Came across this in the art of disney store at downtown disney. With fess parker, jeffrey hunter, jeff york, john lupton. Media in category the great locomotive chase this category contains only the following file. Yesterland presents the uptown theatre in marceline.
On april 12, 1962, a souvenir cover was released to mark the centennial of the great locomotive chase. Babcock and fess parker in the great locomotive chase 1956. Paradise kiss, 20110202 sbs special lunar new year days program, six degrees of celebration, boy. When james eventually got married in 2012 i did the best mans speech james was my best man in 1981. For the 1956 walt disney film based on the real event, see the great locomotive chase. The definitive story of the andrews raidapril 12, 1862 the great locomotive chase. Great locomotive chase disney 1956 march 12, 2010 december 19, 2011 based on a true story that took place during the civil war, a group of yankee soldiers along with their leader fess parker a yankee spy tries to steal a confederate locomotive in an attempt to disrupt the confederate supply lines and bring the war to an early end. Poster for the great locomotive chase 1956 the year was 1956. Inspired by the events surrounding the railway between atlanta and chattanooga during the early years of the civil war, robert w.
The great locomotive chase the 1956 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. He was a special operations forces scenario writer at the joint readiness training center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in texas. When the great locomotive chase was released in theatres on june 20, 1956, critics praised it and audiences loved it. The great locomotive chase 1956 turner classic movies. The great locomotive chase new georgia encyclopedia. Smith stages the train chase complete with fascinating textures and effects. Lyon, is a fairly accurate depiction of william pittengers various accounts of the raid. The great locomotive chase or andrews raid was a military raid that occurred april 12, 1862, in northern georgia during the american civil war. It reminded me not just of the disney world railroad, but of the great locomotive chase 1956, disneys remake of the general 1926 both pictures are based on the same event from the civil war, andrews raid walt being such a train nut, or railhead, this picture mustve been near and dear to his heart. Andrews raid new georgia encyclopedia the great locomotive chase.
The great locomotive chase has become a legendary event that unfolded during the early years of the civil war, an attempt by union forces and sympathizers to destroy railroad infrastructure north of atlanta, georgia in hopes of eventually capturing the strategic city of chattanooga, tennessee. The great locomotive chase 1956 disneys liveaction movie the great locomotive chase 1956 details a fascinating episode of the american civil war. Great locomotive chase disney 1956 educators at home. Andrews fess parker and confederate train conductor william a. Release dates 18 also known as aka 29 release dates usa 26 january 1956 new york city, new york usa 8 june 1956 atlanta georgia. However, things dont go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing. However, things dont go as planned when the conductor of the train that they stole is on to them and is doing everything he can to stop them. In this true story from the civil war, a union spy steals a confederate locomotive, but the spirited conductor works tirelessly to retrieve his train. The adventure lasted just seven hours, involved about two dozen men, and as a military operation, ended in failure. Released 1956, the great locomotive chase stars fessparker, jeffreyhunter, jeffyork, johnlupton the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 25 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic.
The action sequences were filmed in habersham and rabun counties in northeast georgia, and the tracks of the old tallulah falls railroad were brought back into service. Filmed in cinemascope and in color, the film stars fess parker as james j. You may also be interested in the following products tombstone raid 41 multiple formats. Volunteers from the union army, led by civilian scout james j. Andrews led a group of volunteer union soldiers to seize control of a confederate passenger train in big shanty now kennesaw, georgia. As built, the general had three domes, an ankle bar on each side running the length of the engine, as well as the western and. Walt disney, who had built his reputation with animation, was now also making liveaction features. The locomotive was attended by a large work party, however, and the yankees feared that taking it would require too much of the dwindling time left before fuller caught up to them. Deepcover union spy andrews fess parker appeals to the confederate patriotism of shrewd georgia conductor fuller jeffrey hunter, who s inquired about an unusual band of passengers, who are really a sabotage gang, in the disney civil war adventure the great. As was the case in buster keatons the general film, the general locomotive portrayed in the film more closely resembles the actual locomotives 1893 appearance rather than its wartime appearance.
It told the story of civil war union leader james j. The great locomotive chase 1956 it is no secret that walt disney loved trains and after having huge success with davy crockett and the star it created, fess parker, walt decided to combine his love of trains and americas obsession with westerns to make a period film based on the 1862 civil war military raid of the southern railroad. During the civil war union spy andrews and his men volunteer to steal a confederate train and drive it to union territory while destroying the confederate railway system along the way. The andrews raid of april 12, 1862, brought the first union soldiers into north georgia and led to an exciting locomotive chase, the only one of the civil war 186165.
Fuller jeffrey hunter and the actual historical events that occurred on april 22, 1862 when a party of 22 union spies stole a train from 4,000 confederate troops near atlanta, georgia, and began a race. Because of its success,walt disney continued to procure stories of historical significance for use in his upcoming liveaction films, and fess parker went on to star in other productions of a similar vein. The thrilling walt disney 1956 film, the great locomotive chase, first captured the authors imagination in his childhood and this book is a culmination of a lifelong interest in the subject. The great locomotive chase 1956 its the civil war, and union spy james j. Find the perfect great locomotive chase stock photo. These films were often grand adventures, including treasure island 1950, the story of robin hood 1952, and 20,000 leagues under the sea 1954. Andrews, the leader of a group of union soldiers from various ohio regiments who volunteered to go behind confederate lines. Also to mark the event, the engine had been readied for a restaging of the famous locomotive chase. Polished, newly painted, and fully restored, the general played itself in the april 14, 1962 reenactment. On this day in 1961, the great locomotive chase chugged into theaters. During the civil war, a union spy, andrews, is asked to lead a band of union soldiers into the south so that they could destroy the railway system. The great locomotive chase 1956 movie mistakes, goofs. Lyon, is a 1956 disney family adventure film based on real events that occurred in 1862 during the american civil war. Dfpp 216 the great locomotive chase internet archive.
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. The great locomotive chase 1956 is a trains action, adventure movie starring fess parker and jeffrey hunter. Bulletin united states national museum 1956 14784655835. After commandeering a confederate locomotive, heroic yankee soldiers known as the andrews raiders try to bring about an early end to the civil war by crippling the southern railroad network. Watch the great locomotive chase online 1956 movie yidio. Thats perhaps the best way to describe this 1956 disney film, worthy. But their efforts are hampered by the unrelenting bravery of a single rebel patriot. I thought i should tell his bride that there was no chance of her changing him so during the speech i gave them the. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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