John Waynes Alamo is probably my favorite movie of all time. Im a native born Texan who is very Texas Proud! My family came to Texas in December 1835 and received a First Class Land Grant from the Texas/Mexican governments. My ancestor came to Texas with his 2nd wife, brothers, sons, daughters, grandchildren and many more. Some of his sons and brothers came to Texas later. Those who came later had stayed behind in Missouri and Tennessee to sell the properties they had owned and developed. I get choked up when I watch The Alamo, despite watching it often. I think John Wayne did a marvelous job on this movie.
When we would go to the beach, my Dad didn’t make sand castles. He made the Alamo. A large, scale model including all the buildings that were there in 1836. It would be oriented correctly north and south. People would walk by and comment, and then he would tell the story. Inevitably, there would be a crowd listening to him telling the events leading up to the siege. And all the details of the battle. Pointing out how, where, and when, some of the defenders had fallen. I was always fascinated by the story, and got a history lesson every time we went to Galveston or Padre Island. Viva Tejas!
If ever a film outlived its critics, it was surely john Wayne's THE ALAMO. Warts and all, it remains an achievement. Those who want to know the history might read the books by Lon Tinkle and John Myers Myers, but the mythology lives on, and it is a perfect compliment to the history of the event. Every culture needs its mythology, too. As I've said before, do you want to hear the Beowulf destroyed Grendl and saved the mead hall for the Saxons, or do you want to find out that he hired a good lawyer and served Grendl with an eviction notice?
I was born in 1955. I have come to the conclusion that in the days of old age, what we have left that is most precious are the memories of our days here. All of my family have left this precious earth and memories of them and my journey here are most precious to me. My father took our family Mom, brother, sister and me to the drive-in movie to see this movie. I treasure it and shall never forget it. I am a Texan from Houston. Im sure there are many from my generation who learned more about Texas history and remembered it because of this movie. And because I love music, Ive heard the music of this movie in my thoughts all of my life. Thank you John Wayne and all of the people who made this film possible. It shall endure
I was 11 when I first saw this film. It was the first time I really understood what it meant to believe in something enough to die for it. I read every book I could get my hands on. One of my English teachers loaned me his copy of A Time to Stand by Walter Lord. Shortly thereafter, I found a copy, which I still have. At one time, I probably knew more about The Alamo than 90% of the people from Texas. I still have my copy of the soundtrack with music by Dimitri Tiomkin. This movie has always been a benchmark as far as movies go.
I'm a native Houstonian, too and was a junior in high school when this was made. I remember going to see it and was thrilled to see Frankie Avalon in it!
Such a work of love - the dedication, tireless effort, skill and attention to the massive production shows what a wonderful, gifted and genuine person was John Wayne! God bless The Duke!
I had the honor of seeing the Alamo in 2011, and just loved walking on that ground. It seemed a sacred place. Hope to visit again one day, before I die.
John Wayne aka the Duke John Wayne was the only actor to hold a record of top 5 for 30 years Wayne is a true blood American his films maybe old but there legondary best way to describe the Duke is what he said in a film called fort apatchie At the end a guy said the soliders are forgotten Wayne said your wrong there not forgotten there living and they'll keep on living Well that's what John Wayne dose he lives through every American that watches his films and to me he's a hero God bless you The Duke aka John Wayne
This movie set STILL EXISTS; though it is no longer accessible to the public....it had been a tourist attraction in Bracketville for decades until it was permanently closed about 10 years ago....the buildings and legendary facade are still there....there is a YT video of some guy who managed to talk a security guard into letting him enter and shoot video of the set....very cool stuff
I know..will drucker..and money is always involved..Nobody wants the public to enjoy anything unless some money exchange hands. Greed rules this world. But..God is the final judge and jury..and greed will get you thrown in a lake of fire.
@@vickieoglesby5842 I don't know. With the kind of people we have here now, it'd probably be spraypainted and turned to rubble overnight by a dangerously-misguided, self-important public, just like they're doing now with the real Alamo. Diversity is our greatest strength, after all.
I just returned to watch this again , I visited bracketville in '94 and have a great video transferred to disc of the entire place ,unfortunately now I don't have a disc player , there was only a dozen people wandering around and we had the place pretty much to ourselves , there was a silly stage show going on in a saloon , man we had the run of the place , there's a whole town below the mission and we explored it all , I was amazed the fortress was fibreglass over chicken wire , well the magic of movies ,,john Wayne my favourite
EXCELLENT!!!! I just returned from a vacation to San Antonio and, to visit the Alamo and walk those sacred grounds and, think about what happenend there so many years ago I am deepely touched and humbled by the sacrifice that all those brave men made in 1836.
Yes! There are many good comments about this "classic American history" story that changed many people...including me when I was 10 years old. I really liked this video special that sure put a lot of new thoughts about how it was made...all the struggles & joys that eventually ended sad with the death of the men who fought for that particular cause: FREEDOM. For many years I wish I had kept all my items that surrounded me in my youthful years when playing & dreaming of The Alamo. Thanks for putting it on TH-cam.
I cannot believe it is 60 years old.going to the Cinema to see The Alamo seams only yesterday.I have all of John Waynes films on DVD that were made .He was the greatest.R.I.P.JOHN.
I feel very blessed I actually got to watch "The Alamo" in the Alamo but im lucky that way I live in San Antonio and I cant wait till the screen it again!
thanx, BIG TIME, marlbrouk. this was fascinating. of special interest after I pulled off the shelf a John Ford book last month ,written a few years back, which has a lot on Wayne's having to pacify Ford,his mentor/idol on this picture. while wanting the set to himself, being the director. the dedication to Ken Curtis, AKA Festus Haggen was really classy. and I never saw Denver Pyle do an interview. just great.
Talking about Crockett waiting to join Travis and Bowie when they decide to stay and die, I asked my father why he thought that he hesitated. His thoughts were that he knew that if he went, his men would and he didn't want to sway their choice.
