Glory - Charging Fort Wagner - HD

[MrVitigs]

They would of won in this movie cause there was like 800 men in the for then they all died weird but great movie

[spartanf34]

5 people are rebels

[komando231]

DEATH TO THE CONFEDERATE !!!!!!!!!!!!! >:-O

[staclynn72]

So sad that was a wonderful movie.

[mikey980610]

@staclynn72 best movie ever

[chronicgeebs]

GIVE EM HELL 54TH

[crazyryryryan]

black soldiers fighting southern soldiers. PAY BACKS A BITCH!!!!!!!!

[solanut]

i think its safe to say EPIC FAILURE in this scene

[Maestro2500]

In my opinion, this is one of the greatest climactic film endings in the history of filmmaking. And it is what I believe to be the ending of one of the top films of all time.

Long live the memory of Col. Robert Gould Shaw and all of the brave men that fought and died in the name and in faith of a belief that this country could one day look past the color of a man's skin and see the inside of his heart.

I can only hope, if not merely wish, that I could ever do such good for mankind.

[Happa90]

Thomas: CHAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Major: CHAAAAAAAAARGE!!

DX<

Man they were PISSED off!

[jrmytaylor]

These scene literally brings tears to my eyes every time I see it.

[Letirin9]

@jrmytaylor It's the climax of a very powerful movie. I find it hard to fight back the tears as well. This is definitely my favorite movie.

[ardethbaymedjai]

Why does the guy with the glasses always die in these movies? Flyboys, The Mummy, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, King Kong, etc. . .  The guy wearing glasses always dies!!!

[StraightOuttaDC]

Most underrated war film ever. Just like Miracle at St. Anna.

Guess a war film has got to be about white soldiers to get noticed.

[ActionJaxson28]

@StraightOuttaDC Miracle at St Anna didn't fail because it was about black soldiers, it failed because it was awful.

[lilze96]

@straightouttadc Yeah I have to agree w/ @ActionJaxson28 Miracle at St. Anna was pretty awful...the best parts of the movie was the beginning where Negron killed that guy in the post office & Michael Ealy banging that Italian chick...that's it. Spike Lee could have made a better movie than that.

[TheMrSmissen]

Southern artillery doesn't like black people.

[rickcopy]

5 fives confederates dislike this :¨(

[skumstwo]

Why did it sound like a Crow got stabbed at 2:11?

[XxxSakura101]

@skumstwo LMFAO! xD

[SuperWaveShredder]

This is how high ranking officers SHOULD be fighting like now days. Not sitting in the rear lines issuing orders.

[JTBW9]

It was composed my hans zimmer the name is some latin name lol

[Seaverful]

Can anybody please tell me the name of this classical song and its original composer. I don't mean "Charging Fort Wagner" that's just the name they use for the soundtrack of the movie. I want to know the name of the original song...the year it was composed...and by whom. Thank you very kindly to all and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year...........thanks again!!!

[Maestro2500]

@Seaverful This song was composed by James Horner specifically for this movie. Though it is an homage to Orff's "carmina Burana."

[Seaverful]

@Maestro2500 Thanks a lot pal; and Happy New Year to you and yours.

[Maestro2500]

@Seaverful You are quite welcome, and thank you for a pleasantly surprising response; very courteous and respectful. Have a wonderful year.

[chronicgeebs]

snowflake was pissed they killed his friend. he put in work though. what was the guy with the lisp's name?

[Maestro2500]

@chronicgeebs You mean with a stutter? Jupiter Sharts.

[chronicgeebs]

@Maestro2500 yea thats what i meant lol! wrong speech impetiment....thats quite a name, Jupiter Sharts lol. he was cool though. "W-w-we ready, colonel"

[chronicgeebs]

morgan freeman is a fucking beast in this movie

[SuperWaveShredder]

That one guy at 0:19, was he on the phone?

[pharoah246]

@SuperWaveShredder lololololFlolololololAlolololo­lolGlolololol

[TheMrSmissen]

3:11 Nigger backstabe!

[RBVTBONE]

WHY DIDN'T THEY FOLLOW HIM???????? D=

[predator55100]

this has to be the best civil war movie ever

[MEGADOKURO]

I love this movie!! yeah!!

[moorevayne]

wish they didnt get chincy with the production and had a better endign to the battle

[moorevayne]

HD my fuckin' ass...

