U. S. History in Film

Film Library by Topic

Exploration and Discovery	Custer	Depression and New Deal
The Colonial Era	Billy the Kid	World War II
The French and Indian War	The James Gang	Cold War
Revolutionary America	The Earps	The 1950s
The Early National Period	Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill	Vietnam
Westward Expansion (Prewar)	Miscellaneous Westerns	Youth Culture and Protest
The Alamo	The Gilded Age	The 1960s
Sectionalism and Slavery	Progressivism	Civil Rights
Civil War	World War I	The U. S. since 1970
Reconstruction	The Roaring Twenties	Films about Filmmaking
Westward Expansion (Postwar)	Gangsters

Exploration and Discovery

Guns, Germs, and Steel (2005)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Long Ships, The (1963)

The Norseman (1978)

Pathfinder: The Legend of the Ghost Warrior (2007)

Apocalypto (2006)

Becket (1964)

Edward II (1991)

Christopher Columbus (1949)

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery (1992)

Mad Love (2001)

Captain from Castile (1947)

Mission, The (1986)

Plunder of the Sun (1953)

Spanish Main, The (1945)

Cabeza de Vaca (1991)

Captain Kidd (1945)

Blackbeard the Pirate (1952)

Blackbeard (2006)

Man for All Seasons, A (1966)

Six Wives of Henry VIII, The (1970)

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

Private Life of Henry VIII, The (1932)

Tudor Rose (1936)

Prince and the Pauper, The (1937)

Prince and the Pauper, The (AKA “Crossed Swords”) (1977)

Tudors, The (2007)

Elizabeth (1998)

Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The (1939)

Fire Over England (1937)

Seven Seas to Calais (1962)

Crimson Pirate, The (1952)

Young Bess (1953)

Virgin Queen, The (1955)

Virgin Queen, The (2005)

Elizabeth I (2005)

Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen (2005)

Elizabeth R (1971)

Mary of Scotland (1936)

Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)

Tempest, The (1979)

Tempest (1982)

Tempest, The (1983)

Tempest, The (1998)

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Cromwell (1970)

Restoration (1995)

King’s Thief, The (1955)

Moll Flanders (1996)

Stage Beauty (2004)

The Colonial Era

Roanoak (1986)

Wraiths of Roanoke (2007)

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)

Young Pocahontas (1997)

Pocahontas (1995)

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)

Pocahontas: The Legend (1995)

New World, The (2005) New World, The (2^nd Critique) (2005)

Pocahontas Revealed: Science Examines an American Legend (2007)

Tempest, The (1979)

Prospero’s Books (1991)

Bright Leaf (1950)

Parrish (1961)

Squanto: A Warrior’s Tale (1994)

Mayflower: the Pilgrims’ Adventure (1979)

Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower (2006)

Plymouth Adventure (1952)

Scarlet Letter, The (1926)

Scarlet Letter, The (1934)

Scarlet Letter, The (1979)

Scarlet Letter, The (1995)

Scarlet Letter, The (2001)

Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985)

Crucible, The (1996)
Young Goodman Brown (2000)

Day of Wrath (1943)

Love at Stake (1988)

Hocus Pocus (1993)

Midwife’s Tale, The (1995)

Song of Hiawatha, The (1997)

Black Robe (1991)

The French and Indian War

Deerslayer, The (1920)

Northwest Passage (1940)

Northwest Passage – TV Series (1958)

Unconquered (1947)

When the Redskins Rode (1951)

Mohawk (1956)

Frontier Rangers (1959)

Allegheny Uprising (1939)

Last of the Mohicans (1920)

Last of the Mohicans, The (1936)

Last of the Mohicans, The (AKA “Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans”) (1957-58)

Last of the Mohicans (1992)

Pathfinder, The (1996)

Battle of the Brave (“Nouvelle-France”) (2004)

War that Made America, The (2006)

Washington the Warrior (2006)

Revolutionary America

You Are There: The American Revolution (1953)

You Are There: George Washington (1953)

John and Abigail Adams (PBS’s “The American Experience”) (2005)

Voltaire (1933)

Johnny Tremaine (1957)

April Morning (1988)

Uncle Sam Magoo (1970)

Felicity: An American Girl Story (2005)

Howards of Virginia, The (1940)

Crossing, The (2000)

Madness of King George, The (1994)

