John Wayne
1) FedFlix
Series
Language
English
Description
This Program from the Combat Studies Institute is designed to give military instructors ideas on presenting "Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War," lesson 12 in "Evolution of Modern Warfare." It offers suggestions for how to present the Cold War context, thinking on nuclear strategy and deterrence, and the post-WWII reorganization of the military and national security apparatus. Panelists show how the existence of nuclear weapons led to questions of whether...
2) The Cowboys
Series
Pub. Date
[1987]
Language
English
Description
A rancher hires 11 schoolboys to drive his cattle to market when the gold rush lures all the men away. Along the trail the boys learn how to do their job and become men.
3) El Dorado
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Mitchum stars as an alcoholic sheriff whose old friend-turned gunfighter Wayne helps him fight greedy cattlemen.
4) Red River
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail.
5) True grit
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
U.S. Marshall Rooster Cogburn is hired by a 14-year-old girl to kill the man who murdered her father and stole the family nest egg. She accepts the help of a Texas Ranger, who is intent on the reward, and accompanies them on the quest.
6) Rio Grande
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Wayne stars as a Union officer who is ordered to burn the plantation of his southern wife. She won't speak to him for 15 years, during which time he is assigned to the Indian Wars in the southwest. The Apaches cause trouble by escaping across the Rio Grande, until Wayne is allowed to follow.
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
A cattle baron tries to protect his empire from a land-grabbing developer; Pat Garrett, now a sheriff, must capture his former partner, Billy the Kid; an Army scout helps a white woman to escape her Indian captors; a former sheriff is hired to deliver gold cross-country unaware that his partners intend to steal the gold.
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Taw Jackson is a rancher who is dead set on capturing an iron-clad stagecoach belonging to cattle baron West Catlin, the man who stole his fortune and good name years before. To pull off the heist, Jackson puts together a crew that includes an old character, a half-civilized Indian, a young drunk, and a cocky gunfighter. Includes production notes and original theatrical trailer.
10) Stagecoach
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
Nine disparate travelers are thrust together in a perilous journey, a ride on a stagecoach destined for Apache territory.