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1803-1913 : An american journey through 200 westerns (sous-titres français)
History of america told only through excerpts of 200 westerns all edited in a chronological order from 1803 to 1913, with a year indicator on the top left of the screen all along.
There are all the major stages of the west: wagon train, the Indian wars, the wilderness, the American Civil War, the big bandits, the heroes and their often tragic destinies, General Custer, OK Corral, Wild Bill Hickok, Wyatt Earp, Billy the kid, Jesse James, Judge Roy Bean, the arrival of the train, the transformation of the continent, the gradual end of the cowboys from the 1880s, the gold rushes , industrialization, automobiles, the Mexican revolution.
This description will contain the full list of the films used with the timecodes (still being edited - A link with the complet list is coming) :
0:00:18 The Far Horizons - Rudolph Maté (1955)
0:00:52 The Fighting Kentuckian - George Waggner (1949)
0:04:46 The Kentuckian - Burt Lancaster (1955)
0:02:13 Man in the Wilderness - Richard C. Sarafian (1971)
0:02:41 The Revenant - Alejandro G. Iñárritu (2015)
0:03:14 A Man Called Horse - Elliot Silverstein (1970)
0:03:39 How the West Was Won - John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall (1962)
0:04:43 The Big Trail - Raoul Walsh (1930)
0:05:11 Across the Wide Missouri - William A. Wellman (1951)
0:05:43 The Big Sky - Howard Hawks (1952)
0:06:11 The Alamo - John Wayne (1960)
0:08:13 Distant Drums - Raoul Walsh (1951)
0:09:09 The Way West - Andrew V. McLaglen (1967)
0:09:56 The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Joel & Ethan Coen (2018)
0:10:26 The Comancheros - Michael Curtiz (1961)
0:10:55 Meek's Cutoff - Kelly Reichardt (2010)
0:11:17 Bend of the River - Anthony Mann (1952)
0:11:47 How the West Was Won - John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall (1962)
0:12:44 Paint Your Wagon - Joshua Logan (1969)
0:13:45 Jeremiah Johnson - Sydney Pollack (1972)
0:14:15 The Scalphunters - Sydney Pollack (1968)
0:14:45 The Frisco Kid - Robert Aldrich (1979)
0:15:43 The Sisters Brothers - Jacques Audiard (2018)
0:16:13 Red River - Howard Hawks (1948)
0:16:40 Westward the Women - William A. Wellman (1951)
0:17:41 Band of Angels - Raoul Walsh (1957)
0:18:29 The Homesman - Tommy Lee Jones (2014)
0:18:57 Santa Fe Trail - Michael Curtiz (1940)
0:19:27 They Died with Their Boots On - Raoul Walsh (1941)
0:19:57 Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino (2012)
0:20:25 Little Big Man - Arthur Penn (1970)
0:20:54 Dark Command - Raoul Walsh (1940)
0:21:21 The Iron Horse - John Ford (1924)
0:22:05 How the West Was Won - John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall (1962)
0:22:57 Dark Command - Raoul Walsh (1940)
0:23:31 Django - Sergio Corbucci (1966)
0:24:00 Dark Command - Raoul Walsh (1940)
0:24:30 Western Union - Fritz Lang (1940)
0:25:25 The Iron Horse - John Ford (1924)
0:26:17 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Sergio Leone (1966)
0:26:47 The Red Badge of Courage - John Huston (1951)
0:27:53 Dances with Wolves - Kevin Costner (1990)
0:28:36 The Horse Soldiers - John Ford (1959)
0:29:06 Escape from Fort Bravo - John Sturges (1953)
0:29:36 Shenandoah - Andrew V. McLaglen (1965)
0:30:03 Springfield Rifle - Andre DeToth (1952)
0:30:27 Alvarez Kelly - Edward Dmytryk (1966)
0:31:25 Major Dundee - Sam Peckinpah (1965)
0:32:12 Soldier Blue - Ralph Nelson (1970)
0:33:00 Little Big Man - Arthur Penn (1970)
0:33:29 The Man from Dakota - Leslie Fenton (1940)
0:34:37 Woman They Almost Lynched - Allan Dwan (1953)
0:36:14 The Outlaw Josey Wales - Clint Eastwood (1976)
0:36:45 Woman They Almost Lynched - Allan Dwan (1953)
0:36:57 The Outlaw Josey Wales - Clint Eastwood (1976)
0:37:20 Woman They Almost Lynched - Allan Dwan (1953)
0:37:37 The Outlaw Josey Wales - Clint Eastwood (1976)
