Man I haven't seen this since I was little. Between Swamp Fox, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, and Zoro, Disney made my imagination crazy. Thanks for posting!
I remember watching the Swamp Fox religiously as a little kid. Didn't remember that Leslie Nielsen was Marion!!! What a rich and full life Leslie had! Thanks for posting this.
Disney would be livid if he was alive today to see the company he built becoming what it is today. I don't see Disney today doing this. They rather do movies that placate China and the CCP!!!
@@rfe8nn2 Walt was a true American that loved his country and it's history and loved telling it in an entertaining way. Disney today, as a company, could care less.
@@Caterpillarjon True Walt is rolling in his grave right now. He probably never thought there would be a day the company he created would Cater to the Communist Chinese, while they commit Genocide of Uygers. Apologies for the spelling.
And ya know it! I would rather watch something from my early years or before,instead of the trash nowadays. Loony tunes, Tom&Jerry, Woody Woodpecker etc.are good stuff too!
Awesome series about a legendary hero and Patriot of the American Revolution! "Our band is few but tried and true, our leader frank and bold. The British solider trembles, when Marion's name is told. Our fortress is the good green wood, our tent the cypress tree. We know the forest 'round us, as seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines, its glades of reedy grass. Its safe and silent islands, within the dark morass." (Ballad of Marion's Men)
I loved watching very early Walt Disney, now there is nothing that Disney puts out that is worth watching. Give me Swamp Fox Davy Crockett Daniel Boone Zoro These are classics and made for family viewing. Thanking very much for downloading these which I grew up watching, being 68.
My 5th great grandfather Cpt. Valentine Rowell rode with Col. Francis Marion during the war, its awesome to see Walt Disney talking about my familys heritage even tho he was in a bit of a rush and had some facts mixed up
Man what happened to when Disney made amazing movies and TV show's like this? Johnny Shiloh, Mosbys Marauders, Davy Crockett, all awesome show's that would get people especially kid's interested in American history.
I learned a lot & got interested in history thanks to good 'O Walt. Sunday night, living room floor with my brother watching .Mom in her chair sewing ,dad snoozing on the couch & my sister yelling in the other room about not being able to ever ever never getting to watch what SHE WANTS !!...& DESEARVES !!!
Sacred to the memory of Brigadier General Francis Marion who departed this life on the 27th day of February 1795, in the sixty third year of his age, deeply regretted by all his fellow citizens. History will record his worth and rising generations embalm his memory as one of the most distinguished and legendary Patriots of the American Revolution which elevated his native country to honor and independence and securing to her the blessings of liberty and peace. This tribute of veneration and appreciation is erected in commemoration of the noble and disinterested virtues of the citizen, and the gallant exploits of the soldier, who lived without fear and died without reproach. Francis Marion’s Grave
@kenlo77 I was thinking the exact same thing as I was watching this introduction. Kids today are really missing out & being cheated not getting programming like this. Now they get, "Hannah Montana", what a shame. We were lucky to have been around for the Golden age of Disney programming. Yes, we really looked forward to Sunday nights, with the Wonderful World of Disney and Marlin Perkin's, Wild Kingdom.
@attoghaveympops me too. this is how i first came to know leslie neilson...as swamp fox. subsequently anytime i would see him, in any movie or tv program, i would always think of swamp fox.
@rentatrip1 Hmmm, I don't really remember Scarecrow. But I LOVED Secret Agent in 1964, which was my first exposure, that I can recall, of Patrick McGoohan. Then there was the bizarre "The Prisoner"... That was wonderful age in Television!
Wow. I saw this on the Sunday night Disneyland show in Australia when I was... mmm... 6 or 7. As others have commented, the tune has stuck in my head. Also, have others have said, it is probably not historically accurate at all but it did help engender a love of history in me. I ended up pursuing this love at university (albeit researching a time period a fair bit before the deeds depicted in the show.) Many thanks. Maybe I'll do a Sunday roast and watch the shows then in homage to my childhood Sunday nights. PS - Adventureland was my favourite and I also liked/was frightened by The Hardy Boys (or was that on Mickey Mouse Club?). I wonder if they are here somewhere?
Having been born in 1950, this series was a big part of my childhood. Of course, I didn't know that it was Leslie Nielsen in the title role until just a few minutes ago, just like not knowing that it was Robert Loggia as "Elfego Baca".
I was born in the 90's, but I still remember this show. Including Texas Jack slaughter and there are others, but I can't remember what they were called. Can anyone else remember what the other shows were called?
Wish Disney would put it on Disney+ there are over 800 TV Shows and Movies they have not added to Disney+ and this is amoung them as soon as they add it I am going to bing watch it like crazy
what was the other show on Disney satuday mornings that alternated with the Swamp Fox it took place in England I believe and the it was a British minister who fought undercover at night against some enemy. I used to know the name of the show but I've forgotten it now.
Back in the day, I couldn't wait for a Swamp Fox or Texas John Slaughter episode. Sure, it was all made up stuff but I didn't care. I was 7 or 8. Check out how they ride over a gator at 3:45!
Our band is few but tried and true our leader frank and bold. The British soldier trembles when Marion’s name is told. Our fortress is the good green wood our tent the cypress tree. We know the forest round us as seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines its glades of reedy grass. Its safe and silent islands within the dark morass. Ballad of Marion’s men, William Cullen Bryant
Give head to the whole company. Televised to Chinese. Maybe. I calm down little . if I were you and seen me. take the shot! Don't f it up. Nothing worse then being beaten down by a regard that can't stop. Sleep on it. Still living in the same place?
(2) ...were at best a fair weather ally to the Continentals. They cared more about trying to take the Caribbean from the British than anything else. Also by May of 1780 the Southern Army under Benjamin Lincoln had already surrendered when Charleston, SC fell to Sir Henry Clinton and the outposts mentioned were only established AFTER the fall of Charleston. Beyond that though, things seem okay.
this is a bit strange for kid though , disney must have been different prior to the 1960s I think the first film at the cinemas I seen was either The Lady and The Tramp or another Disney cartoon like The Aristocats. and Mary popins etc. at some point. but this is rather dark.
(1) Now I know that Walt Disney had to be somewhat quick with his telling of the events leading up to summer of 1780, but still much of what he said was inaccurate. By that time the war was at a stalemate in the North. Washington's army (which by the way was in crisis somewhat due to lack of payment and supplies from the Continental Congress) had the British cornered at New York, though the British held Canada. Neither army there was moving. The British were responding to the French...
Entertaining despite the fact it was dumbed down for young kids, who, when really young, have no concern or awareness of what's truly historically accurate, in terms of weapons, uniforms, strict chronology of events, etc. When I first saw this series, many years ago on Disney Channel, I was surprised and disappointed that Nielsen played Marion. It was hard for me to accept him in the role--not because of his later comedies, which I never saw, except in theater previews or brief glimpses on TV airings, but that I had my own image of the Swamp Fox, after years of reading about him, seeing realistic illustrations of him, etc. I'd've preferred an unknown actor in the role. Of course, Nielsen WAS unknown at the time. Eventually, I liked him well enough in the role but never was entirely satisfied. Not much of the swampy S.C. terrain was shown in the series either, the famous Lowcountry of the southeastern S.C., scene of many of Marion's campaigns. Of course, his band of partisans ranged over a much wider area than that, from Georgetown to present-day Columbia(Ft. Granby at the time). I've visited quite of few of his battle sites, plus his tomb near Santee, S.C. Seems that the nearest swampy-looking ground nearest the studio was used to represent the terrain which inspired Tarleton to give him Marion the appelation "Swamp Fox". I guess there aren't too many convincing, 18th-century, Lowcountry-type swamps in southern Ca.! The actor who portrays Tarleton, whose name I forget, is pretty good in the role but not quite who I would've preferred either. Yes, the Green Dragoon was smooth, suave, and dashing but, in reality, a much-feared terror to American militia and troops. He was known as "Butcher Tarleton" and "Bloody Ban" during the war. He was at least partially responsible for more than one massacre of patriot soldiers after they'd surrendered. Of course, such horrendous facts are ignored in this series, no doubt due to their unsuitableness for young children to hear about in vivd descriptions. By the way, this Tarleton actor appears also in the 1950's 3-D color adventure called "Sangaree", set