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True Story of Glory Continues
by (Editor: Ben Burtt) (Producer: Ray Herbeck Jr.) (Writer: Ray Herbeck Jr.)
Director: Ben Burtt
Product Group: Video
Studio: Sony Pictures
ISBN: 6302049253
EAN: 9786302049251
UPC: 043396912830
VHS Tape
Running Time: 46 minutes
Original Release Date: 1991-01-01
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
Release Date: 1998-06-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
SKU: 07120330
Condition: Good Good
Comments: VHS tape in good shape. From library with usual library markings and plastic clamshell case. Original artwork inside clamshell case lining. Play-tested and has very good video and audio.
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Editorial Reviews
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Amazon.com
Whether or not you've seen the Oscar-award-winning feature film Glory, you're sure to find inspiration and heartbreak in the story of African American soldiers in the Civil War. The True Story of Glory Continues, narrated by Morgan Freeman, looks at the patriots of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, formed at the behest of Frederick Douglass. Their story of gallantry and heroism is told with period photos, letters, reenactments, and footage from Glory. Fighting in South Carolina, risking unknown misery at the hands of Southern captors, rejecting the pittance offered them to fight (in comparison to the wages paid to white soldiers), these men fought and died to help free their brothers and sisters from their chains. While the oppression they suffered at the hands of their government and white commanders is horrendous, the viewer is forced to realize that these men, some of them former slaves themselves, were driven by principle to fight against a system they saw as even worse. That spirit of idealism is so well captured that The True Story of Glory Continues should find a place in every home. --Rob Lightner
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Customer Reviews
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The True Story of 'Glory' Continues
Rating  (3)
Date: 2000-04-28
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a rather well-done video that nicely supplements the film 'Glory.' It provides a number of historical insights into the famed 54th Massachusetts Regiment, along with some footage that did not appear in the original film.
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