0:38:13 Woman They Almost Lynched - Allan Dwan (1953)
0:38:50 The Birth of a Nation - D.W. Griffith (1915)
0:39:00 Lincoln - Steven Spielberg (2012)
0:39:12 The Birth of a Nation - D.W. Griffith (1915)
0:39:33 Lincoln - Steven Spielberg (2012)
0:39:51 The Birth of a Nation - D.W. Griffith (1915)
0:40:12 Run of the Arrow - Samuel Fuller (1957)
0:42:45 Union Pacific - Cecil B. DeMille (1939)
0:44:03 Wyatt Earp - Lawrence Kasdan (1994)
0:44:30 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid - Philip Kaufman (1972)
0:45:14 Woman They Almost Lynched - Allan Dwan (1953)
0:45:53 The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid - Philip Kaufman (1972)
0:46:38 Run for Cover - Nicholas Ray (1955)
0:47:18 Johnny Guitar - Nicholas Ray (1954)
0:47:40 Rio Lobo - Howard Hawks (1970)
0:48:18 Dodge City - Michael Curtiz (1939)
0:49:07 The Tall Men - Raoul Walsh (1955)
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History of the United States (1849–1865) | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
History of the United States (1849–1865)
00:02:34 1 Economic and cultural changes
00:02:44 1.1 Developing a Market Economy
00:06:15 1.2 Immigration and Labor
00:08:31 2 Political upheaval
00:08:41 2.1 Wilmot Proviso
00:09:34 2.2 The Popular Sovereignty Debate
00:10:56 2.3 California Gold Rush
00:12:09 2.4 Compromise of 1850
00:13:30 2.5 Antislavery and abolitionism
00:16:05 2.6 Kansas–Nebraska Act
00:17:51 2.7 Bleeding Kansas
00:19:24 2.8 The new Republican Party
00:20:22 2.9 Election of 1856
00:22:37 2.10 Dred Scott decision
00:24:13 2.11 Lincoln-Douglas debates
00:26:29 2.12 John Brown's raid
00:28:08 2.13 Election of 1860
00:29:45 2.14 Secession
00:30:50 3 Civil War
00:33:18 3.1 War in the East
00:36:43 3.2 War in the West
00:37:42 3.3 End of the Confederacy
00:38:47 3.4 Home fronts
00:38:56 3.4.1 United States
00:41:33 3.4.2 Confederate States
00:43:50 3.5 Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
00:44:42 4 See also
00:45:23 5 Notes
00:45:32 6 Further reading
00:49:56 7 External links
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Industrialization went forward in the Northwest. A rail network and a telegraph network linked the nation economically, opening up new markets. Immigration brought millions of European workers and farmers to the North. In the South, planters shifted operations (and slaves) from the poor soils of the Southeast to the rich cotton lands of the Southwest.
Issues of slavery in the new territories acquired in the War with Mexico (which ended in 1848) were temporarily resolved by the Compromise of 1850. One provision, the Fugitive Slave Law, sparked intense controversy, as revealed in the enormous interest in the plight of the escaped slave in Uncle Tom's Cabin, an anti-slavery novel and play.
In 1854, the Kansas–Nebraska Act reversed long-standing compromises by providing that each new state of the Union would decide its posture on slavery. The newly formed Republican Party stood against the expansion of slavery and won control of most northern states (with enough electoral votes to win the presidency in 1860). The invasion of Bloody Kansas by pro- and anti-slavery factions intent on voting slavery up or down, with resulting bloodshed, angered both North and South. The Supreme Court tried to resolve the issue of slavery in the territories with a pro-slavery ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford that angered the North.
After the 1860 election of Republican Abraham Lincoln, seven Southern states declared their secession from the United States between late 1860 and 1861, establishing a rebel government, the Confederate States of America on February 9, 1861. The Civil War began when Confederate General Pierre Beauregard opened fire upon Union troops at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Four more states seceded as Lincoln called for troops to fight an insurrection.
