Sink the Alabama
Instrueret af Robert Clem87 mHistorie
In Sink the Alabama, the Confederate "pirate ship" Alabama wreaks havoc on Union commercial vessels in the Civil war, evading capture on five oceans as U.S. Naval Secretary Gideon Welles tries to track it down. Despite its neutrality and opposition to slavery, Britain fails to stop the Alabama and other ships from being built and launched in its ports. A fifth column of Confederate sympathizers and a well-financed propaganda campaign convinces the British public that the American civil war is not about slavery but about Southern independence. Semmes is called a "pirate" by the Northern press as he burns Union ships after their passengers have been removed along with provisions and valuables stolen by the crew. Semmes become famous worldwide as he escapes capture time after time. He goes as far as Singapore and the Indian Ocean, but with his crew near mutiny and his ship needing repair, Semmes puts in to Cherbourg France and is trapped there by the USS Kearsarge. Semmes decides to do battle rather than surrender and the Alabama is sunk after a battle off the French coast, with large number of spectators lining the shore..
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Sink the Alabama blev instrueret af Robert Clem.
Sink the Alabama har en spilletid på 87 m.
Sink the Alabama blev produceret af Robert Clem.
In Sink the Alabama, the Confederate "pirate ship" Alabama wreaks havoc on Union commercial vessels in the Civil war, evading capture on five oceans as U.S. Naval Secretary Gideon Welles tries to track it down. Despite its neutrality and opposition to slavery, Britain fails to stop the Alabama and other ships from being built and launched in its ports. A fifth column of Confederate sympathizers and a well-financed propaganda campaign convinces the British public that the American civil war is not about slavery but about Southern independence. Semmes is called a "pirate" by the Northern press as he burns Union ships after their passengers have been removed along with provisions and valuables stolen by the crew. Semmes become famous worldwide as he escapes capture time after time. He goes as far as Singapore and the Indian Ocean, but with his crew near mutiny and his ship needing repair, Semmes puts in to Cherbourg France and is trapped there by the USS Kearsarge. Semmes decides to do battle rather than surrender and the Alabama is sunk after a battle off the French coast, with large number of spectators lining the shore..
Nøglepersonerne i Sink the Alabama er Cincinatti soldier (Andrew Austin), Yang (Edgar Eguia), Captain of the Deerhound (Ray Faiola).
Sink the Alabama er en Historie -film.
Sink the Alabama havde et budget på 180 t US$.