The Alamo (1960) - Mexican Army in advance
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2017
- 1836, the province of Texas, under the possession of Mexico, rebels against the Mexican dictatorial authority and proclaims its independence. The General Sam Houston (Richard Boone) that commands the armed forces of Texas, is pursued by Santa Ana's troops, far superior in number. Houston decides to take refuge behind the Rio Grande in order to quickly reform a bigger army.
However, Houston needs time, he entrusts the Colonel Travis the mission to stem the progression of the Mexican army. The colonel entrenches himself and his fellowmen, in an old mission half destroyed and transformed for the occasion into a fortress. For 13 days, the legendary Davy Crockett (John Wayne), Jim Bowie (Richard Widmark) William Travis (Laurence Harvey) and 184 hardy Americans and Texicans hold the Alamo in hopeless combats against the massive Mexican army.
They know that the final assault will turn to a massacre, but they are ready to write down with their blood one of the most heroic pages of American history.
The Alamo was considered by John Ford as a masterpiece and ranks among cinema’s great classic and stirring movies.
Remember the Alamo !
Year : 1960
Duration : 2h 35m
Director :John Wayne
Scenarist :James Edward Grant
Actors :
John Wayne: Col. Davy Crockett
Richard Widmark: Jim Bowie
Laurence Harvey: Col. William Travis
Frankie Avalon: Smitty
Patrick Wayne: Capt. James Butler Bonham
Linda Cristal: Flaca
Joan O'Brien: Mrs. Sue Dickinson
Chill Wills: Beekeeper
Joseph Calleia: Juan Seguin
Ken Curtis: Capt. Almeron Dickinson
Carlos Arruza: Lt. Reyes
Jester Hairston: Jethro
Veda Ann Borg: Blind Nell Robertson
John Dierkes: Jocko Robertson
Denver Pyle: Thimblerig (the Gambler)
Aissa Wayne: Lisa Angelica Dickinson
Hank Worden: Parson
William Henry: Dr. Sutherland (as Bill Henry)
Bill Daniel: Col. Neill
Wesley Lau: Emil Sande
Chuck Roberson: Tennesseean
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams: Lt. 'Irish' Finn (as Guinn Williams)
Olive Carey: Mrs. Dennison
Ruben Padilla: General Santa Anna
Richard Boone: Gen. Sam Houston
Genre : Action,Adventure,Drama
Frame Rate : 24 fps
Music : by Dimitri Tiombin
Owner : FOX / mgm - Фільми й анімація
When you see the artillery for the first time, pay attention to the crew on the left. One of them nearly falls off. 0:17
He is lucky
And those artillery carriages crossing the river coming at the camera? The fourth one comes directly at the camera and actually hit it and broke it.
The costume bill for this film must have been enormous!
Some money was saved (on zips) by using authentic drawstrings on uniforms.
General Santa anna was my great grandfather, Ruben Padilla, so cool
Mexico always had great uniforms throughout history. Even today. The only one that beats them is the Nazi uniforms. But besides that. Mexico is the best today.
You forgot to mention the Theft of California and New Mexico territory
@@dragoncelestial6865 Theft doesn't include cash payments.
@@jerroldkazynski5480 teah bc they didnt stral it bc mexico didnt lose
They were based on the uniforms of European Napoleonic armies.
"Mexico is the best today" are you sure? I'm mexican, i'm a college graduate and we're far from being the best
Awesome scene and without any cgi that would have been used in todays movies
Definetly a precursor to the imperial march in star wars
Man 7,000 troops the producers took it too a whole other level cause Santa Anna had 4,000 troops but they added 3,000 more I’d like to see another one like this one with so many uniforms
The American myth
The army of Operations was 6,000 men, Santa Anna arrived in San Antonio with 1,100 infantry and 300 cavalry and also received a 1,000 man reinforcement from General Gaona, other troops were to the south and also behind Santa Anna's.
Música formidable.
