The Battle of the Little Big Horn (1991) - From "Son of the Morning Star" Custer Mini-Series

[@JillValentinex0]

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.

[@jimmyhaley727]

Man has never learned and NEVER will, wars keep going on til the end of times as WE know it

[@strikerorwell9232]

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.

[@albertmagee]

Like

[@HenryDallas-u7l]

Maybe so. Ironically lord Chelmsford knew about the little big horn

[@alicerusciolevi6709]

In realtà la lotta durò molto poco , secondo testimonianze dei nativi meno d'un quarto d'ora , pare proprio che Custer si sia suicidato .

[@treykoyawena4443]

Thank you for the brave warriors who fought to preserve our way of life and heritage!!!! Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull legends never die! What a victory!!!

[@Manpayi]

Losers.

[@britishpatriot7386]

😂

[@spauldingsmails7439]

The "victory" soon turned into crushing defeat within months.

[@IndieVolken]

"preserve way of life and heritage" = how did that work our for you ?

[@c-dublife]

alcoholism and drugs?

[@georgedoherty2221]

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.

[@Tanakun09]

Remember watching this during the 90s, during prime time on tv late evening. When TV was still good. Now today, tv broadcasting is garbage

[@jimmyhaley727]

as is hellywoodie

[@charlieparker9854]

@@jimmyhaley727😅😅😅😅😅

[@hebertthemikenufer7785]

AMC ain't bad

[@nicolabuono8442]

The same in Italy.

[@thomaspetty3890]

TV is garbage. I second it.

[@stevenewman1393]

😉👍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!,👌.

[@patfromamboy]

Did Custer commit suicide like he did in real life?

[@IntheBlood67]

@@patfromamboy Probably BUT History needs to give HIM a Break as HE was caught between a "Rock and a Hard Place"!................Grant and his Cartel and the Sioux and Cheyenne and their Cartels!

[@LuisRenatoEvangelista]

Exatamente ❤

[@roberthenry9319]

@@patfromamboy No one knows.

[@patfromamboy]

@@roberthenry9319 it sounds like they do now. They are using science.

[@glucausa625]

I was born and raised in italy and moved 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.

[@alan30189]

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.

[@williammcgee4690]

We take great pride in this victory. It shows what free people can do when confronted with evil.

[@alan30189]

@@williammcgee4690 There was evil on both sides. Don’t kill yourself.

[@alan30189]

@@martinpoulsen-v4g What do you mean, “not loved?” Do you mean, “you are not loved by people here,” or do you mean you “don’t love the United States?” If you don’t love this country, then go back to wherever you came from. It’s that simple. You need to understand the clash of cultures that was occurring back when the west was settled. There were bad things done on both sides. Many Indian tribes weren’t exactly innocent, and many tortured, butchered and killed thousands innocent civilians, who never did anything to hurt them, rather handling territorial disputes in a peaceful way. That’s why our military was so brutal with known, violent tribes. Some out-of-control military commanders went after innocent, peaceful tribes, also and that was wrong.

[@BvrlyBsnwndr]

@@alan30189 Your Settlers invaded america and killed and replaced its native habitants. You picture the natives like terrorists. You know who did that as well ? Hitler. Yes, the partisans were evil devils who would murder the innocent rather then the high ranking officers or politicians who were responsible for the atrocoties of the 3rd Reich. But guess what, that was their only possible way of resisting. Attacking the settlers is a way of showing up for yourself and your country. Why did the US government pushed further west, when they replaced all natives to those remote places in the first place ? The CSA and the natives have one thing in common, they wanted to be left alone by the Union. Emanzipation Proclamation or the joining of the first and 2nd world war was not done out of politeness but to establish power or regain control. To say the original americans are at fault is just pathetic. Imagine the Mexicans will move accross the border at Texas an start attacking the settlements to replace its habitants towards New York. And in the media outlets you will then have Mexican soldiers claiming that the Texans are monsters because they have guns in their homes und basically start to fight back instead of acknowledging the superiority of the Mexicans. EVERYONE IN THE WORL WOULD SIDE WITH THE TEXANS.

