The Battle on Snowshoes Video

On March 10th, 1758, Robert Rogers led 181 of his most experienced Rangers on a scout toward French held Fort Carillon. Fifty-four returned. The vicious battle that occurred was one of the most devastating primitive winter conflicts fought in colonial North America. This was a crushing defeat for Rogers and a clear-cut victory for the French. The battle was known as the “Battle on Snowshoes.”

Filmed entirely on location in the Adirondack Mountains and Champlain Valley, this documentary film will take you back in time when America was an unsettled British colony, struggling for her identity, for land and natural resources against the French neighbors to the north. All of the action sequences were filmed using re-enactors, and is complemented by interviews with historians/ authors Bob Bearer, Tim Todish, George Bray and Ed Dodge. Original soundtrack by Jesse Bruchac, of Abenaki lineage, Frank Orsini and Tim Cordell.

DVD, feature is 30 minutes. Nearly 2 hours of bonus material. $22.00.