1776 (1972)

Valley Forge (1975)

America (1924)

Revolution (1985)

Liberty! (1997)

George Washington I, Part I (1984)

George Washington I, Part II (1984)

George Washington I, Part III (1984)

George Washington II: The Forging of the Nation (1986)

Scarlet Coat, The (1955)

One Step Beyond: Night of Decision (1959)

Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2002)

Devil’s Disciple, The (1959)

Time of Their Lives, The (1946)

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Bastard, The (1978)

Rebels, The (1979)

Seekers, The (1979)

Patriot, The (2000)

Alexander Hamilton (1931)

Our Constitution (1940)

National Treasure (2004)

The Early National Period

Adams Chronicles I-XIII, The (1976)

Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)

Jefferson and Adams: A Play

You Are There: The Vote that Made Jefferson President (1953)

You Are There: The Louisiana Purchase (1953)

Far Horizons, The (1955)

Almost Heroes (1998)

Equal Justice under Law: Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, Gibbons v. Ogden (1993)

Equal Justice Under Law: United States v. Aaron Burr (1993)

Magnificent Doll (1946)

Captain Caution (1940)

Mutiny (1952)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2004)

Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Little Old New York (1940)

Sons of the Sea (AKA Atlantic Ferry) (1941)

Gorgeous Hussy, The (1936)

Devil and Daniel Webster, The (1941)

Buccaneer, The (1938)

Buccaneer, The (1958)

Old Hickory (1939)

President’s Lady, The (1953)

Jackson Years, The (1970)

Andrew Jackson (2007)

Our Hospitality (1923)

Distant Drums (1951)

Moby Dick (1930)

Moby Dick (1956)

Moby Dick (1998)

Evening with Edgar Allan Poe, An (2000)

Great Moment, The (1944)

Barnum (1986)

P. T. Barnum (1999)

Manions of America, The (1981)

Westward Expansion, Part I

Daniel Boone (1936)

Daniel Boone: Trail Blazer (1956)

Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider (1966)

Daniel Boone (TV-Series 1964-70)

Return of Daniel Boone, The (1941)

Fighting Kentuckian, The (1949)

Kentuckian, The (1955)

Kentucky Rifle (1956)

Battles of Chief Pontiac (1952)

Big Trail, The (1930)

Oregon Trail (1939)

Oregon Trail (1945)

Oregon Trail, The (1959)

Dakota (1945)

Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

Big Sky, The (1952)

Saginaw Trail (1953)

Mountain Men (1980)

New Land, The (1972)

Lady from Louisiana (1941)

Naughty Marietta (1935)

Jezebel (1938)

New Moon (1940)

Saratoga Trunk (1945)

Angel and the Badman (1947)

Let Freedom Ring (1939)

Naked Hills, The (1956)

Ravenous (1999)

Western Union (1941)

Omaha Trail, The (1942)

Indian Fighter, The (1955)

Wagon Master (1950)

Way West, The (1967)

Kansas Pacific (1953)

Rock Island Trail (1950)

Whispering Smith (1948)

Kit Carson (1940)

Trail of Kit Carson (1945)

Fighting with Kit Carson (1933)

Adventures of Kit Carson, The – TV Series (1951)

Seven Alone (1974)

One Man’s Hero (1999)

Broken Arrow (1950)

Outcasts of Poker Flat, The (1937)

Pony Express (1953)

Last of the Pony Riders (1953)

California (1946)

In Old California (1942)

Young Land, The (1959)

Mark of Zorro, The (1940)

Mark of Zorro, The (1974)

Mask of Zorro, The (1998)

Legend of Zorro, The (2005)

Paint Your Wagon (1969)

Wagon Wheels (1934)

Ballad of Lucy Whipple, The (2001)

Into the West (2005)

Walker (1987)

The Alamo

Comanche Territory (1950)

Martyrs of the Alamo (1915)

Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926)

Davy Crockett: Indian Scout (1950)

Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1954)

Adventures of Jim Bowie, The (1956-58)

Remember the Alamo (1936)

Heroes of the Alamo (1937)

Man from the Alamo, The (1953)

Two For Texas (1998)

Last Command, The (1955)

Viva Max! (1969)

Gone to Texas (1986)

James A. Michener’s Texas (1994)

Alamo, The (1960)

Alamo, The (2004)

Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears (1972)

