89 Films & TV Shows Set In North America During The 18th Century
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Allegheny Uprising
Pennsylvania The 18th CenturySouth western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indians who are armed with rifles supplied by white traders.
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Drums Along the Mohawk
New York The 18th CenturyThrilling! Stirring! Spectacular! — Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.
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Old Glory
🇺🇸 United States of America The 18th CenturyPorky balks at learning the Pledge of Allegiance until Uncle Sam appears to him in a dream and gives him a lesson in American history.
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Sons of Liberty
🇺🇸 United States of America The 18th CenturySet during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon, American patriot and financier of the American Revolution.
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Daniel Boone
Kentucky Virginia The 18th CenturyONE OF THE MOST THRILLING STORIES OF AMERICAN HISTORY EVER FILMED! — In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites.
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Naughty Marietta
Louisiana The 18th CenturyJeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy together for the first time! — A French princess in Colonial America gets involved with a mercenary.
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The Ghost Goes West
Florida Scotland The 1930s The 18th CenturyThe most romantic ghost you've ever seen! — An American businessman's family convinces him to buy a Scottish castle and disassemble it to ship it to America brick by brick, where it will be put it back together. The castle though is not the only part of the deal, with it goes the several-hundred year old ghost who haunts it.
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The Pursuit of Happiness
🇺🇸 United States of America The 18th CenturyLederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local militiaman jealously makes things hard for him while he's a prisoner of war.
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America
New York Massachusetts Virginia The 18th CenturyThe story of a family caught up in the American Revolutionary War.
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Janice Meredith
🇺🇸 United States of America The 18th CenturyIt is 1774, the eve of the American War of Independence. Janice comes from a Tory household. She cavorts with American and British alike, is pursued by Charles Fownes, patriot and friend of General Washington.
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Betsy Ross
🇺🇸 United States of America The 18th CenturyRevolutionary War heroine Betsy Ross finds herself in competition with her sister for the affections of a British soldier.
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The Spirit of '76
Pennsylvania The 18th CenturyCatherine Montour (Adda Gleason), a striking half-breed Indian princess, and mistress of King George III (Jack Cosgrove) aspires to become the first Queen of America when the revolution breaks out.
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The Heart of a Hero
🇺🇸 United States of America The 18th CenturyThis is a visualization of the life of patriot Nathan Hale which is based on a play by Clyde Fitch. Robert Warwick plays Nathan (and does a fine job) and Gail Kane the girl whom he loves (Alice Adams).