Lincoln: Trial By Fire
Lincoln: Trial By Fire
Capture the journey of Lincoln’s life and the struggle for equality in 5 fascinating documentaries and the feature film, Abraham Lincoln!
Explore the life and times of Abraham Lincoln in five insightful documentaries! Witness the stirring events leading up to Lincoln’s assassination and the aftermath that quickly followed. Discover the power struggle between Lincoln and General George McClellan and unravel the events that lead to the Emancipation Proclamation. Uncover the story of the Confederacy’s last attack that almost brought the north to its knees! Also, through full-color, live-action, authentic record learn about the fight for freedom and abolishment of slavery through the eyes of the African-American Civil War Soldier. Its a historical journey through one the most significant times in our nation’s history.
3- DVD collection which includes:
LINCOLN: TRIAL BY FIRE
Cliff Robertson narrates this dramatization focuses on the little-known life-and-death struggle of power between President Lincoln and his general in command of the Army of the Potomac, George McClellan, and the events leading to the Emancipation Proclamation.
THEY’VE KILLED PRESIDENT LINCOLN
A stirring and factual documentary-drama of those events which occurred immediately prior to the assassination of President Lincoln, as well as dramatically showing the deed and the aftermath.
Abraham Lincoln
Starring Walter Huston, Helen Freeman, Ian Keith
(1930) B&W Unrated
Legendary director D.W. Griffith highlights the early years of our 16th President revealing his life spent as a lawyer and his courtship with Mary. Abraham Lincoln guides you through the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates and the events surrounding the Civil War.
Bonus Movie:
Yellowneck
Starring Lin McCarthy, Stephen Courtleigh, Berry Kroeger
(1955) Color Unrated
Yellowneck tells the tale of five Confederate Army deserters who hope to reach freedom from war by escaping to Cuba. Watch as they battle time, obstacles and each other to reach safety.