Gallant Legion, The (1948)

Ranger and the Lady, The (1940)

True Women (1997)

King of Texas (2002)

Sectionalism and Slavery

Roots (1977)

Burn! (1969)

Gangs of New York (2002)

Song of the South (1946)

Adventures of Brer Rabbit, The (2006)

Skin Game (1971)

Amistad (1997)

Middle Passage, The (2000)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1903)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1914)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1927)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1987)

Way Down South (1939)

Drums in the Deep South (1951)

Journey of August King, The (1995)

Solomon Northrup’s Odyssey (1984)

Woman Called Moses, A (1978)

Whispers of Angels (2002)

Unchained Memories (2003)

Bedlam (1946)

Dimples (1936)

Dark Command (1940)

South of St. Louis (1949)

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Seven Angry Men (1955)

Beulah Land (1980)

Civil War

Abraham Lincoln (1930)

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Abraham Lincoln – Westinghouse Studio One (1952)

Lincoln (Gore Vidal’s Lincoln) (1988)

Tad (1995)

Littlest Rebel, The (1935)

Prince of Players (1955)

Tall Target, The (1951)

Hearts in Bondage (1936)

Of Human Hearts (1938)

In the Border States (1910)

House with Close Shutters, The (1910)

Fugitive, The (1910)

His Trust (1910)

His Trust Fulfilled (1910)

Swords and Hearts (1911)

Battle, The (1911)

Little Women (1933)

Little Women (1949)

Little Women (1994)

Little Colonel, The (1935)

General Spanky (1936)

General, The (1927)

Southern Yankee, A (1948)

Great Day in the Morning (1956)

Advance to the Rear (1962)

Fastest Guitar Alive, The (1967)

Secret Service (1931)

Shenandoah (1965)

Friendly Persuasion (1956)

Journey to Shiloh (1968)

Beguiled, The (1971)

Shot to Pieces (2002)

Left for Dead (2002)

Blood and Honor (2000)

Colorado (1940)

Raid, The (1954)

Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1962)

Band of Angels (1957)

Glory, Glory (The Hooded Angels) (2000)

Cold Mountain (2003)

Ride with the Devil (1999)

My Brother’s War (2005)

Ironclads (1991)

Hunley, The (1999)

Hellbenders, The (1967)

Find a Place to Die (1968)

Gatling Gun, The (1973)

Red Badge of Courage, The (1951)

Red Badge of Courage, The (1974)

Pharaoh’s Army (1995)

Glory (1989)

Gods and Generals (2003)

You Are There: The Emancipation Proclamation (1953)

You Are There: The Gettysburg Address (1953)

Gettysburg (1993)

Major Dundee (1965)

Horse Soldiers, The (1959)

Alverez Kelly (1966)

Virginia City (1940)

Hangman’s Knot (1952)

Trailin’ West (1936)

Two Flags West (1950)

Blue and the Gray, The (1982)

North and South, Book I (1985)

North and South, Book II (1986)

North and South, Book III (1994)

Andersonville (1996)

Andersonville Trial, The (1970)

Gone with the Wind (1939)

Raintree County (1957)

Reconstruction

Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (PBS’s “The American Experience”) (2004)

C. S. A.: The Confederate States of America (2005)

Tennessee Johnson (1942)

Iron Horse, The (1924)

Love Me Tender (1956)

Birth of a Nation (1915)

Lonely Trail, The (1936)

Arizona Kid, The (1939)

Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941)

Night Stage to Galveston (1952)

Three Violent People (1957)

Legend of Tom Dooley, The (1959)

Undefeated, The (1969)

Sommersby (1993)

Buck and the Preacher (1972)

Guns of Honor (1994)

Buffalo Soldiers (1997)

Romance of Rosy Ridge, The (1947)

Man from Colorado, The (1948)

Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)

Shadow Riders, The (1982)

Texans, The (1938)

Carolina Moon (1940)

Texas (1941)

San Antone (1953)

Fistful of Dollars, A (1964)

For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The (1966)

Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The (1974)

Beloved (1998)

Color Purple, The (1985)

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)

Sherman’s March (1986)

Westward Expansion, Part II

Custer

Custer’s Last Stand (1936)

Little Big Man (1970)

Dr. Quinn: For Better or Worse (1999)

Great Sioux Massacre, The (1965)

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