The best documentary I've seen on the subject.
I've lost count of the number of documentaries I've seen on this subject, and this one is by far the best. It is the most thoroughly researched and impartial study of a very controversial figure in a very controversial period of American history. It starts with Custer's boyhood in Michigan and ends with is widow's death in 1933, and covers pretty much everything of substance in between. It also describes in accurate detail hoe Custer had been considered to be leading a charmed life, getting through some of the heaviest fighting of the civil war without a scratch. It also describes in detail the fact that the 2nd and 3rd Battalion Commanders, Major Reno and Capt. Benteen respectively, showed a complete lack of interest in doing their job that day. They were well aware that Custer's 1st Battalion was in a firefight, and they didn't care.
My only criticism, if you could even call it that, is that they didn't ask anyone with military experience to examine how the supposedly best light cavalry unit in the army a the time could have been defeated so completely in such a short time. It mentions one description of the Little Bighorn fight in which Custer was the first soldier hit, but just barely. It's the only scenario that makes sense, though.
So the documentary leaves out a military analysis of Custer's last battle, but I wouldn't hold that against it. It is still the most complete, impartial, and well researched documentary on this subject.
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