I saw this at age 5, I was so moved by it I begged my parents to move to Texas of course they wouldn’t, so when I became an adult I did. I’ve never changed. I love it here more now than even then.
This documentary is also on the Alamo DVD. But the problem with the DVD version is that it's edited down to 40 minutes. That's why I like this one better...it's complete and uncut.
ChrisCrossApplesauc1 mgm seem to have cut their making of docs on a few Dvd upgrades. Greatest story ever told doc made for laser disc is also heavily cut down, i have no idea why they would bother to do it. I’m glad i copied the full 197m laser disc version of the main film too!
Big "Duke Wayne !" Fan... Alamo all time favorite movie!! Saw it when I was 7yrs. old... later in years with my wife we went to Bracketville, Alamo village was so cool!! It was still open to public! Very historical to me. Best John Wayne shrine ever!!
Thanks To Mr. John Wayne GOD BLESS ALAMO GOD BLESS SAN ANTONIO TX WHERE THE REAL ALAMO STILL STANDS STANDING JOHN WAYNE WAS THE BEST ACTER EVER GOD BLESS TEXAS 💗🇺🇸💗
Saw the movie when it first came out and I was 10. Although often criticized for inaccuracies I still think it is a good movie. Loved the sound track too. My favorite quote is from Lawrence Harvey, "I said GO down, not HOLLER down!".
My favorite quote, at least from that scene, was Ken Curtis telling Lawrence Harvey, "Leave it to you to put it in the most brutal way." To which Harvey replied, "Most facts ARE brutal."
I just wish the land owner would let old farts like me come back and see the old town and such. I was there in 1980 and watched a remake of some sort, I have no idea who the people were but I hung around half the day watching it. My father had a cousin that was the care taker there for a while, cant remember his name. I truly enjoyed this.
Colonel Travis was ordered to destroy the Alamo to deprive the advancing Mexican army of a potential fortress. He disobeyed those orders and chose to stay and defend it. That's why he was not reinforced. The final battle was fought entirely in darkness, starting before dawn. It was over in 30 minutes.
what strikes me and others is why the Mexican general did not simply by pass the Alamo and go on his way.?stalling a major campaign and possible victory over the Texans by engaging in this time consuming battle ,not to mention casualties and the expenditure of war goods ,and rations ? kinda a blunder on Santa Anna,s part would you not say?
@@snowblind9065 Santa Ana had a bad Napoleonic complex...the little man syndrome. He was not about to let a few hundred rebellious Texans go unpunished. He gave the condition of "no quarter" which meant death. This is the same guy who was caught trying to escape Sam Houston in women's clothes a month later at the Battle of San Jacinto!u
The Duke also did " THE GREEN BERETS " Which was a great authentic Story during that Eta also, He is Sadly missed by all of his Fans may he RIP. Thanks for sharing this great Video on " The Alamo "
"How can you measure the men?" Hank Worden interviewed! Bud Boetticher! Rudy Robbins! Frankie Avalon! Patrick Wayne! Happy Shahan! Ken Curtis! Linda Cristal! "El Curo" the guitarist - and his wife, dancer Teresa Champion! Wm. Clothier! Fess Parker!! Denver Pyle! Al Ybarra! Governor Bill Daniel! Burt Kennedy! Chuck Haywood! Stunt men! Grips!
Considered a box office failure , how different times must have been in those years for it to have been unsuccessful , I think I first watched it on television in about 1970 as a kid , this really is one of the greatest movies ,definately my favourite Alamo movie
renobe Brown I may have seen every one made . A silent version from the 1920's, John Wayne's version, Lost Command, one with Kriss Kristopherson, one with James Arness, &the one with Billy Bob Thornton. I've liked them all since I've been to the Alamo a few times& have long tried to see or read whatever I find about it. (Same with Custer&The Little Bighorn, among other things)
John Wayne was one of those actors who made you proud to be an American. He was a true patriot. I think if John Wayne had been alive when the Alamo happened that he would have fought and died there.
A few folks commenting on here pointed out that the movie had inaccuracies. Yes, there were a number of them, but none of them detract from the central point of the story, which was the need to decide whether to fight or run when faced with oppression of the type exemplified by Santa Anna.
True, but you would think after John Wayne had planned the movie for 13 years, he could have made a more accurate version of what went on there and the location of San Antonio.
Yes, it could have been more accurate in a hundred different ways. I admit that I groan over some of its more glaring mistakes. There was the misrepresentation of Bowie's approach, as he wanted to stay and fight from the beginning. The death of Bowie's slave was incorrect and his name was Joe, not Jethro. The Goliad Massacre was after the fall of the Alamo, not before. Flaca was, of course, a made-up character. The magnificent Travis letter was not read. Still, in the tense Cold War year of 1960, this movie was something we enjoying see in America. It gave us inspiration in spite of its mistakes.
I have watched this footage included in the bonus material of dvd version " The Alamon" And I surprised that a lot of cast of characters were still alive and well at that time when such dvd was released.
I live in San Antonio and remember as a kid watching the news on local TV about the filming in Brackettville. There was a report showing John Wayne tossing real hand grenades at the fake Alamo to simulate canon fire. If I'm not mistaken, Wayne was a southpaw. People have commented on the movie's authenticity and, of course, it's entertainment and not history. The fighting started early in the morning whereas the film shows the fighting in full daylight. Santa Anna wasn't about to send his men on a full-frontal attack when they could be easily seen. And the Mexican attack came from all sides.
Great documentary - learned a lot of new information. Wayne visited my hometown of Williamsburg, Virginia in 1979, to be in what I believe was his last major television appearance, alongside Perry Como. He was obviously suffering from the effects of years of cigarette smoking, and in this documentary it looks like he has a cigarette in every scene. Nevertheless, this is a fine tribute to the film and the man.