[@TheSonicdruid72]

First thing I noticed… all the friggen awesome hats!

[@allsmiles2938]

Agree 👍

[@chrisnorcutt9060]

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 👋

[@SubidubidubiDu1]

And also how more than half of them dont even wear uniforms, what kind of Army is that?

[@joseantoniopazosvega9621]

Un Ejercito en campaña ataviado lo más cómodo posible. Ese día hacia mucho calor y la mayor parte de los hombres iba en camisa, incluido Custer.

[@mindyharwood5992]

Best book i ever read. I became a history buff concerning the Battle after that.

[@oreticeric8730]

ALl History of. USA is Chane Crime’s , Roberry ‘s and Murder’s

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

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.

[@KD-mo1dv]

Way better than Stephen Ambrose's books on Custer, Crazy Horse, and Sitting Bull.

[@FortunateXpat]

Me too!

[@bad74maverick1]

@@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.

[@razorshark9320]

This is an awesome two-part history western series. So close to the real story and characters. This film needs to be on DVD.

[@michaeleagle5607]

It is on dvd, I have it.

[@razorshark9320]

@@michaeleagle5607 How did you get it and where did you get it? I want one for my movie collection.

[@siiliinsky]

Best i've seen.

[@johnredbird3796]

Yes where did you get it? I've been looking for it since the first time I've seen it a few months ago,

[@siiliinsky]

It was shown on TV many years ago in Finland.@@johnredbird3796

[@texasstadium]

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.

[@josephdirenzo1956]

Reading Nathan philbricks book now. The last stand. Really good. Wish it would come on tv again.

[@johnjimenez3106]

I have the book and just finished it. It is a great read. After reading it, I want to read “Custer’s Lost Officer”

[@mikelewis1436]

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!

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

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.).

[@tythompson5008]

If Reno and Benteen had rushed to help Custer they would have all been slaughtered.

[@TheSonicdruid72]

AWESOME! Perfect timing! Thanks you… Cheers from Australia!

[@NorryJones-kg1se]

Must be the time difference ( good grrrrls cup this week oi heard !)

[@johnzeszut3170]

"...this day we go home by a road we do not know."

[@bullluttttt]

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

[@NorryJones-kg1se]

Aslcasce- Lorraine n' estpas?

[@bullluttttt]

@@NorryJones-kg1se Oui, exact , Benfeld est en Alsace proche de la Moselle et des Vosges (qui sont en Lorraine )

[@Templeborough]

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.

[@SirGeorgeofWorcestershire]

Alsace is German

[@susandaniels4201]

Sitting Bull would cuss out the crowd. The audience not knowing his language would applaud.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

22:48 I watched this when it was first broadcast, and the warrior with the buffalo headdress and coup stick scared the hell out of me.

[@treykoyawena4443]

Imagine that being the last thing you see on the battlefield Hoka! What a great victory! 🪶

[@Bama0890]

They are Cheyenne Dog soldiers.They were a gnarly crew to say the least.

[@stevensmith204]

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 "

[@NorryJones-kg1se]

Or ...' how long is a piece of string ' ??

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

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."

[@paddymeboy]

Yeah, there was no 'battle'. The Americans were killed while tryng to run away - not particularly creditable to either side.

[@stevensmith204]

@@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

[@DgDanger72]

that was his answer to how long the battle lasted...

[@garymills562]

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.

[@charlesfaure1189]

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.

[@darbyohara]

Benteen also disobeyed a direct order and disregarded the volley fire which was a call for immediate aid Reno was drunk.

[@darbyohara]

@@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

[@RehdClouhd]

​@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.

[@samstevens7172]

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.

[@daledupont3772]

Thanks. This seemed like an accurate account based on everything I have read so far.

[@allensacharov5424]

The Native American reenactors must have loved making this movie

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

Beats drinking on the rez

[@andrewpestotnik5495]

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.

[@t.c.4933]

...as a Cheyenne/Arapaho, yes we did!

[@Someonelse1224]

​@Thunderchild-gz4gc not funny

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

​@@Someonelse1224wah

[@2009Berghof]

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."

