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Post by Herb on Aug 6, 2007 11:59:16 GMT -5
Got up this morning, turned on the TV, while drinking my morning coffee, and what do I see, but a very somber Bill Chemerka talking about the Alamo.
Also included were Steve Hardin, Paul Hutton, Joe Musso, and Kevin Young. It's the first time I caught this particular program; I'm not too sure when this program was done, but it holds up pretty well.
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Post by Allen Wiener on Aug 6, 2007 12:32:34 GMT -5
I think History Channel has done 3 Alamo documentaries. The first, "The Battle of the Alamo," a one-hour program, was originally seen as part of "The Real West" series and it sounds like the one you saw this morning. The other two were 2-hours each. The first (late 1990s I believe) was called simply "The Alamo" and it was hosted by Roger Mudd at the time it was aired, but Tom Berringer was the narrator. This one is only available on a two-cassette VHS edition, which was still being sold at the Alamo Gift Shop in March. The second was aired in 2004 in connection with the Hancock movie's release and it was introduced by Dennis Quaid, who was filmed at the Dripping Springs set. I forget who narrated that one, but it was titled "Remember the Alamo." You can get this film and the one-hour "Battle of the Alamo" on a 2-disc DVD set from History Channel that also includes the "Biography" program on Crockett ("Biography: Davy Crockett: American Frontier Legend") and "The Real West" program on "The Texas Rangers" -- 4 documentaries in all.
I think the one hosted by Quaid (the most recent one; from 2004) may be the most up to date, but I've always found the Tom Berringer program the most effectively made. The one-hour show that you saw was also very good and does still hold up.
These should not be confused with documentaries made by the Discovery Channel and by PBS, roughly during the same period.
AW
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Post by Herb on Aug 6, 2007 12:57:51 GMT -5
Yeah, the one hour show was what I caught. Except for the 2004 show, I missed all of the above! I spent most of the 90s and part of the 80s overseas, and the Armed Forces Network didn't carry the History Channel, Discovery, PBS etc.
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Post by Allen Wiener on Aug 6, 2007 14:44:55 GMT -5
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Post by Jim Boylston on Aug 6, 2007 15:03:19 GMT -5
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Post by Jim Boylston on Aug 6, 2007 15:03:48 GMT -5
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Post by Allen Wiener on Aug 6, 2007 15:08:26 GMT -5
Oh - yeah; I forgot that! A big incentive. AW
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