Amigo la pelicula del alamo 1960 es filmada en el mismo lugar del combate o se contruyo en otro lugar para recostruir la batalla for please espliqueccion
@@gustavofrias6429 No, la batalla real tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Behar, que hoy se conoce como San Antonio. La película fue filmada en el pueblo de Brakettville, que está justo al este de la ciudad texana de Del Rio. Hay una fachada de Alamo (set de filmación) que todavía está en pie hoy en día, hecha para aparecer como la verdadera misión de Alamo en San Antonio de 1836.
in the 80s i went to the filming location they built, it had the alamo and a western town you could walk thru it was a lot of fun went back a couple years ago it was closed down its sad
Alamo Village was reopened but probably shut back down with the COVID virus. I was born in nearby Del Rio, Tx in Jan 60' and haven't seen it since the early 70's
In 1990 my wife and I took a raft trip down the Grand Canyon. The raft was a large inflated rubber raft that held about 20 people. The trip was conducted by three boatman who ran the raft, cooked our meals, and generally looked after us. The evening before the trip we all met for the first time and received a detailed briefing on what to expect. Being that the Grand Canyon is a National Park everything taken into the park must be consumed (food and water) or taken back out (trash and human excrement). In the briefing the boatman explained how to go number 2 in one of the large military ammunition cans which could be sealed to contain the human waste. They referred to the ammo can "potty" as "The Duke". Someone asked the briefer why they called it "The Duke"? He said that a few years before John Wayne had taken the same trip with them down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and when getting briefed on the "potty procedure" the briefer kept referring to the ammo can "potty" as the "John". Wayne took exception to it and said he was insulted. Since then the ammo can "potty" has been referred to as "The Duke".
The set for the filming of John Wayne's "Alamo", located in Brackettville, Texas, is long since closed down. The set and town is not available for a filming site anymore. I was an extra in two movies there. The family who owned it has passed on and all but the most solid buildings are falling apart. Of course the main structure is still there. I think it could be purchased and saved, but I am only guessing. I don't know who inherited the land and buildings.
Amigo el alamo es filmado en el mismo fuerte o ruina ddonde se desarrolla el combate real o se contruyo los mismos eddificacion para la pelicula for pleese expliqueicion
@@gustavofrias6429 The buildings at Brackettville are not the original Alamo. The original Alamo and outbuildings are located in a very densely populated urban area deep in downtown San Antonio. Because of this, the Hollywood producers knew there simply wasn't space enough around and on the real site to enable the filming to be staged there. So, they built a replica in rural surroundings, which provided the necessary open space for attacking soldiers and their necessary maneuvers.
Sadly the full 3 hour, road show, director's cut that was discovered in the mid 90s of which this documentary was a part, is no longer on the market only the truncated version .
I was fortunate enough to meet another man who was also obsessed about the Alamo here in the UK, turns out he visited the actual site and Bracketville set and met Duke's daughter (Lisa in the film). Anyway he made a DVD copy of the three hour original directors cut complete with interlude which is of watchable quality. In my opinion it makes a big difference to give more context to the scenes and characters - especially between Jethro and Bowie.
Those 185 Texans, is a bunch of "Texas' Heroes!!!!" Everyone of the Actors, did an AWESOME acting!!!" All of them, knew they will "Died from threat, "Evil & DISGUSTING, Dictator name, Santa Ana," but they fought, for "Texas' Freedom." I love the part, where Colonial Travis-(Laurence Harvey), asked Davy Crockett-(John Wayne), Jim Bowie-(Richard Widmark), to choose to leave the "Alamo," or ride out the "Alamo," They all end up, got off the horses, & "Stand in between Travis."
great, underrated movie...should've won a few more Oscars (not that that means everything, but just saying)...it only won 'best sound'.....I think it should have also won for Cinematography, Song...and Score
Dang. If Lawrence Harvey had just kept that "slightly Creole" accent he used in the Shakespeare joke, He'd have nailed Travis. But his South Afrikans dialect won out. And we lost.
Fact: The 1987 version of The Alamo was filmed in that same place as the John Wayne version....even John Wayne's youngest son Ethan appeared in the movie.
"We need statesmen, not politicians." I also wholeheartedly agree with the Duke in that "living free meant a lot more to them than cowering in security".
There were 257 defenders at the Alamo. I know that's not as sexy as 182, but that's the truth, plus there were Tejano defenders at the Alamo for all you left wing race baiters out there. Freedom and liberty have absolutely nothing to do with race. Those are fundamental characteristics of life that ALL peoples of all ethnicities desire!! Great video. I watched "The Alamo" right after it's release at an RKO theater in New Rochelle, NY with my friends in 1960, and with each volley of cannon fire from the Texan defenders that resulted in rows of attacking Mexican regulars biting the dust the entire movie theater went up in cheers! Those were the days!!
I remember seeing this in a theater as a kid......but it had to have been later than 1960. I would have only been 5 at the time. Must've been at a Saturday matinee?
Yes, thank you! It's distressing to read through the comments and see all the remarks on how the movie is historically inaccurate. It's a movie, not a documentary! Name any other movie about historical events and tell me it's absolutely historically accurate. It's entertainment, not a history class. How many movies or TV shows have the "based on true events" blurb at the beginning, and proceed to tell a story with all sorts of added content to make it more interesting or compelling?
Alex Jervis....... They died trying to steal another Man's Country... check Your history.. oh wait, that's no good,.. The U.S. history is written by Americans, so it's hardly the true story,.. check out Thanksgiving Day,..the real truth about that first meal with the Indians, Hell ask the American Indians,. they'll tell the truth,.. anyway Alex, dreams are free.. dream on..... just sayin... G.
@@19bisho Many of the natives gave their lives to help the pilgrims. Even they got the message. Where do you think these individuals originally came from ? They would pass down stories from tribe to tribe or generation to generation. The same way the pilgrims did. These tribes called him the great Creator. We call him Jesus. The very same individual. You should of picked up on that in the story ! John Wayne was a great believer !