[WeGiveYaVirus]

1:06 c'mon 54th!!!!!!

[Butternut731863]

Thomas lied about carrying that flag :P (aka 1:37)

[XxxSakura101]

1:10 Ferris bugle nooo!

[dupahh]

It is funny how the southerners keep geting hit after their colonel was mortaly wounded. Before that the Yankees missed every shot

[patgarrett5755]

As a veteran I just want to comment that what those men did at Ft Wagner was unbelievable. Men who were literally fighting for their very freedom and the freedom of their families charged the walls of Wagner in the face of canon and rifle fire. Its the only scene from a movie that every time I watch it brings me to tears. From my heart I thank the 54th and their valiant sacrifice for freedom.

[greatgodofwar]

i found it interesting that even though col. shaw was killed instead of being discouraged his men became angry and surged over the walls they were the only regiment to make it into the fort

[irish89055]

great movie... get those rebs... They fled a month later after continued Union bombardment..

[skumstwo]

@irish89055 Also don't forget over 300+ union soldiers were killed when 2 drunk soldiers set off the powder left by the rebs.

[shotgun785]

@skumstwo is that actually true? cuz i read that in wikipedia :/

[OccidentalSoapbox]

This sequence touched me deeply when I first saw it and it still does.

[thebigdoubleu]

Watching this movie reminds me that honour still exist in America.

[DEVONATWAR1]

GREAT SCENE I LOVE IT AND THE ENDING BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THERE IS NOT ALWAYS A HAPPY ENDING IN THE TRUE WORLD

AND IN MOST WAR MOVIES ITS ALWAYS A GOOD ENDING ALSO JAR HEAD SHOWS THE TRUTH TO

[XxxSakura101]

@DEVONATWAR1

You're joking? Jarhead was one of the worst anti-war propaganda movies of all time, hell even Hamburger hill was better (at least it had some action)

[emmthreejonny]

@XxxSakura101 - Hamburger Hill was not anti-war, infact it was very critical towards peace activists, the media misinformation etc. during the 60's. That movie didn't want to send any typical Hollywood message, it directly portrayed war and the soldiers who did their duty first and asked 'What For?' later.

[XxxSakura101]

@emthreejonny You must be thinking of another movies, because Hamburger hill portrayed soldiers in a absurdly bad light. Psychotic murders, child rapist, friendly fire, torture, and every other stereotype peace activists give soldiers. Tell me one incident when the soldiers in the movie had been portrayed in a honorable setting. You can't, i've seen the movie several times and the entire thing paints a extremely negative view about soldiers.

[emmthreejonny]

@XxxSakura101 - War is brutal thats a fact but Hamburger hill is one of my fav 'Nam movie because of its honesty, even the dialogue wouldn't mean anything to civilians who are at least not familiar with the jingo that I had to look up what 'beans and dicks', 'bookoo dinki', 'boom-boom', 'diddy-bop' etc. meant.

I think you mean Platoon when it came to child rape, friendly fire, psychotic murder blantantly portrayed on the screen. Not that it wasn't a good movie still.

[XxxSakura101]

@emthreejohnny I've never seen Platoon, but there is a difference between de-glorifying war and portraying the soldiers as monsters.

[emmthreejonny]

@XxxSakura101 - I still don't understand why you think Hamburger Hill portrayed soldiers in a bad light? I've seen it several times and get the exact opposite. It didn't glorify war but the movie itself was dedication to the soldiers who took Hill 937. It even attacks the media and the anti-war sentiment.

[DEVONATWAR1]

GREAT SCENE I LOVE IT AND THE ENDING BECAUSE IT SHOW THAT THERE IS NOT ALWAYS A HAPPY ENDING IN THE TRUE WORLD

[Mastahfung]

Almost made me tear up in the middle of us history. War movies are much more emotionally impacting than drama films haha

[davedirector7]

Bravest men ive ever seen :o

[Rykkata]

This scene right here, is my favorite scene of all time. No other scene even comes close to the amount of epicness going on in this scene

[ByValourandArms]

ferris bueller got shot :(

[heorap]

Waving that sword around might have been Cary Elwes finest moment as a professional actor

[jiisan911]

Holy fuck Broderick looks so much like Shaw :0

[darthepp]

to those who understand the cards that they were delt this movie shows that anyone can overcome the odds at any moment in their lives and be recongnize for their positive accomplshment!!!