in post-Rev. War Savannah. He plays an unlikeable, devious, ladies' man in that one--a Loyalist unhappy with the way the war turned out. The film was made a few years before "Swamp Fox" and is viewable on You Tube in its entirety. It's the only other role I've ever seen him in. As an adult, I tire of so many Disney TV productions having to feature one or more songs but I fully understand the audience to which they were geared. The series also is harmed by familiar character actors showing up in both British & American roles(e.g., J. Pat O'Malley, for one)playing a redcoat one week, a patriot the next. I'm sure kids never noticed or cared. Most of Marion's documented battles are never shown or referred to, such as Parker's Ferry, Lenud's Ferry, Georgetown(in concert with Light-Horse Harry Lee), Quinby Bridge, Fort Motte, Sampit, Black Mingo, and Eutaw Springs. Most of the Disney series re-enacts only very small-scale, generic skirmishes, which go unnamed throughout, whether fictitious or real. None are recognizable, though, to a student of Marion lore, such as myself, as any of the actual documented ones. I'm sure no attempt was made to duplicate these due to limited budgets, impracticality in that era of filming outdoors, etc. There ARE many outdoor scenes, don't get me wrong, but none feature large-scale fights. As mentioned, most battles are highly localized and limited, such as a swirling cavalry fight around a Loyalist plantation house, probably the best battle sequence in the series. I regretted that neither Greene nor Light-Horse Harry Lee were given screen-time. Greene is mentioned but never shown. I don't believe Lee even was mentioned once. His troops were essential in helping Marion drive back the British. Finally, does anyone remember the 2-part, mid-60's Disney program "The Legend of Young Dick Turpin"? It's viewable on You Tube, also.
i bet they betted on the fact that no one would know those are sabres that are not correct for the time, those look very much like Civil War Cavalry sabres, just an observation
Frances Marion actually wore a pot on his head, not a tricorner hat with a tail on it! Marion was ahead of his time regarding helmets. Those lavish blue American uniforms in the opening sequences of this episode are really surprising, by the way. The Swamp Fox, Elfego Baca, and Texas John Slaughter were all loosely based on real people some of whose stories were crazier than anything on Disney's television shows. All these series were aimed at kids and squarely hit that target.
I saw these shows when I was a kid as well, that title song has stuck in my head all these years. A little perspective, however. He spent a good deal of time hunting down freed slaves, who naturally fought for the British. His treatment of the native population and his own slaves represent a stain on the idea of America. Apparently a successful fighter, though, using tactics reminiscent of the Viet Cong.
@@itsaguinness one of the other factors raised by the historical record of this time is the abolition movement in England gaining strength. In 1772 the British courts ruled in favour of a slave who had been purchased in Boston and then transported to England and had managed to escape. Consider how much of the resistance to the British was caused not by the swinish English overlords (who were definitely part of the story) but by the fierce Methodist abolitionists win England who might ruin the ability of the swinish colonial slaveowners to continue to make their fortunes off slaves.
Walt Disney would be sad that disneyland has been turned into starwars should be the way it was when disneyland started you don't even have frontier land any more frontier land should sell cowboy and Indian gifts not dunno those items should be sold in fairytale land and so on and so on
More Disneyfied bull about a real person that was more fiction than fact. If he could lie about David Crockett with that nonsense show he did it with every real person that they made a show about.
Man I haven't seen this since I was little. Between Swamp Fox, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, and Zoro, Disney made my imagination crazy. Thanks for posting!
I remember watching the Swamp Fox religiously as a little kid. Didn't remember that Leslie Nielsen was Marion!!! What a rich and full life Leslie had! Thanks for posting this.
This is the kind of TV we need today, not the crap they put on.
Disney would be livid if he was alive today to see the company he built becoming what it is today. I don't see Disney today doing this. They rather do movies that placate China and the CCP!!!
@@rfe8nn2 Walt was a true American that loved his country and it's history and loved telling it in an entertaining way. Disney today, as a company, could care less.
@@Caterpillarjon True Walt is rolling in his grave right now. He probably never thought there would be a day the company he created would Cater to the Communist Chinese, while they commit Genocide of Uygers. Apologies for the spelling.