@@19bisho check your history..ALL countries and civilizations have been taken over by another country/tribe/civilizations where do you think YOUR country civilization came from under a rock? goes all the way back to the first human who raised up against another to take what they had... dream on just sayin..
@@19bisho Yeah. Right. And how many "Mexicans" took part in the founding of the Texas Republic? And how many "Mexicans," from those days until today, gladly live in, and are citizens of, Texas? And how many Mexicans have crossed/are crossing into Texas from Mexico? " ... [stealing] another Man's Country," and the rest of your statement, comes off as a virtue-signalling gripe.
Mostly British immigrant and settlers were fighting there. Look at the names on the memorial if you ever get to see the real place. I asked a guide why were there so many British flags in the building, she told me because they were British ancestors and settlers.
Irish? God's people? Well, maybe. If you can't get along with an Irishman, have another shot of Scotch. If, on the other hand, you can't get along with a Scotsman; don't worry about it, nobody else can either.
His family descended from Ulster and were Scots Presbyterian in lineage. Northern Irish an most definitely British!
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@Gavin MacNeish He was then Irish-American like I am partly Italian so what ...
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@Gavin MacNeish it is like saying I am African as if African were a nationality...
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@Gavin MacNeish So M. Morrison was irish-American like John Ford or Grace Kelly. But genes do play a role. We are here splitting hairs, but would you claim that a black guy born in Scotland is Scottish? We can argue as we both have time on our hands, alas. By the way, one of my favorite ballads is the ROAD TO THE ISLES, as sung by H. Lauder.
John Waynes Alamo is probably my favorite movie of all time. Im a native born Texan who is very Texas Proud! My family came to Texas in December 1835 and received a First Class Land Grant from the Texas/Mexican governments. My ancestor came to Texas with his 2nd wife, brothers, sons, daughters, grandchildren and many more. Some of his sons and brothers came to Texas later. Those who came later had stayed behind in Missouri and Tennessee to sell the properties they had owned and developed.
I get choked up when I watch The Alamo, despite watching it often. I think John Wayne did a marvelous job on this movie.
When we would go to the beach, my Dad didn’t make sand castles. He made the Alamo. A large, scale model including all the buildings that were there in 1836. It would be oriented correctly north and south.
People would walk by and comment, and then he would tell the story. Inevitably, there would be a crowd listening to him telling the events leading up to the siege. And all the details of the battle. Pointing out how, where, and when, some of the defenders had fallen.
I was always fascinated by the story, and got a history lesson every time we went to Galveston or Padre Island.
Viva Tejas!
They will NEVER be another like JOHN WAYNE
That will be the day
A Great and good man! He was special. Great respect to Mr John Wayne and his family forever. From Scotland
If ever a film outlived its critics, it was surely john Wayne's THE ALAMO. Warts and all, it remains an achievement. Those who want to know the history might read the books by Lon Tinkle and John Myers Myers, but the mythology lives on, and it is a perfect compliment to the history of the event. Every culture needs its mythology, too. As I've said before, do you want to hear the Beowulf destroyed Grendl and saved the mead hall for the Saxons, or do you want to find out that he hired a good lawyer and served Grendl with an eviction notice?
I was born in 1955. I have come to the conclusion that in the days of old age, what we have left that is most precious are the memories of our days here. All of my family have left this precious earth and memories of them and my journey here are most precious to me. My father took our family Mom, brother, sister and me to the drive-in movie to see this movie. I treasure it and shall never forget it. I am a Texan from Houston. Im sure there are many from my generation who learned more about Texas history and remembered it because of this movie. And because I love music, Ive heard the music of this movie in my thoughts all of my life. Thank you John Wayne and all of the people who made this film possible. It shall endure
Cheryl Phillips..I too was born in 1955. This is my favorite movie.
I was 11 when I first saw this film. It was the first time I really understood what it meant to believe in something enough to die for it. I read every book I could get my hands on. One of my English teachers loaned me his copy of A Time to Stand by Walter Lord. Shortly thereafter, I found a copy, which I still have. At one time, I probably knew more about The Alamo than 90% of the people from Texas. I still have my copy of the soundtrack with music by Dimitri Tiomkin. This movie has always been a benchmark as far as movies go.
I'm a native Houstonian, too and was a junior in high school when this was made. I remember going to see it and was thrilled to see Frankie Avalon in it!
Such a work of love - the dedication, tireless effort, skill and attention to the massive production shows what a wonderful, gifted and genuine person was John Wayne! God bless The Duke!
I had the honor of seeing the Alamo in 2011, and just loved walking on that ground. It seemed a sacred place. Hope to visit again one day, before I die.
I love this full length version, so many other interesting tidbits that are not in the edited one on my early 90s VHS of The Alamo.
I visited the Alamo in 1963 and they had a large action painting on the wall showing the battle of the Alamo featuring John Wayne.
"When legend is greater than reality, so you write the legend". John Ford.
John Wayne aka the Duke
John Wayne was the only actor to hold a record of top 5 for 30 years Wayne is a true blood American his films maybe old but there legondary best way to describe the Duke is what he said in a film called fort apatchie
At the end a guy said the soliders are forgotten Wayne said your wrong there not forgotten there living and they'll keep on living
Well that's what John Wayne dose he lives through every American that watches his films and to me he's a hero God bless you The Duke aka John Wayne
We could use a lot more John Wayne’s in America today.
This movie set STILL EXISTS; though it is no longer accessible to the public....it had been a tourist attraction in Bracketville for decades until it was permanently closed about 10 years ago....the buildings and legendary facade are still there....there is a YT video of some guy who managed to talk a security guard into letting him enter and shoot video of the set....very cool stuff
I know..will drucker..and money is always involved..Nobody wants the public to enjoy anything unless some money exchange hands. Greed rules this world. But..God is the final judge and jury..and greed will get you thrown in a lake of fire.
