The War of 1812

Synopsis

The War 1812 is a two-hour film history of a deeply significant event in North American and world history. The war shaped American, Canadian and British destiny in the most literal way possible: had one or two battles or decisions gone a different way, a map of the United States today would look entirely (and shockingly) different. The fires of this war forged the nation of Canada; at the same time, the result tolled the end of Native American dreams of a separate nation. By war's end, the process of Native nation removal had already begun in the southeast, paving the way for a Cotton Kingdom powered by slavery, and a United States that had been on the verge of collapse was ready to announce its arrival as a global power. The U.S. did not win the War of 1812, but the noble experiment of democracy had managed to survive intense pressure from without, and within.

Main Cast

Joe Mantegna

Narrator

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Diane Garey Lawrence R. Hott
Writing	Writer	Ken Chowder
Sound	Original Music Composer	Judy Hyman
	Sound Designer	Rikk Desgres
Crew	Cinematography	Stephen McCarthy
	Transcriptions	Stephanie Erstad
Editing	Colorist	Steve Pequignot
	Online Editor	Steve Pequignot
Department	Role	Name

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