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00:00This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
00:30This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
01:00This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
01:30This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
02:01None tougher than the 7th or any other damn Yankee regiment.
02:06General, sir.
02:08But I'm forgetting, it isn't General anymore, is it?
02:31Maybe you ought to be taken down another peg or two, General.
02:37I fought against you at Gettysburg in Appomattox.
02:41I don't fancy us being on the same side.
03:00Come on, come on.
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04:00no.
04:06Easy soldier.
04:16Welcome to the regiment gentleman.
04:21Keel.
04:23You won't carry any tingles
04:30My name is George Armstrong Custer, rank Lieutenant Colonel, United States Cavalry,
04:54Revered Major General, found guilty of dereliction of duty and suspended from rank for one year.
05:01By order of General Phil Sheridan, reinstated commander of the 7th Regiment, as of now.
05:10The 7th was my first command after the war. I was proud of it. I intend to be proud of it again.
05:18Take a couple of men in a wagon and get my gear from the railroad station. Don't be nervous about the dogs, they're quite gentle.
05:26And return that mule, Sergeant. Yes, sir, but you see I'm not... Don't ever contradict your new commanding officer, Sergeant Custer.
05:35Yes, sir.
05:42Oh, yes. Attention! I was court-martialed for being absent from my post without official leave.
05:49Should any of you commit the same crime, I shall consider him a deserter and ordered to be shot. Good night.
06:04At 24, he had been the youngest general in the Civil War. Within five years, he had been reduced in rank and sent west to be forgotten.
06:25But he was not the kind of man to let the world forget. His name, George Armstrong Custer.
07:26Yes, sir!
07:28Yes, sir!
07:44Be especially careful with that trunk.
07:49At ease, captain. I believe you welcomed me to the fort last night.
07:53I beg your pardon, sir, but the general is mistaken.
07:56You are Captain Keogh, aren't you?
07:58That I am, because I've never laid eyes on the general before, sir.
08:03Then we must get acquainted soon, Captain.
08:05And my rank is lieutenant colonel.
08:07As you wish, General.
08:09Trooper, take these animals to the cookhouse and see that they're fed.
08:17Isn't that Captain Reno bearing down on us?
08:21Oh, then you're acquainted.
08:24Captain Reno never quite got over the fact that I followed him at West Point.
08:27And now he has to follow me.
08:30The salt that really burns the wound is that I graduated 34th in a class of 34.
08:38Custer, General Terry left orders...
08:40Stand at attention.
08:44I beg the colonel's pardon.
08:46I wasn't aware the colonel had been returned to active duty.
08:50Where is General Terry, Captain Keogh?
08:52He's on patrol with the 5th Cavalry, sir.
08:54He's due back in two days.
08:57Two days.
08:59Sergeant Bustard, saddle my horse.
09:02Yes, sir.
09:04Oh, for your information, Captain...
09:06I'm not on active duty until I report to General Terry.
09:10Stand at ease.
09:14The boy general.
09:16You'd think that'd have more sense than to reinstate him.
09:18Why not?
09:20I've served with him before. Look at him.
09:2228 years old.
09:24Arrogant, conceited.
09:27Never mind.
09:29You'll find out. I am looking forward to it.
09:37There's General Terry in the column, sir.
09:42We can wait here.
09:43They have to go through the valley and come up this way.
09:47Down there. Kiowa.
09:49They on General Terry's line of march?
09:51They'll knock off a dozen of our men for sure.
09:54Not if we can help it.
09:55They'll ride right into that hornet's nest. They've got to be warned.
09:58Wait. Those Kiowa are too close.
10:00One shot and they'll be right on top of us.
10:02But General Terry and the 5th, sir.
10:04Instead of letting Terry come to them...
10:07let's take them to him.
10:10Let's ride, Sergeant.
10:16Let's go.
10:47Come on.
10:59Forward.
11:02Prepare for action.
11:17Fire.
11:38Hold your fire.
11:41Fire.
11:50Hold your fire.
11:52Reform the column, Captain.
11:54Yes, sir.
11:58Lieutenant Colonel Custer reporting for duty, sir.
12:00I expect to see you in my office first thing in the morning, Colonel.
12:05Afternoon, General Terry.
12:07I heard shots. Any trouble?
12:09Any important.
12:11I'm William Tymon, the post's settler.
12:14Wait. You're General Custer.
12:17I've seen pictures of you.
12:19I'm William Tymon.
12:21You're General Custer.
12:23I'm William Tymon.
12:25I'm William Tymon.
12:27I'm William Tymon.
12:29I'm William Tymon.
12:31I'm William Tymon.
12:33I've seen pictures of you.
12:35Been plenty of them printed.
12:37I carry all the officers on my books.
12:40Just ask for anything you want, anytime.