[XxxSakura101]

4:09

Thomas is like "Aww...shit" xD

[pharoah246]

@XxxSakura101 Lol I think he actually says it too.

[heronblackmane]

@DrmrGuy1979 Radios? If only they had a single M-16... That would have evened the odds considerably.

[okedoke1234]

Major Forbes just is awesome taking them up and over the wall. I watch this movie over and over again just hoping the ending changes somehow and the 54th takes the fort.

[XxxSakura101]

Frederick Douglass son (who was in the 54th) won the medal of honor for retrieving the Union flag that was left behind in the battle as well.

This battle distinguished the 54th in so many ways, they where still very Green soldiers at the time of the battle, but outperformed veteran regiments in the rest of the Brigade.

I think they felt a need to outperform everyone else so everyone would recognize them.

[XxxSakura101]

This was the most numerically lopsided battle in the war, fort Wagner was just a nightmare to try to take. Ironically the Union finally took it by walking in unopposed only a few weeks after the battle..

The 54th where the first regiment in and the last one out, suffering 40% loses and making it to the center of the fort for a brief time before they where forced to retire.

[lilze96]

LOL 2:45 Look @ Morgan Freeman putting in work...I LOVE THIS MOVIE!

[lilze96]

2:42 "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH!!!­!!!!" CLASSIC 

[chris81490]

@lilze96 what is the name of this song? Anyone know?

[lilze96]

@chris81490 idk I think the song is called "Charging Fort Wagner" 

[blitzkreig40]

COME ON 54TH!.. fucking badass!

[Bash316]

GLORY IS GLORIOUS!!!

[MrHmongRooster]

man, they almost won

[blitzkreig40]

who is the 4 douchebags that don't like this?

[PrivateMetalhead]

Fucking love this fucking movie.

[Sidikous]

If you're born in Africa and you become an American citizen, you are then African-American. Simply because you're black does not mean you're "african american". My family/ancestors are from Europe, does that mean I'm European-American? Of course not. If you're born in the United States of American, you're American and nothing else.

[smcneal057]

This makes me proud to be an African American Man. G-d of our weary years G-d of our silent tears Thou who has brought us thus far on the way Thou who has by thy might lead us into the light keep us forever on the path we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places G-d where we met thee Lest our hearts drunk with the wine of the world we forget thee Shadowed beneath thy may we for-ever stand True to our G-d True to our Native Land Here's to you 54th *raises glass* You did give them hell.

[NationalGuardCrazy]

That reb guy at 4:04 is like "Oh crap!"

[Icekiller20]

on robert's side, that guy with the pistol that took the last shot did he die?

[demeandr121]

Ya know. U never see Robert use his pistol. :(

[Str8T2isRippin]

@demeandr121 yea u did,on the battle of james island

[demeandr121]

@Str8T2isRippin James Island is the first time he fights with the 54th Black Regiment right?

[Str8T2isRippin]

@demeandr121 yea

[demeandr121]

@ZackAttack261 He yelled "Come on 54th!"

[wwdfan44]

did thomas survive?

[heronblackmane]

@wwdfan44 I dunno, he took a cannonball to the chest, you be the judge.

[keinaan12345]

@wwdfan44 i hope so.

[kobeno1]

"If I should fall, remember what you see here." --Col. Robert Gould Shaw

[BuffaloSoldiers2037]

We watched this in class and I was like "WTF? Shaw died? Ok that's fine... DENZEL WASHINGTON IS DEAD? WTF Okay, here we go, THOMAS GOT STABBED!!! JESUS CHRIST. Come on, yeah, their going, there gonna make it and kill all of the Confederates, yeah! Hey look, they found the cannons, they're gonna sneak up from behind and capture the battery and that's gonna allow the other regiments to get through, yay! Oh wait, wtf why are they pointed towards... WHAT THE FUCK?!?!?!

[vguyver2]

@BuffaloSoldiers2037 yes, it's tragic. These scene always makes be cry, in part from the loss of the characters we love, and in part from their vigorous charge. A part of the scene was ruined for me a bit back in highschool because some girl screamed out "OH NO! SOMEONE SHAT DANZEL!!!" Well, at least she got into the moment and got interested in some of her own history.

[787pablo]

@vguyver2 hahahahaha !

