Duygusal anlamda yoğun ve hareketli bir film olan Vatansever'in kahramanı, Mel Gibson'un canlandırdığı Benjamin Martin karakteri. Savaşmaya pek de hevesli olmayan bir kahraman Benjamin Martin: Fakat çarpışmalar çiftliğinin sınırına dayanıp da İngilizler Benjamin'in değer verdiği insanları tehdit etmeye başlayınca, kendini Amerikan Devrimi'nin içinde buluveriyor. İdealist bir vatansever olan oğlu Gabriel'la birlikte silah kuşanıp Amerikan milislerinin başına geçiyor ve "kırmızı urbalılarla" göğüs göğüse çarpışıyor. Bunlar olurken, kendi ailesini korumasının tek yolunun genç Amerikan ulusunu topyekün bağımsızlığa taşımak olduğunu keşfediyor kahramanımız - fakat karanlık geçmişi, savaşta da peşini bırakmıyor...
Altı nesildir hazine peşinde koşan Gates ailesi, ABD'de tarihle ilgilenen kişilerin gözünde deli muamelesi görmektedir. Gates'lerin sın nesil üyesi Benjamin Franklin hazine avı bayrağını devralmış son kişidir ve yaşamını kimsenin varlığına inanmadığı, Orta Doğu kökenli Tapınak Şövalyeleri hazinesini bulmaya adamıştır. ABD'nin kuruluşunda aktif rolü olan Özgür Masonlar derneği üyelerinin sakladığı ve yeri ABD tarihindeki kilit olaylara gizlenmiş ipuçlarında saklı olan hazineye Benjamin Franklin iyice yaklaştığını hissetmektedir. Ancak, elde ettiği son ipucu hazinenin yerinin çalınması imkânsız gibi görünen Bağımsızlık Bildirgesi'nin arkasında gizlendiğini söylemektedir. Bildirge'nin arkasına bakmanın, yüzyıllık hazine avının sonu olacağın düşünür, oysa bu sadece bir başlangıçtır.
Alexander 11 yaşındayken yarı İngiliz yarı Fransız annesi ölmüş ve babası da uzun süre önce onları terk etmiştir. Kadın, başka biriyle evlidir ve ölümünün ardından adam, karısının sahip olduğu her şeyi elde etmenin peşine düşmüştür. Böylece Alexander da beş parasız kalır. Alexander büyür ve para kazanmanın farklı yollarını bulmaya başlar. George Washington'ın yaveri olur ve savaşma yetkisi olmadan savaşı yönlendirmeye başlar. New York'a geldiğinde bir avukat olur. New York Bankası'nın kurucusu olan Alexander, George Washington'ın Amerika Başkanı olmasıyla birlikte Hazine Bakanı olarak görev yapar. Tüm bunlar hip hop müzikleri eşliğinde bir arka plan ile sergilenir.
New York trapper Tom Dobb becomes an unwilling participant in the American Revolution after his son Ned is drafted into the Army by the villainous Sergeant Major Peasy. Tom attempts to find his son, and eventually becomes convinced that he must take a stand and fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the aristocratic rebel Daisy McConnahay. As Tom undergoes his change of heart, the events of the war unfold in large-scale grandeur.
Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.
Michael has written a schollarly book on the revolutionary war. He has sold the film rights. The arrival of the film crew seriously disrupts him as actors want to change their characters, directors want to re-stage battles, and he becomes very infatuated with Faith who will play the female lead in the movie. At the same time, he is fighting with his crazy mother who thinks the Devil lives in her kitchen, and his girlfriend who is talking about commitment.
The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.
This sequel to "The Bastard" continues the saga of Philip Kent, the illegitimate son of an English nobleman, who has renounced his patrician birthright to become a Colonial soldier fighting for America's independence, befriending a Southern aristocrat and his earthy buddy to help thwart a plot to assassinate George Washington. (Episodes 3 and 4 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
Pioneers and a family man leave Virginia for Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.
This film dramatizes the problems facing ordinary American soldiers during the Revolutionary War, explaining why most ultimately chose to stay and fight.
This live TV adaptation of the Broadway musical "Dearest Enemy" from 1925 is based on an American Revolutionary War incident in September 1776 when Mary Lindley Murray, under orders from General George Washington, detained General William Howe and his British troops by serving them cake, wine and conversation in her Kips Bay, Manhattan home long enough for some 4,000 American soldiers, fleeing their loss in the Battle of Brooklyn, to reassemble in Washington Heights and join reinforcements to make a successful counterattack.
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
The life and struggles of Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Maria of Habsburg-Lorraine (1832-1867), emperor of the Second Mexican Empire as Maximilian I of Mexico from 1864 to 1867 (under the wing of Emperor Napoleon III and the French Empire), his tragic confrontation with Mexican leader Benito Juárez, the defeat of the will and the end of a dream.
This historical featurette focuses on Caesar Rodney of Delaware who in the summer of 1776 cast the deciding vote, at the meeting of the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, so that the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
It is 1775. Henry Felder, a Swiss-German colonist, lives with his family in the British colony of South Carolina. After many years of struggling with corrupt British rulers, Felder is urged by the new patriot governor to write Articles of Separation from the English King. Felder's old Indian fighting comrade forms a Tory militia to assist the Crown as the fight heats up.
The history of Europeans in North America, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the business success of German immigrants such as Heinz, Strauss or Friedrich Trumpf, Donald Trump's grandfather. During the 19th century, thirty million people — Germans, Irish, Scots, Russians, Hungarians, Italians and many others — left the old continent, fleeing poverty, racism or political repression, hoping to make a fortune and realize the American dream.
An Important and relevant portrait of America's early years! Embark on an exciting, historical journey through the battles and victories surrounding America's pursuit for freedom. This poignant documentary series is comprehensively presented through narration, photographs and paintings to create a visual history of America's founding ideals of liberty and freedom. This ten-part documentary series examines the people and events that led up to our nation's battle for independence against the world's largest military power during the Revolutionary War through the presidencies of freedom fighters Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln who were forever dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
A British Revolutionary War drummer accidentally deserts from his regiment and is hunted down for execution.
Two British redcoats contemplate their place in the American Revolutionary War and the world at large.
Ashin Yevata, a humble monk from Burma (Myanmar), helped lead the massive protests that spread throughout the country calling for change. Burma is one of the poorest countries in the world, strangled by its own despotic government. Forced labor, torture and systematic genocide are practiced by the ruthless Junta. Ashin was able to escape to the Burma-Thai border, where thousands of Burmese refugees live in fear of deportation and at the will of a corrupt police. He gathered footage from what he and his friends had as well as what he could find on the news.