12:43I'll remember that, Mr. Tymon.
12:45Remember, anything, anytime.
12:53Halt.
13:03Halt.
13:30It's the Tantor, my friend.
13:33Well, I didn't expect to find a Sioux...
13:35in the Tantor's Kiowa country.
13:37I've asked my friend Crazy Horse...
13:39Ward Chief of the Lakota Nation...
13:41to come and listen to your words.
13:43Crazy Horse.
13:45Good, good.
13:47You save me the bother of looking you up later.
14:03Good, good.
14:34Tantor.
14:50You have many such guns?
14:52As many as you want, and all the shells you can shoot.
14:55Where can we get them?
14:57You buy them from me.
14:59Good.
15:01You want to hide.
15:03No, not for hides.
15:05What is it you want?
15:07Our land? Our women?
15:09What do we have left that the white man hasn't already taken from us?
15:12Gold.
15:14My price is $100 in gold or money for each gun...
15:16and I'll throw in a case of shells for every one you want.
15:19But we have no gold or money.
15:21You can get it.
15:32Hmm.
15:34Come on.
16:00Bring the guns.
16:02We will get the money.
16:14This territory is in a state of war...
16:16and it's time that you remembered that.
16:18Uncle, I am not a child you can frighten...
16:20with tales of wicked red men who eat their young.
16:22For the last time, I forbid you to ride...
16:24beyond the limits of this post without an escort.
16:26And for the last time, may I remind you...
16:28that I'm fully capable of looking out for myself.
16:31I beg your pardon, Colonel.
16:33Please forgive my clumsiness.
16:35My fault entirely, Miss...
16:37Anne. Anne Landre.
16:39Miss Landre.
16:50You wanted to see me, sir.
16:52I expected you an hour ago, Custer.
16:55I wasn't aware you'd specified the hour, General Terry.
16:58Hmm.
17:00Custer, for the record...
17:03I don't like you.
17:05You're too sure of yourself.
17:07Too much your own man.
17:09Then why did you bring me back?
17:11Because, by the Almighty, you're a soldier.
17:13There's another kind of war brewing out here in the frontier.
17:16We're gonna need every trained man that we can get.
17:19And that's why I supported Phil Sheridan in his campaign...
17:22to give you another chance.
17:24No matter what your reasons are, I thank you.
17:27Save your thanks.
17:30Come along.
17:40I want you to take a close look at your new command.
17:54The scum of the earth.
17:57No enlisted man in uniform can be arrested or tried for any civil offense.
18:02That makes the Army a hideout for thieves, renegades, murderers.
18:07Throw in a few foreign immigrants, professional soldiers and ex-Confederates...
18:11and that's what's become of your glorious 7th.
18:17I've made fighting men out of worse than these.
18:20What you've made are powerful enemies...
18:22who fought against your reinstatement.
18:24Men who want to see you fail. Disgraced.
18:27My orders are to give you and your 7th...
18:29every dirty, back-breaking job that comes along.
18:32Where do you stand in this?
18:34I'm a soldier, not a politician.
18:36We'll go by the book. Nothing else.
18:38You understand me?
18:40I always understood you, General.
18:42The trouble is, you never understood me.
18:55Blasted girls know better at taking orders than you are.
19:07Sergeant.
19:11We've got a lot of work to do.
19:13You can begin by releasing those men.
19:15We're gonna make cavalry soldiers out of them.
19:17Yes, sir.
19:21All right, let's start from the beginning.
19:24This is a horse.
19:26It's got four legs.
19:28Two more than you've got.
19:30It is something you ride.
19:33And in order to ride it, you gotta get on top of it.
19:36Do you understand that, Oblinsky?
19:39All right, now I'm gonna show you again.
19:41And watch.
19:43Prepare to mount.
19:46Mount.
19:49Prepare to dismount.
19:51Dismount.
19:53All right, now let's try it again.
19:56Prepare to mount.
20:00Mount.
20:04Straighten up those ranks.
20:06You're supposed to be cavalry soldiers.
20:08Of all the blasted, nitwitted ninnies I've ever had the misfortune to meet up with.
20:13Not too hard, Sergeant.
20:15Men, you're making progress.
20:17Just keep at it long enough and you'll see how easy it is.
20:20Carry on, Sergeant.
20:22Now, officers, you don't have to run that obstacle course.
20:25Who said that?
20:52Let's go.
21:23Here comes the 5th Cavalry, back from patrol.
21:32Take care of these monsters for me, will you?
21:34Aye, General.
21:38Dang it! Blast the river, General!
21:41If you ain't a cypher, so are I.
21:43California Joe, you smelly old goat.
21:46It's been a long time.
21:49Too long.
21:51I see the 5th have wounded.
21:53Yeah, we suffered a mighty casualty.