@@vickieoglesby5842 I don't know. With the kind of people we have here now, it'd probably be spraypainted and turned to rubble overnight by a dangerously-misguided, self-important public, just like they're doing now with the real Alamo. Diversity is our greatest strength, after all.
Out of any movie this one has had the biggest impact on my life. And in 2017 I finally got to see the actual Alamo in San Antonio.
Did you visit the 3 other old mission churches in San Antonio? They are on beautiful grounds and all have a history, too. One is still used.
I visited San Antonio in 1996 and Brackettville four days later. It is pityful to see the film set in the condition it is now in.
The Duke and Maureen Ohara the Quiet man perfection✌️
These inside looks at the making are great. This one from the Dukes version of the Alamo , is very interesting . And yes thank a great Upload .
This was made in 1992, almost all of the people in it are now dead. Excellent production.
I just returned to watch this again , I visited bracketville in '94 and have a great video transferred to disc of the entire place ,unfortunately now I don't have a disc player , there was only a dozen people wandering around and we had the place pretty much to ourselves , there was a silly stage show going on in a saloon , man we had the run of the place , there's a whole town below the mission and we explored it all , I was amazed the fortress was fibreglass over chicken wire , well the magic of movies ,,john Wayne my favourite
First time I am seeing this. Loved it. The Alamo is my all time favorite movie.
A very outstanding job on an incredibly great historical event! Remember the Alamo!!!!!!
Excellent. My hero, JOHN WAYNE, "DUKE"
So many great actors. Thanks
EXCELLENT!!!! I just returned from a vacation to San Antonio and, to visit the Alamo and walk those sacred grounds and, think about what happenend there so many years ago I am deepely touched and humbled by the sacrifice that all those brave men made in 1836.
One of the strangest feelings I have ever had was in The Alamo...
Yes! There are many good comments about this "classic American history" story that changed many people...including me when I was 10 years old. I really liked this video special that sure put a lot of new thoughts about how it was made...all the struggles & joys that eventually ended sad with the death of the men who fought for that particular cause: FREEDOM.
For many years I wish I had kept all my items that surrounded me in my youthful years when playing & dreaming of The Alamo.
Thanks for putting it on TH-cam.
I cannot believe it is 60 years old.going to the Cinema to see The Alamo seams only yesterday.I have all of John Waynes films on DVD that were made .He was the greatest.R.I.P.JOHN.
When I was a little girl, I thought the defenders were nuts!!
I feel very blessed I actually got to watch "The Alamo" in the Alamo but im lucky that way I live in San Antonio and I cant wait till the screen it again!
This is the movie that got me interested in the Alamo. Every Texan has an opinion about it.
Liberals are out to destroy Alamo Plaza today. And their next target will be the Alamo.
thanx, BIG TIME, marlbrouk. this was fascinating. of special interest after I pulled off the shelf a John Ford book last month ,written a few years back, which has a lot on Wayne's having to pacify Ford,his mentor/idol on this picture. while wanting the set to himself, being the director. the dedication to Ken Curtis, AKA Festus Haggen was really classy. and I never saw Denver Pyle do an interview. just great.
Talking about Crockett waiting to join Travis and Bowie when they decide to stay and die, I asked my father why he thought that he hesitated. His thoughts were that he knew that if he went, his men would and he didn't want to sway their choice.
I saw this at age 5, I was so moved by it I begged my parents to move to Texas of course they wouldn’t, so when I became an adult I did. I’ve never changed. I love it here more now than even then.
Great to see Ken ( Festus ) Curtis during the making of this Movie also etc.
May he RIP & is missed also.
I think he may have written the song about Lisa. The little girl had an absolute crush on him ( a girl with great taste!)
I always saw him and thought of his Ripcord TV show.
This documentary is also on the Alamo DVD. But the problem with the DVD version is that it's edited down to 40 minutes. That's why I like this one better...it's complete and uncut.
ChrisCrossApplesauc1 mgm seem to have cut their making of docs on a few Dvd upgrades. Greatest story ever told doc made for laser disc is also heavily cut down, i have no idea why they would bother to do it. I’m glad i copied the full 197m laser disc version of the main film too!
Big "Duke Wayne !" Fan... Alamo all time favorite movie!! Saw it when I was 7yrs. old... later in years with my wife we went to Bracketville, Alamo village was so cool!! It was still open to public! Very historical to me. Best John Wayne shrine ever!!
I visited The Alamo, When I was stationed in Texas during the mid 60's What a great Place with a lot of History behind it etc.
Great man John Wayne
Made it to the front gate of the Alamo Village. It was locked shut. Still have a dream though. Still have a dream.
Well I tell ya, Wayne was one tough pilgrim.
Yes, so tough he preferred to make movies to stay out of the army.
Thanks for posting this video. There is more footage here than on the DVD.
The movie isn't really historically accurate but its a GREAT movie. Kudos to the Alamo today for telling the story of the battle with great accuracy.
John Wayne my hero 🥰😍
Thanks To Mr. John Wayne GOD BLESS ALAMO GOD BLESS SAN ANTONIO TX WHERE THE REAL ALAMO STILL STANDS STANDING JOHN WAYNE WAS THE BEST ACTER EVER GOD BLESS TEXAS 💗🇺🇸💗
Saw the movie when it first came out and I was 10. Although often criticized for inaccuracies I still think it is a good movie. Loved the sound track too. My favorite quote is from Lawrence Harvey, "I said GO down, not HOLLER down!".
My favorite quote, at least from that scene, was Ken Curtis telling Lawrence Harvey, "Leave it to you to put it in the most brutal way." To which Harvey replied, "Most facts ARE brutal."
Beautiful soundtrack...... texian girl...great movie..reminds me of old Texas over 55 years ago....Salado
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I loved visiting Salado, TX...such a neat little town.
