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January 13, 2010
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A friend and I have been pursuing what happened to the personal effects taken from the Custer soldiers for quite a few years. We made a teaser video about 5 years ago and the History Channel picked it up and filmed for about 5 weeks the fall of 2016. We saw some video of the uncompleted project and it appears that they are going to get the documentary completed and maybe even broadcast this coming May or June.
It has been quite a few years and miles to get to this point, but it looks like it might finally happen. We haven’t tried to visit the overworked philosophical aspects of the battle or who did what and where, we have researched different documents of what happened to the artifacts from the battle. There is so much conjecture about historical figures and events, that we aren’t interested in rehashing these kinds of situations. We have found some real unique aspects of what happened after the battle, that it is quite interesting to see that, to this point, what we filmed is entirely unique to anything produced to date.
I hope to see this get broadcast and find out what the opinion of viewers might be. If all goes well, there should be 3 programs and hopefully enough interest to add a couple more years of research and discovery to one of America’s Crown Jewels of history.
December 1, 2012
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Sounds interesting. Be sure and post the airing schedule once PBS schedules it. I’m sure most, if not all, of use here at WACA will watch.
"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
November 7, 2015
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I’m very interested as well. I’ve been doing a fair bit of reading on the subject in the last several years, it’s a fascinating subject and many of the details are still hotly debated today. I don’t watch TV but will likely make an exception for these documentaries.
Mike
December 1, 2012
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TXGunNut said
I’m very interested as well. I’ve been doing a fair bit of reading on the subject in the last several years, it’s a fascinating subject and many of the details are still hotly debated today. I don’t watch TV but will likely make an exception for these documentaries.
Mike
Mike,
Me too. Last year I read “the Mystery of E Troop” by Gregory Michno and “The Custer Battle” by Scott and Fox, Jr.”. They give a fascinating reconstruction of what happened based on archaeological finds.
"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
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