[@jonathanlewis6473]

My path and Sgt. Windolph crossed many times......i would liked to have seen that re-enactment. Custer had forgotten about Fetterman.

[@Mike-jw4xh]

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!!

[@robertwalker951]

They want to prologue the myth

[@BillCuddy]

What was incorrect about this movie? I've seen many films based on Custer and this was by far the most accurate.

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

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...

[@redeyedmongoose2963]

Custer was a maniac..pure and simple

[@justsceptic3085]

start by yourself,the whole world dont need lessons for that...start to stop your wars in the world...

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

@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.🤡

[@ทัศนียาทัด]

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.

[@SirGeorgeofWorcestershire]

War is part of human nature. Maybe one day you hippies will all learn to accept that.

[@richardsoult5678]

I still watch the full movie every year.Thanks for posting my friend.

[@hendersondavid666]

Visited the big horn as a tourist. I felt the hair's on my neck bristle.

[@Joebonjoe]

Come on dont be silly

[@jamesbutler8821]

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

[@chrisnorcutt9060]

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 👍🇺🇸

[@StefanCocciolone]

You need the UV Lamp dud•et

[@JD0124]

I need to visit Little Big Horn someday soon....

[@montyzumazoom1337]

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…..

[@damir8679]

Yor grenpa its brutal killer and big Pig!

[@JWH66]

😂

[@myvws2]

Curiousity killed the cat? 🙀

[@Seekingsilver]

Came up over the ridge and distracted Custer..

[@dannycrockett9878]

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

[@JWH66]

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.

[@LuvBorderCollies]

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.

[@justdynee]

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.

[@31terikennedy]

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.

[@bartlettbigx]

If Custer thought he was invincible then he wasn't right.

[@31terikennedy]

Custer was betrayed by Reno and Benteen with the backing of Grant. Do your homework. Duh!@@bartlettbigx

[@31terikennedy]

How could Custer get a hold on them when the warriors were protecting them? You're saying the warriors ran away? :D

[@interman7715]

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.

[@williammohan9784]

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.

[@TylerLedford-x4o]

Haha

[@williamh3823]

3 troopers we know of lost control of their mounts pvt korn..rode through teepee s to Reno Pvt short found on rosebud riverbank Pvt Finkle trappers cabin and a bugle with decapitated head in teepee

[@williammohan9784]

@@williamh3823 cheers for that update. I wonder if Korn actually survived,

[@williamh3823]

Reno's account says so..but he found it hard to believe he came byway of teepee village..my readings suggest 8 or so cavalry were ahead of Custer crossing of LBH..why?? In cavalry charge especially a bugler is never in complete unison The bigger question Why was assault into village halted?? charge canceled?? Historians won't touch it only to say Custer's command never got down medicine tail coulee

[@williammohan9784]

@@williamh3823 Cheers again mate, much obliged

[@wesharris2559]

I've stood on last stand hill in June it's an awesome spectacle.

[@MichaelCasanovaMusic]

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?

[@101622428]

😂

[@Bynk333]

Its jus arrow, wef scratch, nothing that cannot be healed after filmaking. :D

[@Littlewormmm]

Those arrow connected with thin strong cable that go that direction and little board inside his cloth , its nail head arrow that get penetrate the board

[@CaliPatriot88]

All brave men, army and native warriors

[@4catsnow]

Actions motivated by needs..Custer needed once again to feel what it felt like to once again ride to glory at the head of his command..Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull needed to find something to keep their braves occupied for a while.. Everyone's needs were met...AND people made movies about it..

[@preshlock]

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.

[@JWH66]

He played the boss Bill Lumberg in Office Space

[@hannotn]

What a coincidence... Custer ran the battle like Ben Stiller.

[@jpbowie]

Gary Cole played Custer.

[@danielblake6850]

Yes i thought that as well, 😂😂

[@hamishanderson6738]

SIOUXLANDER 🤣

[@Wildwest89]

Such a great movie, I wish there was a good quality dvd of this available

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

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.).

[@cjrudd]

Excellent battlefield. Fairly accurate from what I've read about the battle.

