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"You will be there when "the shot heard 'round the world" is fired...exciting and fun.Kids and adults will love this!"

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Battle Road   
"The battles of Lexington and Concord", "The shot heard 'round the world", "One if by land, two if by sea".  If ever one single day has been woven in myth and legend, it is the 19th of April, 1775.  From the lanterns of the Old North Church to the famous midnight ride, these events have taken on a storybook mystique.  In actuality, it was far from it.  It took more nerve than most of us can even imagine to have been holding a musket that chilly April dawn. . . or to be riding at break-neck speed in the pitch black of night, knowing full well that mounted patrols were out upon the same road. . . looking for you!  Here it is, as it was.  There is no glossed over legend here!

Running time: 64 minutes

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Old Ironsides - Escape to the Wind    Set sail again on America's oldest commissioned warship, this time just before the War of 1812.  This project took on a life of its own while we researched and created this production.  With a wonderful cast, the result is a stunning, uplifting program effused with the spirit of early America.  You'll find new respect for "Old Ironsides" and be grateful for the freedoms that she helped to preserve.  Includes the famous kedging incident (where Yankee ingenuity over comes a superior British fleet) and her brutal duel with the HMS Guerriere.

Running time: 61 minutes

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Old Ironsides - The Barbary Pirates    "Old Ironsides".  Her name is known to just about every American, but how many of us know her story and adventures?  Too few, unfortunately.  Her exploits read like a Hollywood screenplay or a novel from a wild imagination.  However, they're all true and presented here for the first time in a historically accurate dramatization.  The U.S.S. Constitution sails before your very eyes and her broadsides explode before your very ears!  Her spirit will appear before you as she and Commander Preble once again proudly set sail for Tripoli!

Running time: 61 minutes

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"Much like a good book (The Alamo) will transport you to another place and time.The Colonial Radio Players are story tellers, and boy do they tell a whopping good story.I recommend this program."

Randell Tarin, Alamo de Parras

 

The Alamo    This battle is clouded in so many layers of myths and legends, that it has only been through books that one could get the real picture.  Until now.  The script to this production was determined to keep the historical stereotypes off the pages and to try and tell the story as close to fact as possible.  So listen to the program and put yourself there!  Relive the tale that has been remembered all through our history as "The Alamo!" Some scenes may be too intense for younger listeners.

Running time: 87 minutes

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"History lovers and students will enjoy this emotionally charged presentation.5 Stars, our highest rating!"

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Plimoth Adventure - Voyage of Mayflower   
From the actual pages of William Bradford's journal, this production details the Pilgrims' epic struggle for religious freedom in the New World.  Many people have heard of what these brave souls endured after they landed at Plimoth, now hear what persecution and betrayals led them to their fateful voyage!

Running time: 51 minutes

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Bunker Hill
Two months after the Battles of Lexington and Concord, came the battle of Bunker Hill. The First "pitched" battle of the American Revolution. The spectacle of this event was overwhelming - the mighty army of England marching up the steep incline as the farmers of New England waited behind a hastily prepared redoubt. Three times they charged the hill while their Light Infantry assaulted the deadly rail fence by the Charles River, as guns from the warships in the harbor blasted the dirt redoubt. Highly detailed and accurate, you will find yourself among the Militia companies holding your fire until you see "the whites of their eyes!"

Running time: 70 minutes


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"Little Big Horn"

Nominated for 2000 Golden Headset Award


Lt. Col. George A. Custer leads his 7th Cavalry in the Valley of the Little Big Horn and into eternity in this truly spectacular audio dramatization. It is our heartfelt hope that we have done justice to the events of June 25th 1876. It was a horrific battle, which saw no true victors. Custer's command lost their lives. The Plains Indians lost their way of life
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Little Big Horn
Bozeman Trail



The Bozeman Trail and the Fetterman Massacre
Had it not been for Custer's defeat at the hands of the Sioux, the story of The Bozeman Trail and the Fetterman Massacre would be known to every American today as one of our worst military disasters. While it was a defeat for the U.S. Cavalry, it was a victory for all the Native Americans.

Running time: 44 minutes

 
The Civil War


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Gettysburg - The Complete Radio Drama
In the tradition of classic radio plays, with a full cast, music and sound effects, The Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air is proud to present this spectacular 3 cassette production - "Gettysburg." Highly detailed and accurate, you will find yourself in the middle of General Buford's skirmish line, Little Round Top, The Wheatfield, Pickett's Charge, and listen while President Lincoln delivers his address some four months later. No matter which side you are loyal to... "Gettysburg" will have your heart pounding with its action, adventure and suspense.

Running time: 210 minutes

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ALABAMA!
The story of the famed Confederate Warship and scourge of the Union shipping fleet during the American Civil War.

running time: 70 minutes

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SHILOH
General U.S. Grant and General Sherman are caught off guard by the entire Confederate Army, with their backs to the Tennessee River! The war is almost lost in this crucial battle. An action packed adventure based totally on fact.

running time: 85 minutes

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THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE.
Stephen Cranes classic novel about a young man’s first battle in the Civil War.

running time: 113 minutes

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THE BLOCKADE RUNNERS.
From Jules Verne comes this exciting CRT production about an English Blockade Runner in the American Civil War, and its attempt to free a prisoner held by the Confederates.

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ADVANCE AND RETREAT.
From the memoirs of Confederate General John B. Hood, this play traces his life as a young Lieutenant on the plains fighting Indians, to the Siege of Atlanta.

running time: 46 minutes

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