I just wish the land owner would let old farts like me come back and see the old town and such. I was there in 1980 and watched a remake of some sort, I have no idea who the people were but I hung around half the day watching it. My father had a cousin that was the care taker there for a while, cant remember his name. I truly enjoyed this.
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John Wayne, American.
Mexicans..... Good guys.
Excellent! Thanks for posting. John Wayne's "The Alamo" is still the greatest motion picture of all time!
Mark Adams haven’t seen many movies have you?
@@georgebethos7890 oh i see you're a babbling idiot.
Well it’s certainly one of the finest end battle scenes
NO!! Not the greatest movie ever made!! The remake wasn't either!! It flopped at the box office, almost drove Wayne into bankruptcy
@@skeltonknaggs1600 yeah because heaven forbid should anyone have an opinion when loser trolls like you are lurking.
Colonel Travis was ordered to destroy the Alamo to deprive the advancing Mexican army of a potential fortress. He disobeyed those orders and chose to stay and defend it. That's why he was not reinforced. The final battle was fought entirely in darkness, starting before dawn. It was over in 30 minutes.
what strikes me and others is why the Mexican general did not simply by pass the Alamo and go on his way.?stalling a major campaign and possible victory over the Texans by engaging in this time consuming battle ,not to mention casualties and the expenditure of war goods ,and rations ? kinda a blunder on Santa Anna,s part would you not say?
@@snowblind9065 Santa Ana had a bad Napoleonic complex...the little man syndrome. He was not about to let a few hundred rebellious Texans go unpunished. He gave the condition of "no quarter" which meant death. This is the same guy who was caught trying to escape Sam Houston in women's clothes a month later at the Battle of San Jacinto!u
Michael Wayne just as handsome as his dad 🙏🏻
I think Michael Wayne died some years ago, before John...his brother Patrick mentioned it in a recent interview.
Thank you for posting and great memories.
The Alamo has a great soundtrack.
Jermster_91 The version with Billy Bob Thornton was my favorite
Jermster_91 Dmitri Tiomkin was the greatest movie composer! Better than any today, but that’s only my opinion.
fine doc on the making of the alamo
The Duke also did " THE GREEN BERETS " Which was a great authentic Story during that Eta also, He is Sadly missed by all of his Fans may he RIP. Thanks for sharing this great Video on " The Alamo "
The Green Berets is a piece of crap .... The Alamo is an underrated classic. Don't confuse the conflate the two
Green Berets is an embarrassment yet 12 months later the Academy gave Wayne the Oscar for True Grit. You can't beat talent!
BEST ONE EVER MADE JUST SAW IT AGAIN WOW GREAT MOVIE.
"How can you measure the men?"
Hank Worden interviewed!
Bud Boetticher!
Rudy Robbins!
Frankie Avalon!
Patrick Wayne!
Happy Shahan!
Ken Curtis!
Linda Cristal!
"El Curo" the guitarist - and his wife, dancer
Teresa Champion!
Wm. Clothier!
Fess Parker!!
Denver Pyle!
Al Ybarra!
Governor Bill Daniel!
Burt Kennedy!
Chuck Haywood!
Stunt men! Grips!
Ken Curtis
Linda Cristal
Denver Pyle
IN BRAZIL, WE NEED MANY JOHN WAYNES.
So do we these days.
My favourite film with the Duke watched all his films
My grandpa said that his dad was in this movie, he says he was a background horse rider
Great video!! Thank you for posting this. I've only seen screencaps of the parts with Ken Curtis talking :D
Considered a box office failure , how different times must have been in those years for it to have been unsuccessful , I think I first watched it on television in about 1970 as a kid , this really is one of the greatest movies ,definately my favourite Alamo movie
One reason for its failure was a movie called the Last Command that came out in 1955, which was more accurate historically.
renobe Brown I've said elsewhere, the Billy Bob Thornton version was my favorite
@@Chief2Moon I am referring to only the movies of the last Command and the Alamo. I never saw the third movie.
renobe Brown I may have seen every one made . A silent version from the 1920's, John Wayne's version, Lost Command, one with Kriss Kristopherson, one with James Arness, &the one with Billy Bob Thornton. I've liked them all since I've been to the Alamo a few times& have long tried to see or read whatever I find about it. (Same with Custer&The Little Bighorn, among other things)
It was far too long, too much speechifying by Wayne, 30 - 40 minutes could have been edited out.
John Wayne was one of those actors who made you proud to be an American. He was a true patriot. I think if John Wayne had been alive when the Alamo happened that he would have fought and died there.
Well he did not serve in WW2 even to make training movies with John Ford. So I kinda doubt that.
He acted tough alright. But he had his chance to fight and didn't
only if it was in the Script,.. jeeezzzzzzzz You Yanks are full of it..
@@daithipol ...acted is right,.. nothing more,...
@@vincentgordon7021 Ya, How dare a 34yr man with four children not enlist and serve in WW2.
The spirit of John Wayne has a lot to teach the Cancel Culture.
A few folks commenting on here pointed out that the movie had inaccuracies. Yes, there were a number of them, but none of them detract from the central point of the story, which was the need to decide whether to fight or run when faced with oppression of the type exemplified by Santa Anna.
True, but you would think after John Wayne had planned the movie for 13 years, he could have made a more accurate version of what went on there and the location of San Antonio.
Yes, it could have been more accurate in a hundred different ways. I admit that I groan over some of its more glaring mistakes. There was the misrepresentation of Bowie's approach, as he wanted to stay and fight from the beginning. The death of Bowie's slave was incorrect and his name was Joe, not Jethro. The Goliad Massacre was after the fall of the Alamo, not before. Flaca was, of course, a made-up character. The magnificent Travis letter was not read. Still, in the tense Cold War year of 1960, this movie was something we enjoying see in America. It gave us inspiration in spite of its mistakes.