The next four years were the darkest in American history as the nation tore at itself using the latest military technology and highly motivated soldiers. The urban, industrialized Northern states (the Union) eventually defeated the mainly rural, agricultural Southern states (the Confederacy), but between 600,000 and 700,000 American soldiers (on both sides combined) were killed, and much of the infrastructure of the South was devastated. About 8% of all white males aged 13 to 43 died in the war, including 6% in the North and an extraordinary 18% in the South. In the end, slavery was abolished, and the Union was restored, richer and more powerful than ever, while the South was embittered and impoverished.
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Robert Sietsema: New York in a Dozen Dishes | Talks at Google
In New York in a Dozen Dishes, longtime restaurant critic Robert Sietsema (currently, ny.eater.com) offers a gastronomic portrait of the city through the lens of 13 dishes. Some, like fried chicken and pizza, are well-known and universally consumed. Others, like cuy (South American guinea pig) and Pakistani goat brains, are more challenging and obscure. Each dish is described by means of anecdote, historical fact, and personal history. The book also contains recommendations for where to find the best examples of these dishes in the city and surrounding areas, and a recipe that would allow you to make each dish – though it’s really easier just to eat them in restaurants.
Robert Sietsema was born in Michigan; grew up in Chicago, Minneapolis, and Dallas; went to college in Austin and grad school in Madison, Wisconsin, before discovering that he always belonged in New York. He’s worked for Gourmet and the New York Times, is married, lives in Greenwich Village, and has a daughter.
Telling America's Stories by Bridging Deaf Cultures at Your Library
An all-day discussion and workshop series on how historical events and forces have shaped the ways that deaf people define themselves as a culture today, sponsored by the Library and the National Literary Society for the Deaf.
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George Washington | Wikipedia audio article
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George Washington
00:02:30 1 Early years (1732–1752)
00:08:04 2 Early military career (1752–1758)
00:10:14 2.1 French and Indian War
00:17:24 3 Marriage, civilian life and political beginnings (1759–1774)
00:22:38 3.1 American Revolution
00:24:44 4 Revolutionary War (1775–1783)
00:27:40 4.1 Quebec, Boston, and Long Island
00:33:08 4.2 Crossing the Delaware
00:35:52 4.3 Trenton campaign
00:38:53 4.4 Brandywine, Germantown, and Saratoga
00:41:55 4.5 Valley Forge, Monmouth, and Southern campaigns
00:45:59 4.6 Sullivan expedition and Hudson River
00:47:24 4.7 West Point espionage
00:49:33 4.8 Yorktown victory, peace treaty
00:52:43 4.9 Resignation
00:56:00 5 Early republic (1784–1789)
00:56:12 5.1 Military retirement
00:57:04 5.2 Constitutional Convention
00:59:16 5.3 First presidential election
01:00:38 6 Presidency (1789–1797)
01:04:00 6.1 Cabinet and executive departments
01:05:32 6.2 Domestic issues
01:06:56 6.2.1 National Bank
01:08:46 6.2.2 Jefferson–Hamilton feud
01:10:43 6.2.3 Whiskey Rebellion
01:12:49 6.3 Foreign affairs
01:15:03 6.4 Indian affairs
01:18:50 6.5 Second term
01:22:43 6.6 Farewell Address
01:26:02 7 Retirement (1797–1799)
01:28:35 7.1 Final days
01:32:38 8 Burial
01:34:18 9 Personal traits
01:36:19 10 Religion and the Enlightenment
01:40:16 11 Slavery
01:43:35 12 Historical reputation and legacy
01:46:33 12.1 Papers
01:47:18 12.2 Monuments and memorials
01:47:46 12.3 Postage and Currency
01:48:16 13 See also
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was one of the Founding Fathers and the first President of the United States (1789–1797). He commanded Patriot forces in the new nation's vital American Revolutionary War and led them to victory over the British. Washington also presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which established the new federal government. For his manifold leadership he has been called the Father of His Country.Washington was born to a successful family of planters and slaveholders in colonial Virginia. He had educational opportunities and at age seventeen launched a successful career as a land surveyor. He then became a leader of the Virginia militia in the French and Indian War. During the Revolutionary War he was a delegate to the Continental Congress which unanimously appointed him commander-in-chief of the Army, leading an allied campaign to victory at the Siege of Yorktown which ended the conflict. Once victory was in hand, in 1783 he resigned as commander-in-chief, declining further authority and power out of his devotion to republicanism.
