This Riel Business

This documentary short is a cinematic recording of Tales from a Prairie Drifter, a stage comedy about the Northwest Rebellion during the opening of the Canadian West.
Directed by Ian McLaren - 1974 | 27 min
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[@s.macmillan460]

Very good!

[@TheOlmecindian]

awesome documentary

[@erickpaolod.santos3719]

The short movies is all about Louis riel

[@Adam-tn7yk]

Middleton was fantastic.

[@thehistoadian]

This video is extremely far from being accurate, especially at 12:50 the soldiers took part in several battles such as Cut knife, Fish Creek, Batoche and other battles aswell as plenty of small skirmishes.