Rent The Peninsula Series: Salamanca (2012)
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1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
"Salamanca" is the first documentary in the explosive Peninsular Collection of films that aims to explore the whole of the Battle of Salamanca, which reaches it's bicentenary in late July 2012, from the battle's inception and planning to it's bloody conclusion, aftermath and general impact on the Peninsular War as a whole. Since his return to the Iberian Peninsular in 1809, General Arthur Wellesley (later The Duke of Wellington) had been a constant thorn in the side of a series of Napoleon's marshals in Spain. He studiously avoided battles that he could not win and fell back before superior forces to the Lines of Torres Vedras in 1810. By 1812 he had forged a successful Anglo-Portuguese Army with a string of victories to their credit that included Talavera, Busaco and Fuentes de Onoro. With the capture of the border fortresses of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, Wellesley had two routes open to him into the heart of Spain. Supported by Viscount Hill's Corps guarding the Tagus crossings and a policy of distraction the target was Marshal Marmont's Army of Portugal. This army was concentrated around the city of Salamanca but fell back as the Allies approached. In a series of epic manoeuvres, Wellesley waited for Marmont to make a mistake. Finally that moment came when Marmont, convinced that Wellesley was falling back to Portugal, over extended his line of march in his eagerness to cut him off. Wellesley now seized his opportunity and attacked. In the now familiar BHTV style the team visit the unchanged ground where the highlights of the fighting took place and use it as a canvas to explain the battle. The sights and sounds of a Napoleonic battle make this an unmissable film for all Peninsular War and military history enthusiasts. - Actors:
- General Arthur Wellesley, Marshal Marmont
- Narrated By:
- Andew Duff, Julia Page, Tom Dormer, Tim Saunders
- Writers:
- Andew Duff, Julia Page, Tom Dormer, Tim Saunders
- Studio:
- Pen and Sword
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest
