America (1924 film)

America is a 1924 silent historical war romance film. It describes the heroic story of the events during the American Revolutionary War, in which filmmaker D. W. Griffith created a film adaptation of Robert W. Chambers novel The Reckoning. The plot mainly centers itself on the battles of the New York State, with romance sliced into the individual movie scenes.

In Lexington, Massachusetts, Nathan Holden Neil Hamilton works as an express rider and minute man for the Boston Committee of Public Safety. At a mission to deliver a dispatch to the Virginia legislature, he meets Nancy Montague Carol Dempster and falls in love with her, but her father Justice Montague Erville Alderson, a Tory judge, is not impressed with the rioter. Nancy Montagues brother, Charles Montague Charles Emmett Mack, is very influenced by George Washingtons heroism and decides that he wanted to support the colonists. However, he dies fighting the war in Bunker Hill.Nancy and her father travel to Mohawk Valley, while Holden visits George Washington Arthur Dewey at Valley Forge. He gets sent to New York with Morgans raiders to settle down the Native American attacks up north. Meanwhile, Montague has arrived in the north country for a visit at his brothers home. Butler occupies the Montague estate. His men kill Montagues brother and he arrests Montague and takes Nancy prisoner. Holden arrives to spy on Butler and overhears his plans for a massacre attack. He leaves to sound the alarm, reluctantly leaving Nancy behind with Butler. Butler plans to force himself on Nancy, but the Native Americans decide to attack immediately and Butler is compelled to join them. Nancy escapes when Butler leaves for the battle, and she and Montague reach the fort safely before the attack. The attackers mount ruthless attack on the fort, ultimately breaching the walls and killing many settlers. The Morgans raiders arrive and liberate the fort, saving the lives of Montague and Nancy. A separate group of militia and Native Americans chase down and kill Butler, putting a stop to his plan. Montague believes in Holdens worth, and allows him and Nancy to be together. The film concludes with the surrender of General Cornwallis and the presidential inauguration of George Washington. ........

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