21:55Them coyotes is getting further shooting a whole lot better.
21:59Well, that's Terry's niece with the column.
22:01Yeah, she come to busting on to us out, General.
22:04We'd better go have a look.
22:06Yeah, I'll go catch your old kitten, or I'll spend the rest of this campaign afoot.
22:12I'm glad you're back safely, Miss Landry.
22:14There was no need for that, General.
22:16I'm glad you're back safely, Miss Landry.
22:18There was no need for concern, Colonel Custer.
22:20And please don't tell me my uncle was right about my riding alone.
22:25I know he was. I was just too stubborn to admit it.
22:28You and I have a lot in common.
22:30That's what the General tells me.
22:33Am I held up as a bad example?
22:35A very bad example.
22:38On Wednesday evenings, General Terry usually asks the officers of the 7th to dine with him.
22:46Will you come tonight?
22:48My privilege and pleasure, Miss Landry.
22:56Once the news spreads east of this gold in the Black Hills, government orders are not.
23:00There'll be a rush of fortune hunters out here bigger than 49.
23:03There aren't going to be enough troops in the country to keep them out.
23:06And after the prospectors will come the whiskey traders and the land speculators.
23:11And then what, General?
23:12A major attack by the tribes.
23:14I'm loathe to agree with Captain Reno on anything, but in this he's right.
23:18As professional soldiers, we best leave the question of morality to those whose job it is.
23:23Our job is to fight.
23:25A well-trained, fully complemented 7th could handle anything they could muster.
23:29The 7th has its assignment, Mr. Custer.
23:31Training and work details.
23:33If that attack comes tomorrow, those men will be as useless as a gaggle of geese in a barnyard.
23:37Change the subject, Mr. Custer.
23:39The subject is important, sir.
23:41You're forgetting yourself, Mr. Custer.
23:44I beg the General's pardon.
23:46I request permission to withdraw.
23:48Permission granted.
24:14I'm sorry, Miss Ann.
24:16For not thanking you for your excellent dinner.
24:21For a moment I was afraid you were apologizing for losing your temper.
24:26I never can do that either.
24:31You like fighting, don't you?
24:35Why?
24:38Why?
24:42Half my life has been spent as a soldier.
24:46When I was a boy, I read about Napoleon's cavalry commander, Marat.
24:51He never worried about finding his way.
24:54For he always rode to the sound of the guns.
24:59Without the sound of the guns to ride to...
25:03I'm lost.
25:06Can you understand that?
25:16Fire!
25:21Squeeze off both rounds!
25:32Don't slap at it first!
25:35Thrust at it!
25:37Keep those rifles up!
25:39Hold them steady!
26:05Hold them steady!
26:35Fire!
27:05Captain, I think the Fighting Seventh can use a little brawn over there.
27:09Right.
27:36Captain Reno, you'll dig in here with Company B in case of attack.
27:40Captain Keel, form up and mount Company C.
27:43No packs, 20 rounds to each man.
28:05Come on!
28:36Fire!
28:48Good Lord Almighty!
29:05Come on!
29:22Iowa.
29:24Sergeant Mustard.
29:26Yes, sir.
29:28Go get Company B and bury these men.
29:30Yes, sir.
29:32Captain Keel.
29:35Come on!
29:37Come on!
29:39Come on!
29:47No! No!
29:49No! No!
30:05Hold them!
30:08Hold them!
30:23PMS's wagon and escort to Fort Dodson were attacked by Kiowas.
30:26The entire detail was massacred.
30:28Every man?
30:30The only way to stop them is to hit them hard now.
30:32We can strike from two different directions in one...
30:34Mr. Custer, the duties of the 5th Cavalry are to pursue and engage the enemy when necessary.
30:39The duties of the 7th are to provision Fort Hayes for the coming winter.
30:42The 7th is supposed to be a cavalry regiment, not a labor battalion.
30:46The 7th will be whatever I order it to be, Mr. Custer.
30:50You have your orders. Dismissed.
31:02Dismissed.
31:32Fort Dodson
32:02Fort Dodson
32:33Fort Dodson
32:41Attention!
32:45As you were.
32:49Are you aware, Mr. Keel, that there's a military regulation against officers fraternizing with enlisted men?
32:55Extenuating circumstances, sir.
32:57I share me quarters with Captain Reno.
33:00Oh, I see. In that case, carry on.
33:06But must you go on playing that dirge?
33:09I think we could all use a little cheering up, Captain.
33:12Sure, and you're right, General.
33:14There's a lively little tune from the county limerick.
33:17And I've been thinking, too, it would make a smashing regimental song for the 7th.
33:30Drift cavalry, prepare to mount.
33:32Aye, sir.
33:56Drift cavalry, prepare to mount.
33:58Bow.
34:00Straighten up the flag.