And ya know it! I would rather watch something from my early years or before,instead of the trash nowadays. Loony tunes, Tom&Jerry, Woody Woodpecker etc.are good stuff too!
Everything Walt personally did is SO cool!
walt disney would be considered a neo-nazi by today's standards.....SO cool
Awesome series about a legendary hero and Patriot of the American Revolution! "Our band is few but tried and true, our leader frank and bold. The British solider trembles, when Marion's name is told. Our fortress is the good green wood, our tent the cypress tree. We know the forest 'round us, as seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines, its glades of reedy grass. Its safe and silent islands, within the dark morass." (Ballad of Marion's Men)
HUGE fan at six years old! Great to see Uncle Walt and Leslie Neilsen again!
Love the Swamp Fox. Saw it when I was a kid. Thanks for uploading this.
A terrific Disney historical TV mini-series based upon a real life figure. Fun & memorable song too.
I loved watching very early Walt Disney, now there is nothing that Disney puts out that is worth watching. Give me
Swamp Fox
Davy Crockett
Daniel Boone
Zoro
These are classics and made for family viewing. Thanking very much for downloading these which I grew up watching, being 68.
I’m 71 and enjoying every minute!
glad to hear it!
My 5th great grandfather Cpt. Valentine Rowell rode with Col. Francis Marion during the war, its awesome to see Walt Disney talking about my familys heritage even tho he was in a bit of a rush and had some facts mixed up
Man what happened to when Disney made amazing movies and TV show's like this? Johnny Shiloh, Mosbys Marauders, Davy Crockett, all awesome show's that would get people especially kid's interested in American history.
Swamp Fox does this bring back memories just like Davy Crockett thanks for posting from a Baby Boomer.
OK BOOMER
RIP Leslie. Remeber The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh? That was a good one too!
I loved that too as a kid!
I learned a lot & got interested in history thanks to good 'O Walt. Sunday night, living room floor with my brother watching .Mom in her chair sewing ,dad snoozing on the couch & my sister yelling in the other room about not being able to ever ever never getting to watch what SHE WANTS !!...& DESEARVES !!!
Sacred to the memory of Brigadier General Francis Marion who departed this life on the 27th day of February 1795, in the sixty third year of his age, deeply regretted by all his fellow citizens.
History will record his worth and rising generations embalm his memory as one of the most distinguished and legendary Patriots of the American Revolution which elevated his native country to honor and independence and securing to her the blessings of liberty and peace.
This tribute of veneration and appreciation is erected in commemoration of the noble and disinterested virtues of the citizen, and the gallant exploits of the soldier, who lived without fear and died without reproach.
Francis Marion’s Grave
Back when Disney had morals.
@kenlo77 I was thinking the exact same thing as I was watching this introduction. Kids today are really missing out & being cheated not getting programming like this. Now they get, "Hannah Montana", what a shame. We were lucky to have been around for the Golden age of Disney programming. Yes, we really looked forward to Sunday nights, with the Wonderful World of Disney and Marlin Perkin's, Wild Kingdom.
When America appreciated their history.................; just an awesome movie this was.
@MaxPaws - Don't forget patrick MacGoohan as The Scare Crow
@attoghaveympops me too. this is how i first came to know leslie neilson...as swamp fox. subsequently anytime i would see him, in any movie or tv program, i would always think of swamp fox.
@rentatrip1 Hmmm, I don't really remember Scarecrow. But I LOVED Secret Agent in 1964, which was my first exposure, that I can recall, of Patrick McGoohan. Then there was the bizarre "The Prisoner"... That was wonderful age in Television!
My name is Francis Marion... and don't call me Shirley...
Perfect 😂😂
Loved this and all the Disney old movies
Wow. I saw this on the Sunday night Disneyland show in Australia when I was... mmm... 6 or 7. As others have commented, the tune has stuck in my head. Also, have others have said, it is probably not historically accurate at all but it did help engender a love of history in me. I ended up pursuing this love at university (albeit researching a time period a fair bit before the deeds depicted in the show.)
Many thanks.
Maybe I'll do a Sunday roast and watch the shows then in homage to my childhood Sunday nights.