[@GeorgeWaite-w2o]

Soldiers were using Springfield trapdoor rifles. 45-70. Single shot rifles. Sometimes the shell had to be extracted with a knife.Indians had Winchester repeaters. Custer divided his men up. Soldiers had no where to run. No cover on the plains. Soldiers died where they fell. Soldiers accepted their demise here. Skirmish lines fell quickly. Then the officers were killed. There was no organization. At the end, it was every man for themselves.Custer underestimated The Indians. Splitting his command up was less effective.

[@jxjarvi]

How did the Native Americans have the Winchesters, but the Army didn’t?

[@MJ-we9vu]

He would probably have been fine if two-thirds of the regiment hadn't sat out the battle. And the Springfields were better weapons. Greater range. Better stopping power. The repeaters gave the warriors an advantage on the rolling hills where Custer fought but if Reno had kept his head in the timber the Springfields could have easily held off the warriors and tied up hundreds of warriors instead of freeing them to go after Custer.

[@williamh3823]

Hammer and anvil tactics were successfully used by Custer throughout civilwar...a sudden flanking maneuver creates chaos

[@thekingofhistory4360]

​​​@@jxjarvi simple because of the cost. a Winchester cost 50 dollars in the 1870s a Springfield Trapdoor cost about half of that. "Military grade weaponry" often means the most affordable mediocre gun we can mass produce. During the civil war you had relatively robust breech loading designs like the sharps but they were astoundingly expensive and thus were the Rifles for specialist soldiers like Berdans Sharpshooters hell even the cavalry made some use of repeaters during the civil war like the Spencer but they often private purchases from wealthy officers that paid money out of there own pockets to outfit there men. Fun fact the spencer was one of the gun that competed for US trials to replace the muskets after the civil war however due to the difficulty of operating the lever, the cartridges being pistol caliber and cost it was cheaper and more efficient to arm them with the trapdoor.

[@Aquadoc1962]

Quite a bit more realistic than "Men Who Died With Their Boots On" Although I still enjoy watching that old gem.

[@DavidBroadley-tw7ks]

There was another one custer off the west Robert Shaw played custer and his real wife Mary ure was his wife in it

[@johnredbird3796]

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

[@Aquadoc1962]

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?

[@ashleywetherall]

Still the best movie about Custer.. Gary Cole nails the part..

[@tomhirons7475]

worst acting ever

[@dukeford8893]

@@tomhirons7475 Worse riding ever.

[@Antonio-j1g]

the last words Custer said before he was shot at the river: "boys WE got them "NAPPING!" 😂

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

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.).

[@jeffadams9807]

@@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 Custer Was Outnumbered 3 to 1, When He Split His Command, He Was "DOOMED" To Failure...

[@TylerLedford-x4o]

Knapping means making stone blades from obsidian or chert.

[@ernestkovach3305]

Fiction.

[@williamh3823]

Custer was told by Terry to not engage tell he arrived

[@tomr9661]

@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.

[@kevinjames5730]

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.

[@alan30189]

This exchange probably didn’t happen. It’s just Hollywood antics.

[@PowerfulTruth]

Having been to the Little Bighorn National Battlefield sites on two occasions, this is a very realistic re-creation of the site and these battles fought upon these sacred grounds. It looks like it was filmed on the actual battlefield site itself, though likely that was not possible. Best effort here to capture the look, feel, and tensions of this historic event.

[@covand]

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?

[@martinnicol9196]

Who care

[@darryllucas7032]

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.

[@garydavis1845]

Custer and his men died heroes.They fell in battle on that field of honor.May they RIP.

[@CrazyFeathers]

At least 30% committed suicide

[@OttoMattak]

I respect everyone that fought or died at the Little Bighorn. They were caught in the whirlwind of civilization.

[@richardallen7509]

CUSTER WAS NO FUCKING HERO NONE OF THEM WERE

[@angelojesusroyeca4341]

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.

[@julianmarsh8384]

Not always a bad idea....Lee was forced to do this sort of thing several times and usually won battles when he did.

[@chrisnorcutt9060]

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 👍🙏

[@anthonytroisi6682]

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..

[@sebastiantorregrosa977]

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

[@johnoneill732]

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.

