Louisbourg Under Siege

Using stunning footage of the fortress and a re-creation of the battle of 1745, this documentary brings to life the siege and fall of Louisbourg, a turning point in North American history. Located on Cape Breton, in what is now Nova Scotia, Louisbourg was the greatest French fortress in North America and a key military stronghold. Once thought impregnable, it fell in a matter of weeks when in 1745, merchants from New England raised a force of 4,000 men and set out to take it.
Directed by Albert Kish - 1997 | 45 min
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[@animalanimation5110]

I'm a history teacher, and I had to give up showing this video to my class because there are commercials literally every 4 minutes. Absolutely outrageous. That's more than on television.

[@cagedlemp5184]

you need to download an addblocker

[@Lolmaro.]

Adblock extension for chrome or OperaGX browser will get rid of the ads!

[@garyheiden3120]

went here yrs ago. it was the highlight of my trip to Nova Scotia. like stepping back in time.

[@marywhyte8484]

Excellent documentary.

[@animalanimation5110]

Definitely excellent. I wish my class an I could have continued watching it, but we couldn't stand KZbin's non-stop ads.

[@kennethangola8486]

I got this for school. I'm in online classes.

[@gavin4513]

Really really wonderful documentary.

[@thejkyle]

I live only a few minutes from here, if anyone ever gets a chance to visit the Fortress I highly recommend it.

[@b.r.holmes6365]

My ancestor Daniel Green is said to have died during the Siege of Louisburg in 1745. I look forward to visiting this amazing site.

[@mcfc8014]

Very good documentary

[@jeremymoore2430]

I had just visited a graveyard in Connecticut today that has many Connecticut troops who took part in the siege of Louisburg buried there

[@animalanimation5110]

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[@johnhart3480]

Very interesting 🤔

[@davemonhomme]

Ah ben çimonak, il n'y a pas de version en français....(mais c'est un très bon documentaire.!)

[@Kaliburrrr]

Miqmaq here, crazy to watch this happen while they were shaking hands with us

[@ericturner7173]

C'est bon! Merci!

[@jonnymac8925]

It's funny, I live about 35 minutes from the fortress and I think we were brought there like two times in all the years of going to school in the area😂

[@terrierkeeper]

What shocks me is so few Americans really know about Louisbourg. It is literally America's first successful military campaign against Europeans independent of Crown support. This is literally the beginning of America's military history and one can even argue that the American invasion of Normandy in 1944 as well as our landings in the pacific started Here. It can even be argued that this was the first straw leading to America's war of independence since Britain literally gave it back to France when the war ended.

[@salmonellasmistress2871]

Using this for school lmao

[@lillykoraameliasorette1095]

Omg really! same someone in my class got covid so we are doing online and we have to watch this! lol

[@kennethangola8486]

@@lillykoraameliasorette1095 Me too, Hello Kora in my class:)

[@avryyt1234]

same

[@luissalinas2250]

4:25 I thought the East India Company was a British possession not French. Am I mistaken?

[@TheBearboot]

Both France and Great Britain had east india companies

[@luissalinas2250]

Well would you look at that! You are correct. Well, you learn something new every day 😊👍 thank you.

[@TheBearboot]

No problems mate, yes you can never be fully learned and it includes all of us 😊

[@cagedlemp5184]

this was only the first siege

[@AncestralReflections]

Is that really the way a french man wears his beret? I thought it was on the side more. He looks a bit silly with it like that.

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[@jamesouellet9769]

The 18th century is so gay

[@Lionsmaneisdangerous]

No u

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[@pennybodydovey]

Third comment ☺

[@hatari2544]

First comment😂😂😂

[@yesman4224]

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