#SWAYR - Twitter Hashtag

Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

The Colonel leaves the reception to tend the graves of his family and to talk to his wife #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

"Buglar, sound the Charge" #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

"We are too old for war "Yes we are too old for war but old men should stop wars" #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

For all the criticism of Ford today, the film like all his Westerns is sympathetic to the Indians #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

Quinncannon without the captain around would have got himself busted. Putting him in the guardhouse keeps him out of trouble until retirement. Eve of retirement to sergeant major as well #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

I am in the proper uniform. The uniform of a retired gentleman #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

Now is the second lieutenant's time #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

By this stage former boxer, WWI veteran and fine character actor Victor McLaglan can be best described as a functioning alcoholic #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

Brittles was a veteran of the Mexican War, frontier garrison duty and the Civil War. He would have likely been commanding his own regiment before being reduced in rank to captain when peace broke out #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

"A Gallant Soldier and a Christian Gentleman" The Confederate Battle Flag placed on the grave. A regular theme in Ford films was reconciliation between former enemies of the Civil War #SWAYR

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Paddy Blewer @Padsky

almost 5 years ago

Then the funeral. The film was made only 80 years after the Civil War. Finding a new American identity. Clangs a bit now #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

"Dog face" was a popular description for the ordinary rank and file. The army was seen as a refuge for the unemployable and desperate #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

Ben Johnson a brilliant rodeo rider who was also a naturally gifted actor #SWAYR

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Brian Williams @BriW74

almost 5 years ago

The Frontier era US regular army was scattered in company strength detachments. Unloved, undermanned, ill paid, the officers were Civil War veterans with little promotion prospects and the ranks largely Irish and German immigrants #SWAYR

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