Major Vickers is an officer at the 27th Lancers in India 1856. When the regiment is on maneuver, the barracks are attacked by Surat Khan and his soldiers who massacre British women and children.

"Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and Thundered," as gallant Errol Flynn led the revengeful six hundred forward against Indja's infamous Surat Khan ...

A painting of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' by Richard Caton Woodville, 1894 The Charge of the Light Brigade was written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson and published in 1854. Tennyson uses a regular ...

The Charge of the Light Brigade plunged into the Valley of Death at Balaklava. A heroic stand turned tragic legend. Gene Hackman, Oscar-winning star of 'Hoosiers' and 'Unforgiven,' dies at 95 New ...

A chronicle of events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which led to the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854 which ...

A veteran of the charge, Trumpeter Martin Leonard Landfried, from the 17th Lancers made a recording on an Edison cylinder which we use in this film of him playing the same trumpet that he used on ...

This pattern suggests the strong formation in which the cavalry charge and is consistent in the first five stanzas. The final two lines of the first three stanzas act as a refrain or a chorus.

Tony Richardson's 1968 version of the military disaster mirrors the decade it was made in, with a strong anti-war theme. David Hemmings is a young trooper, Trevor Howard his brutal commanding ...