[@covand]

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

[@richardgoff6739]

A truly awesome account of the battle.

[@francescotomei7847]

Capolavoro assoluto la battaglia è ' ricostruita in maniera perfetta

[@michaelgmillhollin2818]

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.

[@rnies6849]

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

[@michaelrichardson6051]

​@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.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

​@@rnies6849i didn't know you were there

[@rnies6849]

@@Thunderchild-gz4gc new archaeologists research and reports of indians gave this picture

[@patfromamboy]

@@michaelrichardson6051the soldiers ran and shot themselves

[@frankkinley6272]

Thank you for the excellent upload. God Bless You.

[@gerryconstant4914]

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.

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

He plagiarized a bunch

[@williejacobs9512]

History try and make it seems like the natives Americans were wrong or savage the white man is the hero BS as a 67yr old black man I salute the native Americans people for the courage and tenacity they showed throughout history your the true hero in my book

[@steveg6978]

Note to Self: Listen to Native American Scouts

[@KevinWilliams-c2p]

They knew

[@sartainja]

Custer was an idiot.

[@darbyohara]

Note to self: bring Gatling guns and 2nd cavalry

[@Dtsaroyan]

And use a messenger that speaks English...

[@spauldingsmails7439]

@@darbyohara Brisbin wouldn't go without Terry leading the combined regiments.

[@hebertthemikenufer7785]

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.

[@IntheBlood67]

This pictured a melee quite well. A MAN IS MOST VULNERABLE WHEN HE IS BUSY RELOADING!

[@colinmackenzie6277]

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.

[@Bynk333]

Not 10 000 warriors, it was with women and childrens. Warriors were at max 3-4000....

[@joseantoniopazosvega9621]

​7000 nativos de los cuales 1500-1800 eran guerreros.

[@AllanZilth-ck6wi]

The very best battle of little bighorn I've seen was in the movie " little big Man" with Dustin Hoffman, this is okay 😎

[@johncater7861]

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).

[@chrisnorcutt9060]

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 ,👍

[@charlesfaure1189]

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.

[@kevincage1641]

America is paying in blood right now for these and other acts of terror beginning in 1607. Hoka He.

[@oscarreidd5336]

So true John 7861

[@michaelstorto8658]

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...

[@yuanelgana2040]

Greetings to the heroes of the Indian nation from Bogor Indonesia

[@larshansen4557]

And denmark

[@BillCuddy]

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.

[@SirGeorgeofWorcestershire]

That isn't of interest for the leftist narrative that dominates today's culture

[@CBfrmcardiff]

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.

[@Brokearrows]

Heroic more like shameful and disgusting they were murderurs

[@BillCuddy]

@@Brokearrows They were 'murderurs' (learn to spell) for defending themselves from a force that outnumbered them 10 to 1? Get real. woke activist.

[@joseantoniopazosvega9621]

​Lo mismo opinaban Shoshones, Crows y Pawnes de los Lakotas

[@georgewaite2952]

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.

[@marcellino1956]

Been there on that hill even saw the rifleman pits...its an awesome place

[@NorryJones-kg1se]

Bit like Glencoe x

[@billbright1755]

Imagine the smell of that place after a couple of days in eighty degrees heat. The burial details had a terrible job.

[@serunaqoro-sc9ou]

Great story 👍

[@NorryJones-kg1se]

Bit of ashame really ; a bit like " Glencoe" or that? C

[@williamh3823]

How do we know the last words of Scout Bloody Knife? After Reno wiped his blood and brains from his face and uniform jacket...mount up he ordered!! 9:29 ...even BloodyKnife knew for Custer's flanking attack to succeed Reno needed to attack!

[@skippy-ti6jc]

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.

[@dendeloro]

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.

[@skippy-ti6jc]

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

[@covand]

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.

[@skippy-ti6jc]

@@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.

[@covand]

@@skippy-ti6jc Yes, I've been to the battlefield. And I too have been reading about Custer for many years.

[@bad74maverick1]

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!

[@jameskennedy721]

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 .

[@ghebalouhacene7422]

Custer was natzi swiss descent as many in usa

[@sjames304]

@@ghebalouhacene7422 lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@flax1955]

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.

