up for those days when the slaughter of indigenous men women and children were the norn and men like Custer over saw, but you must remember in those days of broken treaties and the starvation of native peoples, fairness was hard come-by. And in the immoral words of somebody, All's fair in love and war.
Read several books and watched many UA-cam videos on the topography, timeline, forensics and the "progress" of Custer's command. Then visited the site and started where Custer and Reno parted then walked/drove to the last stand. I am happily surprised that this movie does a good job conforming to the evidence. Custer had inadequate knowledge of the strength of the enemy and terrain. Custer's previous successes had relied on speed, surprise and aggression. Here he was grossly outnumbered with nowhere to run. Over time, I have come to agree that Benteen's decision to not "bring packs" was correct. War is all about killing.
Something tells me this doesn't end well
Now you ruined it! You just had to give away the ending.😅😉
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Good luck Custer? X
When I was a kid, I was taught/told that Custer was a hero.... massacred by "savages" in a gallant last stand. Just one of the many myths perpetrated upon American youth. Once I became a (young) adult, I finally learned the truth.
"Friend, today, you and I go home by a road we do not know." Did a scout actually say that to Custer? Chilling.
I see 2 actors who went on to Dances with Wolves.....Crazy Horse and the young warrior who could not bring himself to scalp somebody
The man writing down Custer's order is his aide William Cooke, a Canadian. In total 18 Canadians rode with the 7th Cavalry at the Little Big Horn and 8 died there.
The very best battle of little bighorn I've seen was in the movie " little big Man" with Dustin Hoffman, this is okay 😎
Those couple Gatling guns would have come in handy in a skirmish line.
Great movie..the way i see it, he was a trooper following orders .
You're near it. Custer should have prevailed that day,, and if Benteen had followed orders he would have. The later inquiry made it clear as have the many in-depth studies of that battle that if Benteen had followed orders and Renonot had not been drinking, Custer would have had enough men in his square formation to frustrate the Indian attacks as he had in 1873, and Sully had in 1968. (Michno proves this in "The Mystery of E Company"). From the start of this sequence from the mini-series, all of the false myths about the battle are in place and misrepresent the actual known facts about the battle. As the entire command was passing through a narrow valley, there was a series of low ridges to the left. Custer wanted Benteen to "sweep" through them to make sure that no Indians were able to hit them as they passed through. Some witnesses said that Benteen dawdled because he didn't believe they would find Indians that day and others said that Beteen wanted Custer to go out and find trouble by himself. Benteen was a cynical officer. He was a Southerner who had joined the Union Army during the CW because he didn't believe in slavery, but he also didn't like Yankees. Custer had leaped over him in promotion and he resented that, too. There are a number of diaries from survivors of the battle, Lt. Godfrey's being the most pertinent one in this case. He had been with Reno's command. He concluded his diary by saying that Custer's scouts did not warn him to not pursue the Indians once he found them that he would have been severely criticized. It was Crook a week earlier who left the field after the Battle of Rosebud Creek and sent no word of it to Custer or Terry and Gibbon who took longer to cross the Yellowstone River than expected. All three were supposed to converge within a gunshot of the other by the day Custer found the Sioux and Cheyenne camp. When Benteen found Reno, he did not move on to get to Custer as ordered. Lt. Godfrey's diary says that distinct distress volley signals were made so that Benteen had to have heard and could come to them. But he didn't. So everyone let Custer down that day. Chief Gall said of the men on Custer (Cemetery) Hill that if all of the soldiers had fought as hard as the men there, they would not have won the day. (You can read what all 28 Chiefs who were at the battle had to say about it in Gregory Michno's "Lakota Noon.).
@@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 great information there.. I appreciate that insight and info. I beleave at the Reno inquiry they closed ranks and made GAC the fall person. Thanks
Greetings to the heroes of the Indian nation from Bogor Indonesia
Such a Bittersweet victory for the Lakota Nation...😢 and this movie shows how they were degraded for the sake of prospecting, railroads, and the Wounded Knee.
Parabéns aos indígenas, sou vidrado nessa batalha, onde o todo poderoso Custer e a sétima cavalaria morreram todos, salve os índios, os verdadeiros americanos.
We Repeatedly Playing The Ballad Sung By Edy Arnolds Many Years Ago. Only Now I See The Picture.
Muy buena,gracias
The movie Little Man with Dustin Hofmann ends with the battle at the little Big Horn.
Lumberg takes on the Sioux. Worked as well as his efforts at Inatech.
Funny! “Major Reno, if you would take your battalion and charge the village, that would be great.”
on Saturday! @@JOSECANUCCJ
Those damn TPS reports.
George Armstrong Custer
You hear me captain sweep the area!!
They were fighting against the
Best light horsemen in the country !
Not sure they had anything on the Comanches.
Nearest that I recall, it's believed that once the men in Custer's command started to dismount, the Indians also dismounted and advanced in rushes through the grass. They mostly held off on mounted charges until they'd inflicted enough casualties. It was probably filmed this way because that sort of gradual combat isn't as exciting or cinematic.
This isn't me trying to belittle the warriors, just pointing out that they fought in a manner similar to modern troops ("You're up! They see you! You're down!").
@@eldorados_lost_searcher I have read an account of this battle, in which the author believed that Custer was one of the first to die, once they made their final stand on the hill.
The grass was waist high. Most of the warriors used this to sneak up close, peek and shoot. The soldiers had no targets. The horsemen came in once all the soldiers were down. It was a buffalo hunt, not a battle. It only took 15 minutes or so.
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It always cracks me up how Hollywood wants to portray this as custer standing on top of a hill with guns blazing and Indians falling off their horses when actually the battle lasted less than a hour at most
It lasted a day what do you mean
Crazy horse couldn’t surround Custer that quickly so they had to maneuver multiple times to get a striking blow on Custers forces and the next day they delivered a total knockout of Custers forces with atleast 4-6 hours not less than a hour