As the country's premier statesman, Washington was unanimously elected President by the Electoral College in the first two national elections. He promoted and oversaw implementation of a strong, well-financed national government, but remained impartial in the fierce rivalry between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. When the French Revolution plunged Europe into war, Washington proclaimed a policy of neutrality while sanctioning the controversial Jay Treaty. He set numerous precedents that have endured, such as the cabinet advisory system, the inaugural address, and his acceptance of the Congressional title The President of the United States. His Farewell Address strongly warned against political partisanship, sectionalism, and involvement in foreign wars.
Washington owned slaves throughout his life from age 11, but became increasingly troubled by slavery and freed his slaves in his will. He was a member of the Anglican Church and the Freemasons, and he urged tolerance for all religions in his roles as general and President. Upon his death, he was famously eulogized as first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. Washington has been widely memorialized by monuments, art, places, stamps, and currency, and he has been consistently ranked by scholars among the four greatest American presidents.
Ulysses S. Grant | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:04:11 1 Early life and education
00:06:51 2 Early military career and personal life
00:07:02 2.1 West Point and first assignment
00:10:21 2.2 Marriage and family
00:11:26 2.3 Mexican–American War
00:14:41 2.4 Post-war assignments
00:17:49 3 Civilian struggles and politics
00:21:32 4 Civil War
00:22:34 4.1 Early commands
00:24:26 4.2 Belmont, Forts Henry and Donelson
00:29:01 4.3 Shiloh and aftermath
00:34:26 4.4 Vicksburg campaign
00:38:36 4.5 Chattanooga and promotion
00:41:55 4.6 Overland Campaign and Petersburg Siege
00:47:16 4.7 Appomattox campaign, and victory
00:49:25 4.8 Lincoln's assassination
00:50:44 5 Commanding General
00:51:45 5.1 Reconstruction
00:53:22 5.2 Break from Johnson
00:56:27 5.3 Election of 1868
00:58:57 6 Presidency (1869–1877)
01:01:49 6.1 Later Reconstruction and civil rights
01:08:38 6.2 Native American iPeace/i policy
01:12:10 6.3 Foreign affairs
01:16:49 6.4 Gold standard and gold conspiracy
01:20:32 6.5 Election of 1872 and second term
01:24:05 6.6 Panic of 1873 and loss of Congress
01:27:15 6.7 Scandals and reform
01:34:34 6.8 Election of 1876
01:36:14 7 Post-presidency
01:36:24 7.1 World tour and diplomacy
01:38:08 7.2 Third term attempt
01:40:26 7.3 Business reversals, speculation and confidence men
01:43:33 7.4 Memoirs, pension, and death
01:49:48 8 Historical reputation
01:53:12 9 Memorials and presidential library
01:55:44 10 See also
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American soldier, politician, and international statesman who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. During the American Civil War, General Grant, with President Abraham Lincoln, led the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy. During the Reconstruction Era, President Grant led the Republicans in their efforts to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism, racism, and slavery.
From early childhood in Ohio, Grant was a skilled equestrian who had a talent for taming horses. He graduated from West Point in 1843 and served with distinction in the Mexican–American War. Upon his return, Grant married Julia Dent, and together they had four children. In 1854, Grant abruptly resigned from the army. He and his family struggled financially in civilian life for seven years. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Grant joined the Union Army and rapidly rose in rank to general. Grant was persistent in his pursuit of the Confederate enemy, winning major battles and gaining Union control of the Mississippi River. In March 1864, President Lincoln promoted Grant to Lieutenant General, a rank previously reserved for George Washington. For over a year Grant's Army of the Potomac fought the Army of Northern Virginia led by Robert E. Lee in the Overland Campaign and at Petersburg. On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, and the war ended.
On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated. Grant continued his service under Lincoln's successor President Andrew Johnson and was promoted General of the Army in 1866. Disillusioned by Johnson's conservative approach to Reconstruction, Grant drifted toward the Radical Republicans. Elected the youngest 19th Century president in 1868, Grant stabilized the post-war national economy, created the Department of Justice, and prosecuted the Ku Klux Klan. He appointed African-Americans and Jewish-Americans to prominent federal offices. In 1871, Grant created the first Civil Service Commission. The Democrats and Liberal Republicans united behind Grant's opponent in the presidential election of 1872, but Grant was handily re-elected. Grant's new Peace Policy for Native Americans had both successes and failures. Grant's administration successfully resolv ...
