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General Custer: The Story of Yellow Hair

1994-06-01 en 51m
Documentary
George Armstrong Custer is one of military history's most colourful characters, a flamboyant and dashing commander. It is said that 'cometh the hour, cometh the man', and Custer's appearance on the battlefields of America in the mid-1800s fits this saying perfectly. A failure at West Point, he made his name fighting the Federal Cavalry during the American Civil War where he earned his nickname 'the Boy General'. The dashing and ambitious Custer often flouted military convention, placing his trust instead in his famous 'luck' which, unfortunately for him, ran out during the Battle of the Little Bighorn. This programme features battle reconstructions, period imagery and 'interviews' with the man himself.

Editor

Owen Parker

Writer

Steve Gillham

Executive Producer

Sean Willis

Executive Producer

Terry Shand

Executive Producer

Bob Carruthers

Director

Ruth Wood

Status

Released

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