[esoberanis1]

i made a kinda of a replica vid to this and by replica i mean i used the same song lol

[stradhex]

great piece of history. i think the union should have used early the black soldier.

[AnonAnonyAnon]

Reaction to the end of this clip:

"Well ... Fuck ..."

[EmperorOfNorway]

Beauregard fucked dem up

[pgamer4life]

he yells "COME ON 54th!"

[tysonkat1]

he just wanted to show the nation how brave the 54th were

[ViccardXViccc]

wow, good qualtity!

This is an awesome part. I hope i can see the film ones

[tysonkat1]

2:28-2:33 in one word, spiritual

[degree7]

Love that picture at 04:09

Combined with the music = Stunning

[5imeze5]

war is the most foolish thing man ever wages...

[drezulu2000]

It's sad, but sometimes nessesary.

[rdoggg19]

@5imeze5 it may be foolish but Plato said it best when he said "Only the dead have seen the end of war"

[chapdog82]

This movie inspired my interest in the war and also in the USCTs that fought in the war. There were many other BLACK regiments that fought in more bloody and more decisive battles than Ft. Wagner in the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James. The 54th Gets alot of Credit because of the extensive writing of Col. Shaw and Col. Hallowell on the regiment. The regiment btw was far from wiped out.. it went on to fight other battles in Florida (Olustee) and elsewhere.

[edavismookie25]

@chapdog82 You might be interested in the Battle of New Market Heights. 16 African Americans earned the Medal of Honor in that battle. Also the Battle of Fort Fisher. Black regiments helped capture the last remaining Confederate seaport and the largest Confederate field fortification in the entire war. The battle of Fort Fisher was a combined army/navy operation that would become the largest amphibious operation until World war 2. Altogether 9,000 union troops, 2,000 Union sailors and marines

[chapdog82]

@edavismookie25

Yeah FOrt Harrison/New Market Hieght was a blood bath. A deadly assault. My personal favorite battles to look up are that of 1st and 2nd Kansas Colored Reigments in the west. HOney Springs and Jenkinsons Ferry were two victories with those regiments as the chief players. Also the assault on Fort Blakely in Mobile, AL in 1865 where USCTS's played a huge role and finally the Battle of Milikends Bend (in the Vicksburg Campaign btw). Very bloody and hand to hand.

[edavismookie25]

@chapdog82 and 1, 500 Confederate soldiers would fight in the battle. Why on earth is this campaign that rivaled that of Vicksburg and Atlanta not remembered?

[chapdog82]

@edavismookie25

They sent alot of USCT's down there to SC because they felt they could handle the climate better then Northern White Regiments. It freed some white regiments up to fight in other theatres with a more "suitable" climate and terrain. They assumed ALL black men were used to tropical terrain. Even ones born and bread in New England. lol

[gamefox120]

@chapdog82

its funny you bring that up

as a man who lives in Louisiana I can tell that Climate was a huge factor.

I went to Vermont and the UK a few years back and let me say without all that humidity I felt lighter than air. I imagine a lot of federal troops suffered the opposite effect down here.

its thought I always had

[minigun20]

fuck the south, everything that Sherman did to you you absolutely deserved, we should have burned all your fields, thrown your troops into prison, and hanged Lee, the man was an arrogant ass who deserved a far worse fate then he got, most beloved general in american history, HE STOOD AGAINST EVERYTHING AMERICA IS FOR!!!!!! you can take your KKK and your King Cotton and your Dixie and rot in hell with it you low lying southern bastards

[NationalGuardCrazy]

I heartily agree.

[Dauntless07]

Your hatred of southern people for events that are over 140 years old is foolish. The South did not stand against EVERYTHING America is for; that's why when they split from the Union they declared ALL UNITED STATES LAWS that did not conflict with the CSA Constitution would still apply to the new nation. Lee was no war criminal; ass for destroying their fields/throwing troops into prison, they would have to be readmitted to the Union sometime; then you'd just waste money building everything back.

[matt71893]

@Dauntless07 I agree. These people currently living down in the south had nothing to do with the events 140 years ago

[kdawgwade13]

agreed

[Zana205]

youj fuckin shutup minigun you fuckin bastard.

[topjimmy72]

@minigun20 Your ignorant comment about the South and the Confederacy is proof that Northern postwar brainwashing worked to a "T".