34:02Sergeant, prepare to mount.
34:047th Cavalry, prepare to mount.
34:075th Cavalry, right forward.
34:09Mount.
34:102's right.
34:11Ho!
34:14Ho!
34:28Ho!
34:43Ho!
35:13Ho!
35:44Ho!
35:55Let the Scots keep well ahead.
36:13Ho!
36:44Ho!
36:54Remember, let them come in close.
37:13Ho!
37:25Ho!
37:31Column, take cover!
37:43Move downstream, they're firing from both sides!
37:57Column, mount!
37:59Ho!
38:00Back the other way, we're cut off!
38:14Ho!
38:27Ho!
38:36Fall back! Take cover!
38:44We're surrounded! Dismount and fight on foot!
39:09How do you feel, General?
39:11You must be warned.
39:14You reckon I could make it?
39:16No, no, get to Custer, not so far.
39:18Give him my orders.
39:20He's to return to Fort Hayes, organize a defense against an immediate attack.
39:24Tell him he's not to relieve this column until that is done.
39:28And tell Custer that's a direct order.
39:31All right, sir.
39:42Ho!
39:47No, let him go.
39:51He will bring more soldiers to die here.
40:00Colonel Custer!
40:04Colonel Custer!
40:06Colonel Custer, sir!
40:08It's the Fifth!
40:11Take it easy, General.
40:13What about the Fifth?
40:18The cow is at Beecher's Creek.
40:20Darn near wiped out the whole outfit.
40:22Wiped out? Go on.
40:24They had double-barreled, heavy-gauge shotguns.
40:26Just cut us clean to ribbons.
40:28General Terry says to go back to Fort Hayes...
40:31and to organize a defense against an immediate attack.
40:34He says don't try a rescue till that's done.
40:38He says that's a direct order.
40:40How long can they hold out?
40:42Not more than a few hours.
40:46Company C, prepare to mount.
40:48It's time to show them the Seventh can fight.
40:53General Terry's orders, sir.
40:55Captain Reno, mount your troop.
40:57Sergeant Bustard!
40:59I want two men to ride to Fort Hayes and warn them.
41:01Yes, sir. Company B, prepare to mount!
41:08Fort Hayes
41:39Custer, you fool. Don't charge.
41:42The Fifth's down yonder in the bottom in that brush.
41:45The Indians are scattered out along this bank here...
41:48and up that slope on the other side.
41:50There's no cover for us down there.
41:52You'd ride right into that trap.
41:54You say they've got shotguns.
41:56What's the range? 30 or 35 yards?
41:59I reckon maybe 40.
42:03Captain Keogh, I want the range of those shotguns marked at 40 yards.
42:06Get out there and make a good guess.
42:08Aye, General. Sergeant Bustard?
42:10Would you care to accompany me?
42:12My pleasure.
42:28I'll get you down.
42:30Down!
42:37Ha!
42:50No men past the marker until we draw their fire.
42:59Range marked, sir.
43:01Form twos!
43:03Company, form twos!
43:05Ho!
43:36Ready the line!
43:38Ho!
43:40They'll be wiped out.
43:42Watch and learn.
43:44He'll draw their fire out of range...
43:47at the markers.
43:49Then when they try to reload...
43:51he'll charge.
43:53That's Custer.
43:55Ho!
44:04Now!
44:06Shoot! Shoot, you fools! Shoot!
44:11Stop and ascend the charge!
44:18Charge!
44:25Charge!
44:55Charge!
45:25Charge!
45:49Take him alive!
45:55Take him alive!
46:14Yahoo!
46:16Yahoo!
46:18Yahoo!
46:26And more important...
46:28I gave you a direct order...
46:30to return to this post, Mr. Custer.
46:32I received the General's order, sir...
46:34and was carrying them out.
46:36By riding in the opposite direction of this fort?
46:38The General's order did not specify...
46:40the route I was to take in getting here, sir.
46:45Mr. Custer...
46:47I am recommending that you and your men...
46:49be sighted for gallantry.
46:51And now let me remind you...
46:53of your orders.
46:55The 7th is assigned to garrison and foraging detail...
46:58until those orders are countermanded.
47:00Do you understand me, sir?
47:02Yes, sir.
47:23Well, now, what's the word, General?
47:25Mount the men.
47:27We're still on the labor force.
47:33Ready to mount!
47:35Mount!
47:37Right forward!
47:39Teeth right!
47:41Ho!
47:53Ho!
48:23Ho!
48:42Dress right!
48:475th Cavalry.
48:49Draw sabers.
48:51Present sabers.
49:027th Cavalry.
49:04Eyes right!
49:218th Cavalry.
49:23Draw sabers.
49:25Present sabers.
49:489th Cavalry.
49:50Tonight's episode has been a fictional drama.
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