PS - Adventureland was my favourite and I also liked/was frightened by The Hardy Boys (or was that on Mickey Mouse Club?). I wonder if they are here somewhere?
I remember the theme song of the Swamp Fox . I forgot that it was a Disney series. I am now reading the book The Swamp Fox by John Oller. 6:18
Love this show.
Having been born in 1950, this series was a big part of my childhood. Of course, I didn't know that it was Leslie Nielsen in the title role until just a few minutes ago, just like not knowing that it was Robert Loggia as "Elfego Baca".
Mine to. Loved the theme song to.
@@lawrencesumblin3325 Swamp Fox Swamp Fox tail on his hat, Nobody knows where the Swamp Fox at ...
@@lawrencesumblin3325 Swamp Fox Swamp Fox tail on his hat; Nobody knows where the Swamp Fox at ...
9 lives of Elfago Baca
I wish we could see these shows on Tv Again ! Not Paid!!! TV !!!
Shut up ya boomer
Nice to see this after so long. We’re most likely going to be doing it again .🤦♀️Get Ready , Lock and Load🙏🙏🙏🙏
Wonderful series! I watched it on Disney's TV show (Sunday nights, 7:30) as a kid. It's sad tho, the colors sure are washed out and blurry.
Can anyone load the final few episodes? Thanks
@kenlo77 Actually, "The Swamp Fox" and "Davy Crockett" were from Frontierland, not Adventureland.
Sorry...but IMHO, the Disney empire hasn't been close to the same since Walt left us.....
you are so right
I was born in the 90's, but I still remember this show. Including Texas Jack slaughter and there are others, but I can't remember what they were called. Can anyone else remember what the other shows were called?
the other series was the Nine Lives of Elfego Baca
Zorro, Johnny Tremane, Drummer Boy of Shilo,
🌺🌺hi 👋 The swamp fox 🦊 has a good storyline and plenty of action ❤️it’s quite enjoyable to watch it has 31 videos ❤️V.S.- Thursday 6th Jun 2019 🌺🌺
over 200 views today alone RIP Leslie Nielsen
i wish my kids were watching this instead of the crap thats on nowadays,,,,,,this is TV at its best....thanks
The Swamp Fox ( aka Leslie Nielson was my first tv crush!
I had a teacher in High School named Marion Francis. His nickname was Fox Swamp.
With the name vice versa, l'm reckoning the teacher was a female?
Francis Marion was the spiritual father of today's Rangers - elite gorilla warriors.
Robert Rogers "Rogers Rangers"
Wish Disney would put it on Disney+ there are over 800 TV Shows and Movies they have not added to Disney+ and this is amoung them as soon as they add it I am going to bing watch it like crazy
what was the other show on Disney satuday mornings that alternated with the Swamp Fox it took place in England I believe and the it was a British minister who fought undercover at night against some enemy. I used to know the name of the show but I've forgotten it now.
Scarecrow
'The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh'
The Scrae crow of Romoney March.
The good old days when people made good shows about America, and not anti American woke propaganda.
didnt know how old walt disny even was also awsome vid btw keep up the good work❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🖕🖕✋✋🖕🖕
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rip leslie nielsen
Back in the day, I couldn't wait for a Swamp Fox or Texas John Slaughter episode. Sure, it was all made up stuff but I didn't care. I was 7 or 8.
Check out how they ride over a gator at 3:45!
Man I miss old, good Disney.
Leslie Nielsen was a Canadian
Leslie Nelson playing a serious role. I think of Frank drebin police squad.
Our band is few but tried and true our leader frank and bold. The British soldier trembles when Marion’s name is told.
Our fortress is the good green wood our tent the cypress tree. We know the forest round us as seamen know the sea.
We know its walls of thorny vines its glades of reedy grass. Its safe and silent islands within the dark morass.
Ballad of Marion’s men, William Cullen Bryant
Why does it start in black and white and become color later?
I like ur style dude. Do u think i have style in my vids :( ?
There were over 250 soldiers with the surname wills in the American War of Independence. Today there are over 30,000.
Manly men, indeed!
It's better then worrying about what I'm doing ball diamond right now. JK.
I'm in the reeds.
th-cam.com/video/7iNbnineUCI/w-d-xo.html
Bout half this county are predators. Save your job maybe.