[@larry811]

@@ghebalouhacene7422 From you written English I suspect that you are neither a native born English speaker nor a competent intelligence.

[@stephenburke5967]

"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.

[@raymondsommerfeldt2817]

Custer certainly got the fight to match his ego, as the proverb says -Pride comes before a fall. And boy didn't he fall!

[@genahebert5635]

Yes this is why he sent Benten to scout. It was his way to rub it in Bentons face, however BEnton had the last laugh.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

"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.

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Brilliant!!!

[@dohling68]

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 .

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

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.

[@tylerleavitt2715]

Lol lmao even. paleface fuxked around and found out this day.

[@treykoyawena4443]

Which of them warriors is William Knifeman who died not by battle but by having his horse crush him because the damn thing tripped over a gofer hole. lol Long live Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull legends!

[@colinmackenzie6277]

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

[@jamesmcgee2447]

Many thanks

[@LennyMadona-jm8yq]

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. 👍

[@georgedoherty2221]

Wish they woud remake Zulu Dawn, the original was good, but needs a 2024 revamp.

[@micheleaday3902]

This Is So Cherished Yo Be Remembered Never To Repeat History Only Make Living For All Better❤❤

[@nicktintor2113]

I can understand the Indian perspective that this, by modern standards, was a massive war crime. Attacking innocent women and children where they camped, destroying their homes and livelihood, hunting them down like animals, was an act of genocide in America.

[@traceymicolucci1151]

Check out the brutal massacre at Sand Creek that occurred before this by Chivington on the Cheyenne and Arapaho village of elders, women and children. That's why they became allies to the Lakota for this battle.

[@midguard7917]

@@traceymicolucci1151 Also check out the literal thousands of previous accounts of Indians doing this to innocent white settlers, as well as to each other for hundreds of years prior. Get out of here with this terminally myopic moral highground crap. Indians had been committing genocide on the American continent for centuries before the white man showed up.

[@Bynk333]

200 years of history USA, indian reservation were first concetration camps like those in Third reich....

[@ArmenianBishop]

Custer had a colorful personality; he was brave; he wasn't stupid, but he did have his share of blunders, and way more than one time. His surprise attack at Washita Creek was a arguably a war crime, but his charge at Gettysburg helped win the battle, on the 3rd day. Gettysburg wasn't the only time that Custer did brave things in the Civil War.

[@JD0124]

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.

[@jackrussell3084]

Yet Custers failure outshine your greatest sucesses. And its easy to jump on a high moral platform especially when we were born in a time where we dont have to worry about being raided and scalped.

[@Someonelse1224]

During the battle clusters plan was to use their children as human shield. Cluster was also a rapist btw

[@emerkamp1]

"massacred by "savages" mutilated Never heard him called a hero for this last stand, only his civil war battles. I don't even know how that would be taught, most tell the story for it blunders.

[@JamesR1234]

@@emerkamp1 No, he was portrayed as a hero into the 1950's. First by Dime Novelists, artists, books, then eventually movies. Even had a TV Show at one point. Check out his portrayal in "They Died with their Boots On" from 1941 with Errol Flynn playing Custer. Or Gary Cooper's "The Plainsman" from 1936 where Custer is portrayed as a hero. Then as arrogant in the 1950's movie Sitting Bull--the Last Stand is okay in that movie but the rest of the movie is nonsense. Then we get to "Little Big Man from the late 1960's where Richard Mulligan played Custer as a disturbed psychopath. "Son of the Morning Star" is the most accurate portrayal--even with the unsupported nonsense they tossed in about him fathering a child by a Native American woman. The real Custer was complicated. A best selling author, Civil War combat hero who was at Gettysburg and Appomattox. Who wasn't an idiot. And he was a national hero and one of the most famous men in the United States prior to the Little Big Horn. But he was badly flawed and they were likely never going to let him ever be a general again. And while the "Son of the Morning Star" is the most accurate portray, the real battle was even more chaotic and spread over several square miles. The real Custer only had about 43 men with him at the end. The movie also captured Tom Custer fairly well, who was awarded the Medial of Honor twice during the Civil War. Anyway, it's during the last 35 years that we get a more balanced view of the battle. Not the heroic Last Stand, but not the idiot charging into a hopeless cause either. Custer had a strategy to win the battle, but for a number of reasons, it was the wrong strategy and dividing up his forces put him at a tremendous disadvantage.