I cried my eyes out seeing my hero die
I find it hard to watch mr Wayne’s movies that he dies in 🙏🏻💕
linda parsons LOL HAHAHAHA
@@georgebethos7890 stfu you trolling jackass
Did his characters die in more films than ”Alamo” and ”The Last Gunfighter”?
YDDES yes. The shootist. The cowboys
linda parsons OK. Thanks.
No modern John Wayne...no equivalent.
I have watched this footage included in the bonus material of dvd version " The Alamon"
And I surprised that a lot of cast of characters were still alive and well at that time when such dvd was released.
I live in San Antonio and remember as a kid watching the news on local TV about the filming in Brackettville. There was a report showing John Wayne tossing real hand grenades at the fake Alamo to simulate canon fire. If I'm not mistaken, Wayne was a southpaw. People have commented on the movie's authenticity and, of course, it's entertainment and not history. The fighting started early in the morning whereas the film shows the fighting in full daylight. Santa Anna wasn't about to send his men on a full-frontal attack when they could be easily seen. And the Mexican attack came from all sides.
Great documentary - learned a lot of new information. Wayne visited my hometown of Williamsburg, Virginia in 1979, to be in what I believe was his last major television appearance, alongside Perry Como. He was obviously suffering from the effects of years of cigarette smoking, and in this documentary it looks like he has a cigarette in every scene. Nevertheless, this is a fine tribute to the film and the man.
Amigo la pelicula del alamo 1960 es filmada en el mismo lugar del combate o se contruyo en otro lugar para recostruir la batalla for please espliqueccion
Those damn cancer sticks killed my mother, too .
@@gustavofrias6429 No, la batalla real tuvo lugar en la ciudad de Behar, que hoy se conoce como San Antonio. La película fue filmada en el pueblo de Brakettville, que está justo al este de la ciudad texana de Del Rio. Hay una fachada de Alamo (set de filmación) que todavía está en pie hoy en día, hecha para aparecer como la verdadera misión de Alamo en San Antonio de 1836.
I visited the old movie set this past June 2022.
The Alamo was an 18 th C. Catholic religious education facility.
Happy Easter.
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in the 80s i went to the filming location they built, it had the alamo and a western town you could walk thru it was a lot of fun went back a couple years ago it was closed down its sad
Alamo Village was reopened but probably shut back down with the COVID virus. I was born in nearby Del Rio, Tx in Jan 60' and haven't seen it since the early 70's
John Waynes the alamo the greatest movie of All time i have the original movie on VHS from England 242 min runnig time
my god thats rare..thanks for posting mate its mint:)
Stuart Thorne amen!
In 1990 my wife and I took a raft trip down the Grand Canyon. The raft was a large inflated rubber raft that held about 20 people. The trip was conducted by three boatman who ran the raft, cooked our meals, and generally looked after us. The evening before the trip we all met for the first time and received a detailed briefing on what to expect. Being that the Grand Canyon is a National Park everything taken into the park must be consumed (food and water) or taken back out (trash and human excrement). In the briefing the boatman explained how to go number 2 in one of the large military ammunition cans which could be sealed to contain the human waste. They referred to the ammo can "potty" as "The Duke". Someone asked the briefer why they called it "The Duke"? He said that a few years before John Wayne had taken the same trip with them down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and when getting briefed on the "potty procedure" the briefer kept referring to the ammo can "potty" as the "John". Wayne took exception to it and said he was insulted. Since then the ammo can "potty" has been referred to as "The Duke".
Bill Laird Maybe they should have called the "johns" Marion Michael Morrisons? Haha
" MEN JUST DIE OFF, BUT, LEGENDS , JUST GO ON TO LIVE FOREVER."---------------The Hero's who gave up, Their Lives at the Alamo March 6, 1836
"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
They wanted to introduce slavery into Mexico. Many of the leaders were also freemasons...as Wayne was at that time.
The issue at hand is to create the conditions which produce an 'Alamo ' for the Chinese ....
Thanks for posting marlbrouk.
The set for the filming of John Wayne's "Alamo", located in Brackettville, Texas, is long since closed down. The set and town is not available for a filming site anymore. I was an extra in two movies there. The family who owned it has passed on and all but the most solid buildings are falling apart. Of course the main structure is still there. I think it could be purchased and saved, but I am only guessing. I don't know who inherited the land and buildings.
Amigo el alamo es filmado en el mismo fuerte o ruina ddonde se desarrolla el combate real o se contruyo los mismos eddificacion para la pelicula for pleese expliqueicion
@@gustavofrias6429 The buildings at Brackettville are not the original Alamo.
The original Alamo and outbuildings are located in a very densely populated urban area deep in downtown San Antonio. Because of this, the Hollywood producers knew there simply wasn't space enough around and on the real site to enable the filming to be staged there.
So, they built a replica in rural surroundings, which provided the necessary open space for attacking soldiers and their necessary maneuvers.
Sadly the full 3 hour, road show, director's cut that was discovered in the mid 90s of which this documentary was a part, is no longer on the market only the truncated version .
I HAVE THE MOVIE ON TAPE,VCR'..BUT,I DONT KNOW IF VCR,S WORK ANYMORE,LOL..I MEAN,''WILL MY T.V.STILL SHOW THE MOVIE.YA KNOW..??
I have the 3 hour director's cut on vhs in decent quality. Would reupload, but you know how TH-cam is about copyrights.
I was fortunate enough to meet another man who was also obsessed about the Alamo here in the UK, turns out he visited the actual site and Bracketville set and met Duke's daughter (Lisa in the film). Anyway he made a DVD copy of the three hour original directors cut complete with interlude which is of watchable quality. In my opinion it makes a big difference to give more context to the scenes and characters - especially between Jethro and Bowie.
my only regret is that I was never a Texan....
Like finding God, you always still have time.
Thank you for this!
