Educational Videos – The Continental Line

Welcome to the Continental Line’s Educational Video Library. Every week a new link to an educational video related to the American Revolution will be be posted here. If you have suggestions of videos to post, please send them to our Webmaster

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Brattonsville: Choosing Sides | The Southern Campaign

In June 1780, the British had established an “outpost” at Rocky Mount, in the Catawba Valley. Lieutenant Colonel George Turnbull sent troops into what are now York and Chester counties to round up and eliminate the rebels. Captain Christian Huck, a loyalist from Philadelphia, was the leader.

Valley Forge National Historical Park Ranger Talks: Redoubts

Join Valley Forge National Historical Park Ranger George Matlack as he talks about the earthwork fortifications known as redoubts that helped dissuade the British from attacking the encampment in 1777-78! www.nps.gov/vafo www.valleyforge.org

Fifing on the Front Lines: Thomas Nixon Jr’s Revolutionary War Tune Book and Flageolet

Sunday, February 23, 2020
Filmed by Access Framingham
After enlisting as a fifer in the Continental Army at just 13 years old, Thomas Nixon Jr. of Framingham marched on Lexington and Concord in April 1775. He, and thousands of young boys and teenagers, joined the fife and drum corps as both his father and uncle shouldered the call. While fifing was Nixon’s introduction to war, it appealed to him and became a true skill. The tune book Thomas carried in battle is one of fourteen known books of its kind in existence. It is also a rare depiction of fife tunes that includes harmonies. As founding member of the Middlesex County Volunteer Fifes & Drums, Steven Taskovics, discusses the significance of the tune book and the fifers’ role in directing the Revolutionary War.

The Battle of Camden – Presented by SouthCarolinaETV

The Battle of Camden chronicles the events that took place leading up to the battle near Camden, SC.

Camden: Defeat and Destruction | The Southern Campaign – Presented by SouthCarolinaETV

On August 16, 1780, General Horatio Gates’ army, joined by militia men from North Carolina and Virginia, marched south toward the British outpost in Camden, South Carolina. At the same time, Lt General Charles Earl Cornwallis’s army headed north. The cavalries clashed in a battle that became known as the Battle of Camden, the largest battle in the South up to that point.

Middlesex Country Volunteers Fifes and Drums at Minute Man National Historical Park!

Enjoy this musical tribute to our Revolutionary past, and the events of April 19, 1775 by Middlesex Country Volunteers Fifes and Drums! This amazing group of musicians are a regular feature of Patriots’ Day at Minute Man National Historical Park. In this video they perform at some of the most significant places in the park!

The British Light Infantry 1775 with Audio Description (Minute Man NPS)

This is an audio described version. In this video, new and archival reenactment footage is used to demonstrate the development, adoption and use of light infantry companies in the British Army shortly before the start of the American Revolution in 1775.

Bunker Hill (Part 3) “The Decisive Day”

Join Ranger Patrick for our concluding installment in our three-part series about the Battle of Bunker Hill and its aftermath. Learn about how the British were eventually forced to evacuate Boston on March 17th, 1776.

Bunker Hill (Part 2) “One Step Further”

Ranger Patrick continues his over overview of how the Battle of Bunker Hill came to happen on June 17, 1775 across the hilly pastures north of Boston.

Bunker Hill (Part 1): Prelude to the Battle

Join Ranger Patrick in an overview of how the Battle of Bunker Hill came to happen on June 17, 1775 across the hilly pastures north of Boston.

“Siege!” 1976 Fort Stanwix Bicentennial NPS Film – Re-enacting Retro

Washington’s War – General George Washington and the Revolutionary War

Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, and John Adams nominated George Washington to serve as the army’s Commander-in-Chief. While there were over 230 skirmishes and battles fought during the American Revolution, these are the battles where General Washington personally secured his legacy as “First in War.”

1775-1776: Igniting the American Revolution

Historian Derek W. Beck shares highlights from his book, The War Before Independence: 1775-1776, which draws on previously unpublished documents, letters, and diaries to explore pivotal events of the violent years of 1775 and 1776. From the Boston Tea Party to Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride, from the lesser-known William Dawes’s journey to Lexington, to Benedict Arnold’s taking of Fort Ticonderoga and the letters of Gen. Thomas Gage, from the Battle of Bunker Hill to the exciting conclusion of the Boston Campaign, the book transports readers to this tumultuous chapter in the American story.

America’s Final Victory – 1781

America’s Final Victory is the story of Gloucester, Virginia’s contribution to the Battle of Yorktown and the British surrender that ended the American Revolution.

George Washington’s Headquarters 1779 – 1780

National Park Service Museum film made for The Ford Mansion which was General George Washington’s Headquarters during the winter of 1779 – 1780 and is now part of the Morristown National Historical Park in New Jersey.

Morristown: Where America Survived

Winter Encampment of 1779-1780