Give head to the whole company. Televised to Chinese. Maybe. I calm down little . if I were you and seen me. take the shot!
Don't f it up. Nothing worse then being beaten down by a regard that can't stop. Sleep on it. Still living in the same place?
Walt would shit rainbows if he was alive today.
(2) ...were at best a fair weather ally to the Continentals. They cared more about trying to take the Caribbean from the British than anything else.
Also by May of 1780 the Southern Army under Benjamin Lincoln had already surrendered when Charleston, SC fell to Sir Henry Clinton and the outposts mentioned were only established AFTER the fall of Charleston.
Beyond that though, things seem okay.
this is a bit strange for kid though , disney must have been different prior to the 1960s I think the first film at the cinemas I seen was either The Lady and The Tramp or another Disney cartoon like The Aristocats. and Mary popins etc. at some point. but this is rather dark.
Damn, Leslie Nielsen! Wait a minute... he's Canadian! A monarchist. LOL!
TORYYYYYYYY!
(1) Now I know that Walt Disney had to be somewhat quick with his telling of the events leading up to summer of 1780, but still much of what he said was inaccurate.
By that time the war was at a stalemate in the North. Washington's army (which by the way was in crisis somewhat due to lack of payment and supplies from the Continental Congress) had the British cornered at New York, though the British held Canada. Neither army there was moving. The British were responding to the French...
My uncle is John Sutton, Tarleton.
in the intro they show a gun from the 1860s but the show takes place in the 1700s
What’s weird is that I don’t remember this show. Watched disney every week as a kid….
Entertaining despite the fact it was dumbed down for young kids, who, when really young, have no concern or awareness of what's truly historically accurate, in terms of weapons, uniforms, strict chronology of events, etc. When I first saw this series, many years ago on Disney Channel, I was surprised and disappointed that Nielsen played Marion. It was hard for me to accept him in the role--not because of his later comedies, which I never saw, except in theater previews or brief glimpses on TV airings, but that I had my own image of the Swamp Fox, after years of reading about him, seeing realistic illustrations of him, etc. I'd've preferred an unknown actor in the role. Of course, Nielsen WAS unknown at the time. Eventually, I liked him well enough in the role but never was entirely satisfied. Not much of the swampy S.C. terrain was shown in the series either, the famous Lowcountry of the southeastern S.C., scene of many of Marion's campaigns. Of course, his band of partisans ranged over a much wider area than that, from Georgetown to present-day Columbia(Ft. Granby at the time). I've visited quite of few of his battle sites, plus his tomb near Santee, S.C.
Seems that the nearest swampy-looking ground nearest the studio was used to represent the terrain which inspired Tarleton to give him Marion the appelation "Swamp Fox". I guess there aren't too many convincing, 18th-century, Lowcountry-type swamps in southern Ca.! The actor who portrays Tarleton, whose name I forget, is pretty good in the role but not quite who I would've preferred either. Yes, the Green Dragoon was smooth, suave, and dashing but, in reality, a much-feared terror to American militia and troops. He was known as "Butcher Tarleton" and "Bloody Ban" during the war. He was at least partially responsible for more than one massacre of patriot soldiers after they'd surrendered. Of course, such horrendous facts are ignored in this series, no doubt due to their unsuitableness for young children to hear about in vivd descriptions. By the way, this Tarleton actor appears also in the 1950's 3-D color adventure called "Sangaree", set in post-Rev. War Savannah. He plays an unlikeable, devious, ladies' man in that one--a Loyalist unhappy with the way the war turned out. The film was made a few years before "Swamp Fox" and is viewable on You Tube in its entirety. It's the only other role I've ever seen him in. As an adult, I tire of so many Disney TV productions having to feature one or more songs but I fully understand the audience to which they were geared. The series also is harmed by familiar character actors showing up in both British & American roles(e.g., J. Pat O'Malley, for one)playing a redcoat one week, a patriot the next. I'm sure kids never noticed or cared. Most of Marion's documented battles are never shown or referred to, such as Parker's Ferry, Lenud's Ferry, Georgetown(in concert with Light-Horse Harry Lee), Quinby Bridge, Fort Motte, Sampit, Black Mingo, and Eutaw Springs. Most of the Disney series re-enacts only very small-scale, generic skirmishes, which go unnamed throughout, whether fictitious or real. None are recognizable, though, to a student of Marion lore, such as myself, as any of the actual documented ones. I'm sure no attempt was made to duplicate these due to limited budgets, impracticality in that era of filming outdoors, etc. There ARE many outdoor scenes, don't get me wrong, but none feature large-scale fights. As mentioned, most battles are highly localized and limited, such as a swirling cavalry fight around a Loyalist plantation house, probably the best battle sequence in the series. I regretted that neither Greene nor Light-Horse Harry Lee were given screen-time. Greene is mentioned but never shown. I don't believe Lee even was mentioned once. His troops were essential in helping Marion drive back the British. Finally, does anyone remember the 2-part, mid-60's Disney program "The Legend of Young Dick Turpin"? It's viewable on You Tube, also.
