From the circa 1970s promotional materials: "Still photographs, paintings and live action are sensitively and imaginatively merged into a study of the conflict between two cultures. On one side - the inexorable white advance across the continent, spearheaded by the United States Cavalry, characterized by an appetite for land and a zealous belief in Manifest Destiny, accompanied by the beat of gold fever and the boom of conquest. On the other side - Indians, inhabitors and possessors of the land, questioning the white tide and resisting compromise, with pride thousands of years old and a culture that rang with independence. The two cultures met on the Little Bighorn in a clash that has reverberated for 100 years. Lt. Col. George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry, riding for glory - and 3,000 Sioux and Cheyenne warriors flaming with injustice. Sunday, June 25, 1876. Red Sunday. Narrated by John McIntire and sponsored by the Montana Travel Promotion Unit, the North Dakota Travel Division, and the Montana and North Dakota Bicentennial Administrations, RED SUNDAY was filmed for distribution through 1975 and the Bicentennial Year 1976 - which is also the centennial year of the Battle of the Little Bighorn." (collection MOV 0099)
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