I personally think that the Texas revolution and the Mexican American war decided who would control North America and I wonder what would have happened if Mexico subdued the Texas revolution and defeated the United States in the Mexican American War and I wonder if Mexico would be a world super power today like the United States is
Well it would benefit the British at the time. They too was worry about USA expansion especially into their Oregon territory.
Honestly if Mexico cooperated with British canada for defense alliance. The USA would have to worry about British fleet in their plus a blockade that the USA won't able to land in Mexico capital.
Also it would also put the USA civil war on hold for the moment. Without new states for them to complain.
Not likely. Not even close. Mexico was still a pretty newly formed nation that encompassed vast territories left to them by the Spanish when they won their independence. California had a growing culture that was too remote from Mexico City to be governed effectively. Shortly before Kearney entered California, a Mexican army had been dispatched to quell a rebellion in the Los Angeles area. They had their asses handed to them by Spanish-speaking Californios at Cahenga Pass, present day Hollywood. If it wasn't for the American invasion, California would have eventually become its own country. If Mexico had kept Texas, that's about as far as it could go. It turned out, Mexico was invaded and occupied by the French in the 1860s. Mexico simply didn't have the political unity and military strength to hold its own territory reliably in the face of foreign belligerents.
Also, if it wasn't for the Texan Revolt, there would have been no war with Mexico in the 1840s. The war was started by a territory dispute over the land between the Rio Grande and the Neuces River, which were in Texas. It later turned out to be part of President Polk's expansionist ambitions. Had Santa Anna successfully subdued the Texicans in the 1830s, there would have been no dispute.
Viva México...! Greetings from Serbia.....................!
Viva yugoslavia from Mexico
Alguna vez México fue respetado.
Still respected by many, including me. I love the music in this clip also
Mexico has always been a sh*thole. Why do you think the people die daily trying to cross the border to America.
Que vesturio que paisajes bellos cuantos extra que peliculon que lastima havandonado el set de filmacion del alamo como texas y las autoridades no recontruyen el set de filmacion y lo habre al turismo
Davy Crockett: look at all the Mexicans
James Bowie: I didn’t know we were pouring concrete today.
It looks spectacular, but most of those columns are marching in absolutely nonsensical circuitous patterns, I guess so that they could show as many troops on the screen at the same time.
Dude got bucked off his horse at :19 LOL
185 guys with smooth bore flintlock muskets and a few flintlock rifles again thousands of experienced fighting Mexican troops? (They had just spent a few years putting down insurrections and revolts... they were experienced) Reminds me of Sparta King Leonidas and his 300 against the tens of thousands of Persians under Xerxes.
The Alamo defenders should have taken their small arms and cannons and gone to join Houston.
I'm not sure about this particular battle, but Mexican historians have pointed to inclement weather and lack of shoes among the Mexican troops in other battles.
@@johnmolina3284 When Santa Anna was marching up to Texas, he conscripted many civilians to join his army. These people had no experience and little training. Most of them didn't fire their rifles correctly because they didn't like the recoil on their shoulder. They instead would fire from their hip. This was a big reason why the Mexicans suffered heavy losses at the Alamo; the soldiers in the back would not properly fire their weapons and hit the front-line troops in the back of their heads.
@@MrBassmann15 that's just a footnote. It has little to do with troop movement, strategy and the like.
Except unlike the Spartans, the texian defenders got their @ss kicked in 30 minutes
@@Elitecommando501 The battle lasted 90 minutes.
If Santa Anna had been given two years to train his army…….
Lo único que ocupaba santa Anna era un día de descanso después de llegara a el alamo y no quedarse dormido en San Jacinto
El mejor Ejército del mundo
Del mundo mexicano.
Hasta que los granjeros tejanos y los soldados estadounidenses les dieron una patada en el culo😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@ColXnial1328
Exclamo el sudamericano
@@badezour el sudamericano resentido con el gran México
I diden,t Think mexican Soldiers had that meny different uniforms in the army.
Indeed, if they had very varied and very colorful uniforms, a different one for each type of unit, which was usually made that way for the military parades that were so done, in fact, the uniforms were more expensive than the armament they used.