The Final Campaign of the Army of Tennessee (Lecture)
On March 8, 1865 William T. Sherman crossed into
North Carolina with an army of approximately sixty
thousand men. Opposing Sherman was a small, feeble
force of Confederates under Joseph Johnston. Over the
next two months these two men and their armies would
make North Carolina the scene of chaos and conflict.
Ranger Philip Brown explores the last days of the Army of
Tennessee in North Carolina as the Confederacy collapsed
around and within its ranks.
Battle of Brice's Crossroads - Forrest's Greatest Victory (Lecture)
Join National Park Ranger Matt Atkinson as he explores the controversial Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest entered the service as a private and surrendered as a Lieutenant General. Along the way, this uneducated backwoods fellow learned the art of war, culminating in the year 1864 with the controversey at Fort Pillow, his greatest victory at Brice's Crossroads, and an all-out effort by General William T. Sherman to thwart that devil Forrest.
George H. W. Bush | Wikipedia audio article
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George H. W. Bush
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Prior to assuming the presidency, Bush served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he had previously been a Congressman, Ambassador and Director of Central Intelligence. During his career in public service, he was known simply as George Bush; since 2001, he has often been referred to as George H. W. Bush, Bush 41, or George Bush Senior in order to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. He is the nation's oldest living president and vice president, as well as the longest-lived American president in history.
A scion of the Bush family, he was born in Milton, Massachusetts to Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Bush postponed his university studies, enlisted in the U.S. Navy on his 18th birthday, and became the youngest aviator in the U.S. Navy at the time. He served until September 1945, then attended Yale University. Graduating in 1948, he moved his family to West Texas, where he entered the oil business and became a millionaire by the age of 40 in 1964. Soon after founding his own oil company, Bush became involved in politics and won election to the House of Representatives from Texas' 7th district in 1966. In 1971, President Richard Nixon appointed Bush as Ambassador to the United Nations, and in 1973, Bush became the Chairman of the Republican National Committee. The following year, President Gerald Ford appointed Bush as the ambassador to China and later reassigned Bush to the position of Director of Central Intelligence. Bush ran for president in 1980 but was defeated in the Republican primary by Ronald Reagan. Reagan chose Bush as his running mate, and Bush became vice president after the Reagan–Bush ticket won the 1980 election. During his eight-year tenure as vice president, Bush headed administration task forces on deregulation and fighting the War on Drugs.
In 1988, Bush ran a successful campaign to succeed Reagan as President, defeating Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis. Foreign policy drove the Bush presidency: military operations were conducted in Panama and the Persian Gulf; the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and the Soviet Union dissolved two years later. Although the agreement was not ratified until after he left office, Bush also signed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which created a trade bloc consisting of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Domestically, Bush reneged on a 1988 campaign promise and, after a struggle with Congress, signed an increase in taxes that Congress had passed. In the wake of a weak recovery from an economic recession, along with continuing budget deficits and the diminution of foreign politics as a major issue in a post-Cold War political climate, he lost the 1992 presidential election to Democrat Bill Clinton.
Bush left office in 1993. His presidential library was dedicated in 1997, and he has been active—often alongside Bill Clinton—in various humanitarian activities. With George W. Bush's victory in the 2000 presidential election, Bush and his son became the second father–son combination to serve as president, following John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Bush's second son, Jeb Bush, served as the 43rd Governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007.
From Boston to Yorktown: Tales of the National Trails
In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the National Trails Act of 1968, Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Hurricane’s Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, explores key events at historic sites featured in National Historic Trails and National Recreation Trails with William Fowler, professor emeritus of history at Northeastern University.
The Congressional Hearings on Meade at Gettysburg in 1864 (Lecture)
General George Meade had to appear before a congressional subcommittee in Washington in the Spring of 1864 to answer several questions seemingly aimed at diminishing his performance at Gettysburg. The several loaded questions leveled at him, and his corps' commanders, who also testified, appear in retrospect to be unfair at best, and a witch hunt at worst. What were the intentions of the Committee on the Conduct of War? Did they simply ask questions that needed to be asked, or did they hope to raise doubts about the administration's ability to prosecute the war? Why burden the memory of a great Union victory with innuendo's that Meade could have done more? Ranger Troy Harman tackles these questions and more in this lecture, featured as a part of Gettysburg National Military Park's 2014 Winter Lecture Series.