[tysonkat1]

10-1, i think your wrong there, only about 1200 or 1500 confedrate soldiers occupied fort wagner, only 12 of them died on july 11th and 174 on july 18th

[Antihippie24]

And anyways the 54th fought better than other units that served that were white. The white units that were suppose to support the 54th pulled out and basically left them all to die.  And the most insane part, they fought for a country who couldn't give a hell less about them. That is pure bravery. Think before you speak, and SirGuzzBuzz is right, they were attacking a fortified position that was a nightmare from a strategy stand point.

[edavismookie25]

@Antihippie24 I have to disagree with your assessment. The white units supported the 54th as best they could and as a matter of fact the two following white units (6th Connecticut and 48th New York) actually suffered more casualties then the 54th. Both units lost their commanding officers.

[Antihippie24]

Look, I have a BA in history and I minored in military history, the 54th was the victims in the battle, the rest of the army was to fall in behind the 54th but failed to do so, they retreated with out being placed in to action and left the 54th to die. The 54th fought bravery and for anyone to judge their efforts is insane, I want to see you in a battle like this and when you come back, IF you came back then talk shit. I do have to say I serve in the army because of this movie... Inspired me.

[SirGuzzBuzz]

its "losing" not "lossing" you fucking idiot. Why don't you take into account that the confederates are defending a fort with entrenched positions, and they facing THOSE odds was near impossible. God damn your dumb

[SirGuzzBuzz]

2:02 best part, look at how the entire regiment is charging with the colors.

[GameCenter2009]

Wow some vengence the fucking lost, they all died lol trying to take the fort, union losses ALL, confederate 0 losses after the movie ends lol

[SirGuzzBuzz]

it wasn't about vengeance, they all witnessed their commander run into a hail of gunfire shouting their regiment's name. This man did so much for them and they all loved him. 

Col. Shaw's final deed for them was giving his life so that they could have the courage to try and complete their mission, facing impossible odds.

btw, your grammar sucks...noob.

[GameCenter2009]

Impossible odds?, idiot they outnumbered them 10 to 1 in the battle, they FAILED TO TAKE THE FORT.

[GameCenter2009]

Still lossing outnumbering them hahahaa.

[edavismookie25]

@GameCenter2009 There are many battles that I could cite where numbers mean nothing.

[nyc14gauge]

@GameCenter2009 Uh huh. GameCenter, the usual ratio of offensive to defensive men and equipment in any invasion is about 10 to 1. Now add in a fortified position. Do the math.

[Crymson1]

@nyc14gauge It's 10:1 for a fortified position.

[tysonkat1]

the hand-hand combat between the 54th and the confederates with a latin hymn to the scene makes me wish i was there, RIP Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th

[aragax]

I cry every time at the end of this

[darksidez81]

AT the end if I could have said one thing... OH SHIT

[ifartinurdirection1]

LOL the south pissed off the slaves and the slaves got vengence

[CastorGrayson]

For me, and I'm definitely a student of American film, this is up there with the tops of all time.

[dirkbogarde44]

God I love this film. Always cuts me up seeing it. It conveys so many emotions. Bravery, courage, humanity, friendship. Makes me want to be a better person. One of the great films.

[vaderwolf38]

is that his butt at 1:06

[darksungames]

it's SAND genius..

[ThatUJohnWayne]

You put that alot kinder then I would have lol.

[flowercat101295]

This movie is great, ive seen it like 6 times lol

[tysonkat1]

1:24-4:10 favorite part of the film

how brave the 54th massachusetts fought

long live the spirit of the 54th

[NautyKnight]

Glad the South won his battle because my great great grandfather was there and fought for the South at this very battle.

[GuitarLegend310]

they may have won the battle, but they still lost the war. and you should still give respect for the 54th

[Who0wnsYou]

The fall of Colonel Gould Shaw, hmm. Rage brings out the best in men, even though it's just a movie. Sure is a great depiction of this battle.

[ThatUJohnWayne]

Thing is Robert fell inside the Fort his men fought and clawed their way in to be with him.

[mrfixit0025]

The REAL shame is that Sherman didn't do a better job.

[Joneka1]

shut dA FUCK UP AS IF U KNEW WAT U WAS TAlkin bout how fuck face?dont get me confused wit ya mammy white hoe

[bigjonnymac43]

Great movie scene that dedicates to heroes regrettably forgotten over time. Long live the 54th!