@@ellicenciadonacoquesecomel3381
Quite the parade.
Most professional armies of that time had many different types of uniforms for the different regiments
@@MZeki-gw2xg Most European armies has one colour for most of their rehiments esp the foot unit. Such as Red for British, white and the blue for France, Green for Russian though there might be a few differences s7ch ad Green for the British 95th and white for some foreign raised regiments in Napoleon's armies.
@@iainclark5964 noted thanks, I said different types not different colours. Like hussars, carabiners, dragoons, grenadiers, line etc
So how many troops were there on each side? I've seen different #'s in different places.
2,100 men vs 260 at the Alamo.
"The Alamo was considered by John Ford as a masterpiece and ranks among cinema’s great classic and stirring movies." While it may be that Ford, in a drunken stupor, thought it a masterpiece, (he did second unit work that was mostly later reshot), NO SERIOUS FILM CRITIC TODAY or even in the 60's considered this one of the great epics like "Ten Commandments, " "Ben-Hur," "Spartacus," "Lawrence," etc. Even commercially, it didn't recoop its money until 1971!!!
Your improved version of the movie is---------------where? Film critics are professional A-holes at best. I ALWAYS enjoyed any Wayne movie BETTER than those hawked by critics attempting to shoot them down.
@@charlessavoie2367 actually, the film critics around 1960 were FAAAAR more perceptive than today's.
Regardless of the opinions of movie critics, I consider this movie a masterpiece.
@@williampaz2092 LOL And we had better critics back in the early 60's than we do today. This a laughable vanity piece, and historically inaccurate. Just served to drum up Wayne's faux bravura.
For My Own POV, & My Recollections of First Viewing this Great Film 📽️🎥 🙂🙂. IT had too of been the Second or Third time I'd seen it. The Year & Occasion was 1969 or 1970 in Nisku, Alberta, Canada. With My Mother, Two Sisters and Some Very Good Friends. All together with Our Group, & the Other Patron's that Night. There might of been Thirty to Fifty People in Total Attendance, at that Theater 🎭🎭 that given Night.
My Point being, was when they Showed, this Segment of the Film, with the Vast Mexican Army, on The March. That Entire 30'x 15' Screen was Totally Lit Up in it's TechniColor Grandeur so Brilliantly that with the Sounds, You Felt like they were Marching Right Over Top, of You and On too Your very Body. God Damnit was it something too Behold, and Experience as well. I was a Teenager then, and Man What an impression it Put on Me for Many years too Come.
Mr Wayne's Adaptation & the Great Effects, by all Parties too His Company, and the Resulting Film? Were I believe a Modern Day ex. of a Masterpiece. No Doubt about That.
Unfortunately it was later Torn apart, & Maliciously Criticized by the SOB's in Hollywood, and Elsewhere? That Ended up Having a Feeding Frenzy with it. And John Wayne, just too Satisfy, Thier Own Reputations, Ego's, & other Agendas at the Time.
OHH 😯😮 well I've Said Enough so I'll say Goodbye. But Thank You so much for Sharing Once More.
The Napoleon of the west needed an army that rivaled the French. In dress that is.
Fairly decent job with the uniforms...the Red I believe is incorrect...Most of the Mexican Army had either white or Blue Jackets...Some of the Blue Jackets had a red chest piece, but no full red jackets. At least as far as my research has shown me. The white uniforms had to be a huge pain keeping clean in the field.
Given a right bloody nose at the Alamo and hammered when Sam Houston caught up with Santa Anna.
Here they come!!
This movie was full of inaccuracies about what took place at the Alamo.
Bob Eakin well you have to think this was made in the 1960s so they could not do the battle at night and they didn’t really have all the good technology like we have today i still think it is one of the best movies ever that portrayed the Alamo I mean sure their are a couple of flaws but remember it was made in the 1960s
I have a doubt, the Mexican red infantry uniform, was it really used?, Since it seems that it was British- Tengo una duda, el uniforme de infantería mexicano de color rojo, fue realmente utilizado?, Es que más bien parece británico
El uniforme rojo se usó en muchos ejércitos, en los ejércitos sudamericanos se les solía dar rojo a la carne de cañón.