[@robertmartin5308]

Who kills innocent people? Custer and he paid the ultimate price, leave these people alone.

[@garyl1000]

Why is the movie blurred? Seems like a fabulous film but the fact that it is out of focus throughout kind of ruins it. Searched far and wide for a clear copy - there doesn't seem to be one.

[@dusansesum2599]

Odlična serija! ❤❤❤

[@GeorgeWaite-w2o]

Skirmish lines lasted just minutes. Soldiers were over run. Soldiers had no where to go. No cover. This open plain country. After minutes this battle was going on, command fell apart. At the end ,it was, every soldier for them selves. Many soldiers running for their lives. Many soldiers just accepted that this is it for them.

[@kennethmorrison7689]

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.

[@glucausa625]

She must vote for the Democrats. Another Pocahontas 😂

[@Thunderchild-gz4gc]

Like Iron Eyes Cody

[@kennethbiebighauser7984]

Custer was part of the reason why Jeb Stuart and the Reb Calvary didnt mock the Union Calvary after July 1863

[@jonathansparks3386]

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

[@shimshonbendan8730]

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.

[@colinmackenzie6277]

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.

[@colinmackenzie6277]

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.

[@henrikchristensen7844]

Wonderful to see and my respect for the Indians.

[@mikelewis1436]

To me, the mishmash of soldiers' uniforms reeks of authenticity...still far and away the best film on Custer's Last Stand imho...

[@rezamario6740]

True warriors is Indians..they protect their land

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

Why are you on it, then?

[@michaelewert8310]

This battlefield is on Crow land.

[@Chris-ov1et]

There were no winners here. This awful and unnecessary.

[@andymaciver1760]

You sound like yoda

[@southwestsideandy]

On land they slaughtered other indians for

[@tedg503]

Good video but would be much better without the very distracting background music...I kept looking for the orchestra in the bushes but did not see it.

[@BruceGordon925]

First off Custer wasn't a General, His rank was reduced after the Civil war. His rank was Colonel.

[@covand]

No, his rank was Lieutenant Colonel.

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

Yup. Brevet, (Temporary Army Rank only), Brigadier General. Dropped right back down to Lt. Col after the Civil war.

[@covand]

@@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.

[@FelixstoweFoamForge]

@@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.

[@skippy-ti6jc]

He was entitled to be referred to as General.

[@rancherogt8037]

Although not totally historically accurate battle of the Little Big Horn, by far the closest ever put on film

[@stevenmurphy1665]

@ 29:39.....'Smiles-A-Lot" remember him?

[@CarlSands-yr5wp]

That's not Nathan chasing his horse

[@johnmassoud930]

Wind in his Hair is here too!

[@10laws2liveby]

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.

[@angloaust1575]

They were fighting against the Best light horsemen in the country !

[@cplmpcocptcl6306]

Not sure they had anything on the Comanches.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

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!").

[@thomasproctor3047]

@@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.

[@louisavondart9178]

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.

[@David-ey9jg]

The world…

[@Storm-lg4mx]

Where did that soldier get the repeating rifle?

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

If you're referring to one of the officers, they purchased their own equipment, and had discretion to buy repeaters if they wanted.

[@jasonwinchester5649]

He was also Tom Custer. He had connections...

[@markfox6596]

I seen that too.. He could have picked it up from a fallen warrior I guess.

[@anthonytroisi6682]

Ironically, the real battle probably only lasted as long as the battle sequence depicted in the mini-series.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

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.

[@darbyohara]

Lol no. The battlefield covers miles of territory. It would take an hour to from one end to the other

[@TheMarijuanaTrench]

which pixel is Custer?

[@makara80]

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! 😁

[@edwardchampion8891]

I remember watching this 92 where it was uncensored. Bbc 1 or BBC 2 if I remember rightly.