Martyrs of the Alamo: The Birth of Texas, Part Seven

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The earliest surviving Alamo film, produced in 1915 by American film pioneer D.W. Griffith, Martyrs of the Alamo is truly a rare cinematic treat.

Telling the tale of the courageous Texan stand against oppression and tyranny, with its impressive sets, wonderful battle scenes, and expressive performances, Martyrs surpasses the expectations implied by the words "epic filmmaking."

Witness the birth of Texas and get the true meaning to the immortal words, "Remember the Alamo," with this rare and thrilling cinematic treasure. (1915 • 72 Min. • B/W)

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[rouseg7]

With respect you have to remember that D W Griffith was an unashamed racist. If you watch `Birth of a Nation` you will see the `black` soldiers swaggering around are in fact `blacked up` white men. That film actually revived the almost dead KKK and it went from strength to strength until the 1960s

[mattybock]

@Michaellxxx a quarter of the men who fought against the dictator santa anna were hispanic. America didn't want texas, and waited over a decade to annex it. the defenders of the alamo were Texans, not Americans- in short, fuck you.

[Michaellxxx]

typical Americans if they want something land etc they just move in...The Alamo defenders were actually on Mexican land...and they were invading Mexico

[1944jhd]

They left out the Tejanos , Mexican Americans, who were in the Alamo fighting along Travis for the Independence of Texas. Instead, they made it into a Racial war which it was not. Therefore Texas History books are a bunch of lies!

[Raspu2]

very good battle, but the movie hide the Houston resolute of don´t help the Alamo. It was a logic and hard, but is the true. But over all I´m angry about the scenes of woman´s deaths and specially of the child, are complety false and show the mexicans soldiers like monsters!

[Jubilo1]

Interesting, if dated but the battle scenes are superb. Bowie with two bayonets stuck in him and a black face slave ! Surely a black extra could have been used or perhaps were not wanted.