@@Septe. Ah muchas gracias, por meses esperé está respuesta jajaja
Isn't that Jose Gonzalez riding that horse?
0:16 look closely on the left side that guy is falling off his horse 👀
No canteens or backpacks?
How come in :59 there is a French flag?
This not a french flag is a Leva Flag in México.
Daniel Cheng those were the exact uniforms that the Mexicans used in that period, after they defeated the Spaniards and gained their independence
That's normal, we known that Santa Anna was a great admirator of Napoleon and was thinking himself like him (emperor, uniforms, even the white horse)
Not French, its a green that looks like blue
Santa Anna mirrored his army off the major powers of Europe, to project power, his thought process was if I look like the powerful armies of Europe I will be feared.
Not enough sombreros
La aussi il faut affronter une armée nombreuse et solidement pourvue en matériel militaire
Ça n a pas empêché les américains de faire le sacrifice suprême contre le général Santa Ana et ses 2000 hommes
Eux sont 197 braves ! !!
En realidad Santa Anna sólo uso 1200 hombres en la batalla y de esos sólo unos 700 entraron activamente en combate, los estadounidenses tenian 500 hombre tenía un buen número defensivo, y nada de valientes ya que eran filibusteros ademas la mayoría se rindió el problema fue que se toco la marcha la cual no permitía tomar prisioneros, que Hollywood no te haga tonto!!
Did they have a French flag or something?
James Bowie .... "Who advertised for lawncare?
Ils arrivent. Ils traversent les rivières, mais pas notre liberté.
El color del uniforme al final del clio parece mal, creo que era azul.
Habían varios tipos de infantería: Ligera, Pesada, Guardias y Cazadores, no se si la ligera o pesada llevaba el azul y la otra el rojo
infantería de línea usaba azul, rojo y blanco, cazadores verde, milicia gris o café, guardias rojo, coraceros rojo, lanceros verde/azul
@@MarioRodriguez-pi7br ah, su pinche madre, ¿como lo sabes? Por cierto, gracias master
@@eduardofranciscofuentesram5464
porque tengo un juego en el que puedes jugar como mexico de aquella epoca jaja además he estudiado mucho la historia bélica de mexico en el siglo XIX
@@MarioRodriguez-pi7br XD
Ils arrivent
why there is a french flag in the mexican cavalry ?
Its the flag of the mexican artilleria
John Wayne over did it Santa Ana didn't have 7000 troops.
It certainly LOOKS impressive, but that army probably wouldn't have stood up to any ACTUAL army, rather than a ragtag group of settler militia.
Well, without the wonders of modern cgi, you worked with what you had back then, and they just can’t all match the scale of Waterloo or Gettysburg.
It was an army used to putting down revolts. Against another professional army (the US in 1846 to 1847) you can easily see its weakness in its antiquated tactics.
And the way John Wayne shows the mexicans, as weak and easy to kill, is false. They knew very well what they were doing. Go watch the 2004 battle of the Alamo scenes, and then
determine wether or not they could stand up against an "actual army". Plus, it also depends on who's commanding them.
@@derekflores3089 well explain to me how they beat back the Spanish Empire and The French
@@manuelmoreno-st3hd Lol the Mexican Army did not beat back the French. They won one battle and lost at the same city a year later. As for the Spanish, a New Spain general Agustin de Iturbide literally defected to the cause of independence.
anybody know why the Mexicans are dressed like the British......or some weird marching band uniform?
The chad Mexicans vs the American Mercenaries
Southern border hasn't changed very much since then. Still the same view without the uniforms
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piratas y bandidos y traficantes de esclavos defendiendo el alamo jajaja
En defensa de una soberanía vs filibusteros ladrones
Viva México y Viva Santa Anna!
SAM KICK SAN ANNS BUT GOOD.