Product Details

• Actors: Morgan Freeman, Raymond St. Jacques
• Directors: Ben Burtt
• Writers: Ray Herbeck Jr.
• Producers: Ray Herbeck Jr.
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• VHS Release Date: June 2, 1998
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6302049253
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #314,406 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Whether or not you've seen the Oscar-award-winning feature film Glory, you're sure to find inspiration and heartbreak in the story of African American soldiers in the Civil War. The True Story of Glory Continues, narrated by Morgan Freeman, looks at the patriots of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, formed at the behest of Frederick Douglass. Their story of gallantry and heroism is told with period photos, letters, reenactments, and footage from Glory. Fighting in South Carolina, risking unknown misery at the hands of Southern captors, rejecting the pittance offered them to fight (in comparison to the wages paid to white soldiers), these men fought and died to help free their brothers and sisters from their chains. While the oppression they suffered at the hands of their government and white commanders is horrendous, the viewer is forced to realize that these men, some of them former slaves themselves, were driven by principle to fight against a system they saw as even worse. That spirit of idealism is so well captured that The True Story of Glory Continues should find a place in every home. --Rob Lightner

From the back cover

The true story of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first black fighting unit of the American Civil War. Recruited in the North, they launched the assault on Fort Wagner, South Carolina in July, 1863. This gallant deed was stunningly portrayed in the Academy Award winning film, "Glory". Now their story continues...Meet the soldiers of the 54th through period drawings, sketches, paintings and actual photographs, combined with film and additional footage from "Glory". See the events vividly come to life--follow the troops as they recover from Fort Wagner and go on to the siege of Charleston and the battle of Olustee. Here are the real heroes, the real stories. Experience the Civil War in all its glory. A portion of the sale of this video will be donated by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video to the Conservation Fund for preservation of Civil War battlefields.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The True Story of 'Glory' Continues, April 28, 2000

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Richard Reed (Lakewood, Colorado, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Story of Glory Continues [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a rather well-done video that nicely supplements the film 'Glory.' It provides a number of historical insights into the famed 54th Massachusetts Regiment, along with some footage that did not appear in the original film.