This paper is about the movie “Dances With Wolves.” Dances With Wolves is a 1990 Western film starring Kevin Costner. The movie starts during the Civil War when a Union lieutenant is wounded, the wound is threatening to cause his leg to be amputated. After the lieutenant leaves the hospital with his leg he goes back to the front and steals a horse and runs in between the two lines which causes the fighting to start up again. After Lieutenant Dunbar galloped through no man's land and survived with his leg he was transferred to the frontier. Once he arrived at the fort he was stationed to Lt. Dunbar is shocked to find the fort much different than he expected.
The movie starts during the Civil War where the US and the CSA are in a stalemate taking cover behind fences and trees, the tactics are similar to those of World War 1 by the fact that there's little action, but when there is action it's bloody. The weapons in this scene are portrayed are fairly accurate, some men have single shot muskets and rifles and other men are equipped with Henry Repeating Rifles, most of the men have 6 shot revolving pistols which is …show more content…
While the Union troops were transporting Lt. Dunbar to the main fort for trial. The Indians attacked the Cavalry with surprise and killed them all, in this epic battle Dunbar kills off some of the troops by strangling them with his handcuffs, he escapes with his life and lives with the indians. The weapons used were Colt revolvers and Henry Repeaters on the United States side, and bow and arrows and tomahawks on the indian side, these are accurate.
Over all I’d say that Dances With Wolves is a good movie that is pretty historically accurate. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes the war for the Plains and the Civil War. It also shows good medical practices in the
The movie starts during the Civil War where the US and the CSA are in a stalemate taking cover behind fences and trees, the tactics are similar to those of World War 1 by the fact that there's little action, but when there is action it's bloody. The weapons in this scene are portrayed are fairly accurate, some men have single shot muskets and rifles and other men are equipped with Henry Repeating Rifles, most of the men have 6 shot revolving pistols which is …show more content…
While the Union troops were transporting Lt. Dunbar to the main fort for trial. The Indians attacked the Cavalry with surprise and killed them all, in this epic battle Dunbar kills off some of the troops by strangling them with his handcuffs, he escapes with his life and lives with the indians. The weapons used were Colt revolvers and Henry Repeaters on the United States side, and bow and arrows and tomahawks on the indian side, these are accurate.
Over all I’d say that Dances With Wolves is a good movie that is pretty historically accurate. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes the war for the Plains and the Civil War. It also shows good medical practices in the