Thomas Francis Meagher (Lecture)
From his exile to Van Diemen's Land to the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, Thomas Francis Meagher's life was captivating and mystifying. Dedication to his men was unquestionable, but rumors of overindulgence darkened his reputation both on and off the battlefield. Join Angie Atkinson as she delves into Gen. Meagher's complicated history and examines some of the lingering questions regarding his leadership, actions, and untimely passing.
Monuments at Gettysburg - Context and Beyond (Lecture)
Ranger Troy Harman takes the blinders off, explaining the layered meanings behind the monuments of Gettysburg National Military Park in his winter lecture. Monuments discussed include the Pennsylvania Memorial, the 26th North Carolina monument on Cemetery Ridge, and the Eternal Light Peace Memorial.
Can Those Be Men? - The Prisoner of War Experience in 1864 (Lecture)
Dan Welch of the Gettysburg Foundation presents his Winter Lecture at Gettysburg National Military Park. Entering the fourth year of the Civil War and with the cessation of prisoner exchange by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, previously established temporary prisoner of war camps ballooned beyond capacity prompting construction of new pens in 1864 by both Union and Confederate authorities. With increased numbers of prisoners came explosions of disease, illness, and death. Trace the prisoner of war experience in 1864 through diaries, journals, and letters from soldiers both Nrth and South.
Suspense: Summer Night / Deep Into Darkness / Yellow Wallpaper
Psychological thriller: In which (until the often violent resolution) the conflict between the main characters is mental and emotional, rather than physical. Characters, either by accident or their own curiousness, are dragged into a dangerous conflict or situation that they are not prepared to resolve. Characters are not reliant on physical strength to overcome their brutish enemies, but rather are reliant on their mental resources, whether it be by battling wits with a formidable opponent or by battling for equilibrium in the character's own mind. At times, the characters attempt solving, or are involved in, a mystery. The suspense created by psychological thrillers often comes from two or more characters preying upon one another's minds, either by playing deceptive games with the other or by merely trying to demolish the other's mental state.[37] The Alfred Hitchcock films Suspicion, Shadow of a Doubt, and Strangers on a Train and David Lynch's bizarre and influential Blue Velvet are notable examples of the type, as are The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Machinist, Don't Say A Word,[38] House of 9, Trapped, Flightplan, Shutter Island, Secret Window, Identity, Red Eye,[39] Phone Booth, Psycho, The River Wild,[40] Nick of Time,[41] P2,[42] Breakdown, Panic Room,[43] Misery, Straw Dogs and its remake, Cape Fear, The Collector, Frailty,[44] The Good Son and Funny Games.[45]
Spy thriller: In which the protagonist is generally a government agent who must take violent action against agents of a rival government or (in recent years) terrorists. The subgenre usually deals with the subject of fictional espionage in a realistic way (such as the adaptations of John Le Carré). It is a significant aspect of British cinema,[46] with leading British directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Carol Reed making notable contributions and many films set in the British Secret Service. The spy film usually fuses the action and science fiction genres, however, some spy films fall safely in the action genre rather than thriller (e.i. James Bond), especially those having frequent shootouts, car chases and such (see the spy entry in the subgenres of action film).[47] Thrillers within this subgenre include Spy Game, Hanna, Traitor, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Tourist, The Parallax View, The Tailor of Panama, Taken, Unknown, The Recruit, The Debt, The Good Shepherd and Three Days of the Condor.[3]
Supernatural thriller: In which the film brings in an otherworldly element (such as fantasy and/or the supernatural) mixed with tension, suspense and plot twists. Sometimes the protagonist and/or villain has some psychic ability and superpowers. Examples include, Lady in the Water, Fallen,[48] Frequency, Next, Knowing, In Dreams,[49] Flatliners, Jacob's Ladder, Chronicle,[50] The Skeleton Key,[51] What Lies Beneath, Unbreakable, The Gift,[52] and The Dead Zone.
Techno thriller: A suspense film in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology plays a prominent part. There is a bit of action and science fiction.[53] Examples include The Thirteenth Floor, Jurassic Park, I, Robot, Eagle Eye, Hackers, The Net, Futureworld, eXistenZ and Virtuosity.
Legal thriller: A suspense film in which in which the major characters are lawyers and their employees. The system of justice itself is always a major part of these works, at times almost functioning as one of the characters. Examples include, The Pelican Brief, Presumed Innocent, The Jury, The Kappa File, The Lincoln Lawyer, Hostile Witness and Silent Witness.