Modern American English is a lot closer to the way the Colonists spoke back then than Modern British English.
DILLY DILLY
This series is more historical accurate than the Patriot.
I never will forget one summer when we went to Disneyland, WOW!! Yeah Adventure Land was my favorite too.
@shandralebru Marion Francis never had any children. How is that possible? Plus, he was born in 1732 . .. he'd be a little bit older than great great.
i bet they betted on the fact that no one would know those are sabres that are not correct for the time, those look very much like Civil War Cavalry sabres, just an observation
Wow...I just found out that General Marion Francis (The Swamp Fox) is my Great-Great Grandfather! Cool!
Sandra LeDoux Perhaps your great-great-great uncle. He married late in life and he and his wife never had any children.
(b.1732- d.1795).
Wow
He never had and children. He isn't anyone's grandfather.
GREAT!
Frances Marion was less than average height about 110 lbs knee knocked walked with a limp and didnt talk much .
Wow !
Frances Marion actually wore a pot on his head, not a tricorner hat with a tail on it! Marion was ahead of his time regarding helmets. Those lavish blue American uniforms in the opening sequences of this episode are really surprising, by the way. The Swamp Fox, Elfego Baca, and Texas John Slaughter were all loosely based on real people some of whose stories were crazier than anything on Disney's television shows. All these series were aimed at kids and squarely hit that target.
The Saga of Andy Burnett was fiction.
Fox's should be asked to sing and come to dinner more no chicken just tofu turkey
I am sorry, I just can't take Leslie seriously anymore after I saw Airplane.
When. Disney Was king of TV. Entertainment
I saw these shows when I was a kid as well, that title song has stuck in my head all these years. A little perspective, however. He spent a good deal of time hunting down freed slaves, who naturally fought for the British. His treatment of the native population and his own slaves represent a stain on the idea of America. Apparently a successful fighter, though, using tactics reminiscent of the Viet Cong.
kinda reminds me of Mr. House from fallout New Vegas
but vincent price also reminds me of Mr. House
But I must admit, Leslie Neilson is good in this show. Great drama even if it's historically skewed.
yes Malcolm, its good historical fiction but there is some truth in there.
@@itsaguinness one of the other factors raised by the historical record of this time is the abolition movement in England gaining strength. In 1772 the British courts ruled in favour of a slave who had been purchased in Boston and then transported to England and had managed to escape. Consider how much of the resistance to the British was caused not by the swinish English overlords (who were definitely part of the story) but by the fierce Methodist abolitionists win England who might ruin the ability of the swinish colonial slaveowners to continue to make their fortunes off slaves.
oh im so sorry didnt mean to post that emoje sorry
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Está serie del Zorro del pantano en español
Walt Disney would be sad that disneyland has been turned into starwars should be the way it was when disneyland started you don't even have frontier land any more frontier land should sell cowboy and Indian gifts not dunno those items should be sold in fairytale land and so on and so on
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Love the fact that the "hero" is actually a Canadian and therefore a part of the Commonwealth.
What hero is Canadian? Francis Marion was born in South Carolina.
More Disneyfied bull about a real person that was more fiction than fact. If he could lie about David Crockett with that nonsense show he did it with
every real person that they made a show about.
Marrion, Ohio. 1.