Honor dead man Alamo.❤😔🌷
Those 185 Texans, is a bunch of "Texas' Heroes!!!!" Everyone of the Actors, did an AWESOME acting!!!" All of them, knew they will "Died from threat, "Evil & DISGUSTING, Dictator name, Santa Ana," but they fought, for "Texas' Freedom." I love the part, where Colonial Travis-(Laurence Harvey), asked Davy Crockett-(John Wayne), Jim Bowie-(Richard Widmark), to choose to leave the "Alamo," or ride out the "Alamo," They all end up, got off the horses, & "Stand in between Travis."
Me too the alamo is my all-time favorite movies from the 50s my favorite actor in this film is laurence harvey who played col travis.
great, underrated movie...should've won a few more Oscars (not that that means everything, but just saying)...it only won 'best sound'.....I think it should have also won for Cinematography, Song...and Score
Dang. If Lawrence Harvey had just kept that "slightly Creole" accent he used in the Shakespeare joke, He'd have nailed Travis. But his South Afrikans dialect won out. And we lost.
I thought Lawrence Harvey was from Lithuania, or his heritage was & Jewish as well....Great Actor.....
Great video.
also Laurence Harvey was born in Estonia he could deliver shakespear nice clip .
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Fact: The 1987 version of The Alamo was filmed in that same place as the John Wayne version....even John Wayne's youngest son Ethan appeared in the movie.
"We need statesmen, not politicians." I also wholeheartedly agree with the Duke in that "living free meant a lot more to them than cowering in security".
Great man
Great movie
He was a great American
There were 257 defenders at the Alamo. I know that's not as sexy as 182, but that's the truth, plus there were Tejano defenders at the Alamo for all you left wing race baiters out there.
Freedom and liberty have absolutely nothing to do with race.
Those are fundamental characteristics of life that ALL peoples of all ethnicities desire!!
Great video. I watched "The Alamo" right after it's release at an RKO theater in New Rochelle, NY with my friends in 1960, and with each volley of cannon fire from the Texan defenders that resulted in rows of attacking Mexican regulars biting the dust the entire movie theater went up in cheers!
Those were the days!!
You must have a screw loose; who associates the word "sexy" with the number of dead people at the Alamo?
If no one else Texas should save it. It is history.
I remember this, had that DVD at one time. Don't know what happened to it, wish I did!
I remember seeing this in a theater as a kid......but it had to have been later than 1960. I would have only been 5 at the time. Must've been at a Saturday matinee?
"Spartacus" was the other top movie of 1960, Hard to say which movie was better. However, I like Wayne over Kirk Douglas.
Excellent! But why was Richard Widmark not discussed?
I noticed that. Widmark criticised the screenplay as being "grade school stuff." Maybe he upset too many people?
Yes! Richard Widmark has always been one of my favorite actors...Laurence Olivier was great in his part of Travis.
@@vivians9392 Travis was played by Laurence Harvey, Vivian, but I see why you made the error!
It's a movie, it's not a history class.
Yes, thank you! It's distressing to read through the comments and see all the remarks on how the movie is historically inaccurate. It's a movie, not a documentary! Name any other movie about historical events and tell me it's absolutely historically accurate. It's entertainment, not a history class.
How many movies or TV shows have the "based on true events" blurb at the beginning, and proceed to tell a story with all sorts of added content to make it more interesting or compelling?
Come on AMERICA! What is happening to you?
Did they die for nothing; for you to give it all away?
Remember the ALAMO!
Alex Jervis....... They died trying to steal another Man's Country... check Your history.. oh wait, that's no good,.. The U.S. history is written by Americans, so it's hardly the true story,.. check out Thanksgiving Day,..the real truth about that first meal with the Indians, Hell ask the American Indians,. they'll tell the truth,.. anyway Alex, dreams are free.. dream on..... just sayin... G.
Yeh.. remember 9/11.. what Heroes those Young Men were,..
@@19bisho Many of the natives gave their lives to help the pilgrims. Even they got the message. Where do you think these individuals originally came from ? They would pass down stories from tribe to tribe or generation to generation. The same way the pilgrims did. These tribes called him the great Creator. We call him Jesus. The very same individual. You should of picked up on that in the story ! John Wayne was a great believer !
@@19bisho check your history..ALL countries and civilizations have been taken over by another country/tribe/civilizations where do you think YOUR country civilization came from under a rock? goes all the way back to the first human who raised up against another to take what they had... dream on just sayin..
@@19bisho Yeah. Right. And how many "Mexicans" took part in the founding of the Texas Republic? And how many "Mexicans," from those days until today, gladly live in, and are citizens of, Texas? And how many Mexicans have crossed/are crossing into Texas from Mexico? " ... [stealing] another Man's Country," and the rest of your statement, comes off as a virtue-signalling gripe.
Only Jon Wayne could play this classic Part Rip you roll always be rrmember😃😃💟and you brilliant be the best 👌 100prevent I 😃✋🧡✋
Mostly British immigrant and settlers were fighting there. Look at the names on the memorial if you ever get to see the real place. I asked a guide why were there so many British flags in the building, she told me because they were British ancestors and settlers.
This video is great, because it has scenes that were cut from the DVD Documentary.
I just love John Wayne's voice; plus he was Irish (God's people, to me)
Irish? God's people? Well, maybe. If you can't get along with an Irishman, have another shot of Scotch. If, on the other hand, you can't get along with a Scotsman; don't worry about it, nobody else can either.
His family descended from Ulster and were Scots Presbyterian in lineage. Northern Irish an most definitely British!
@Gavin MacNeish He was then Irish-American like I am partly Italian so what ...
@Gavin MacNeish it is like saying I am African as if African were a nationality...
@Gavin MacNeish So M. Morrison was irish-American like John Ford or Grace Kelly. But genes do play a role. We are here splitting hairs, but would you claim that a black guy born in Scotland is Scottish? We can argue as we both have time on our hands, alas. By the way, one of my favorite ballads is the ROAD TO THE ISLES, as sung by H. Lauder.