Margin for Victory: Washington's Strategy, 1779

Duration: 22

Genre: Drama | Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1954

Creator: Teaching Film Custodians

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Re-enacts the career of Robert Twonsend, a loyal American patriot during the Revolutionary War, who posed as a Tory and acted as an intelligence agent for general Washington. Shows how Townsend's information enabled Washington to head off a British attack on French reinforcements landing in Rhode Island. Explains that these French reinforcements significantly influenced the outcome of the Revolution., Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of an episode of the DuPont sponsored Cavalcade of America television series (season 2, episode 18), which aired February 16, 1954 on ABC-TV. This historical drama highlights the career of Robert Townsend, loyal American patriot during the Revolutionary War, who posed as a Tory and acted as an intelligence agent for General Washington. Townsend's information enabled Washington to head off a British attack on French reinforcements landing in Rhode Island. These French reinforcements significantly influenced the outcome of the Revolution.

Complete Record: Re-enacts the career of Robert Twonsend, a loyal American patriot during the Revolutionary War, who posed as a Tory and acted as an intelligence agent for general Washington. Shows how Townsend's information enabled Washington to head off a British attack on French reinforcements landing in Rhode Island. Explains that these French reinforcements significantly influenced the outcome of the Revolution., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.