Days of the Pony Express (2008)
They rode their way into history
Gênero : Documentário, História
Runtime : 1H 0M
Director : Jim Conlon
Sinopse
The Pony Express continues to capture the imagination of young and old alike. Relive the experiences of the original organizers; Russell, Majors, and Waddell as well as riders Johnny Fry, Pony Bob Haslam, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Bronco Charlie Miller in this action driven documentary as they pave the trail into American history.
Frank Hopkins é um conhecido campeão de corridas a cavalo que é convidado pelo sheiq Riyash a participar de uma competição contra os melhores cavalos árabes. Frank e seu cavalo, Hidalgo, precisam então enfrentar os perigos do chamado mar de fogo, como é conhecido o deserto árabe.
The arrival of the telegraph put Pony Express riders like John Blair and his pal Smoky out of work. A race will decide whether they or stageline owner Drake get the government mail contract.
Two brothers are separated when young. One becomes the pony express rider Clint Knox and the other the outlaw Ace Carter.
A young Texas Man who saw his father get killed by a group of bandits, decides years later to go to work for the Pony Express. But he is not just working around the country to deliver mail, he is actually finding the bandits who murdered his father.
Ex-Pony Express rider Autry ties to protect his US mail franchise as the Pony Express gives way to stage coach mail and the telegraph. Gene's last film appearance as a singing cowboy.
The Pony Express continues to capture the imagination of young and old alike. Relive the experiences of the original organizers; Russell, Majors, and Waddell as well as riders Johnny Fry, Pony Bob Haslam, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Bronco Charlie Miller in this action driven documentary as they pave the trail into American history.
His horse Champion steals the show from Gene when what's at stake is a horse race and a bull fight.
Film about the early days of the Pony Express and the crooked businessman who opposed it.
An express rider is wrongly suspected of theft. When he is sentenced to imprisonment, friends help him to escape. In the pursuit that emerges, he manages to unmask the real thief.
In this short, a youthful Buffalo Bill Cody joins the newly-formed Pony Express as a station hand and replaces the regular rider when he is shot.
In a rigged gunfight Tom Blake is forced to shoot a man in self defense and is then hunted for murder. After a long trip fleeing the posse he uses a false name and joins the Pony Express which is just about to commence operatons. Relegated to the most dangerous section of the route, he finds himself fighting the District Manager's scheme to sabotage the inital run. But just then a wanted poster with his picture on it arrives.
The Pony Express delivered mail from coast to coast for only 18 months. Yet during its brief glory days, it became a legend of the American frontier. This fascinating and well-researched video recounts the history of the Pony Express, retraces the famous trail, and uncovers the reasons behind its demise and lasting legacy.
A história real de Tim Jenkin e Stephen Lee, jovens sul-africanos brancos declarados "terroristas" e presos em 1978 por trabalharem em operações secretas para o ANC, grupo de Nelson Mandela. Encarcerados na prisão de segurança máxima de Pretória, eles decidem enviar uma mensagem clara ao regime do apartheid e fugir! Com engenhosidade de tirar o fôlego, vigilância meticulosa e chaves de madeira criadas para 10 portas de aço, eles fazem um grande caminho até a liberdade.
Em 1938, a britânica Joan Stanley estudava física em Cambridge quando se apaixonou por um jovem comunista. Na mesma época, ela foi convocada pelo Comitê de Segurança Russo (KGB) para atuar como espiã do Governo de Stalin no Reino Unido. Depois de mais de cinquenta anos de serviço muito bem sucedidos, ela foi descoberta e presa pela Serviço de Inteligência Britânico (MI5).
In this video-short go behind the scenes with the cast of "American Horror Story" on how the show is made.
A candid look at rehearsal footage in support of a focus on pre-viz.
This autobiography of Hector Delgado runs from his childhood to become one of the greatest exponents of the urban genre, but the results of that life did not please him and led him to try to take his life .After being victim of a firefight at a service station in Aguada, a city hall in Puerto Rico, he stopped earning at least two hundred American dollars for presentation and being "devout of Jesus"
Em agosto de 1966, em uma plantação de borracha vietnamita chamada Long Tan, 108 soldados jovens e inexperientes da Austrália e Nova Zelândia estão lutando por suas vidas contra 2500 soldados do Vietnã do Norte e Viet Cong.
Em 1944, um corajoso grupo de soldados russos conseguiu escapar do cativeiro alemão em um lendário tanque T-34, parcialmente destruído. Aqueles eram os tempos de bravura inesquecível, luta feroz, amor inquebrantável e milagres lendários.