The Charge of the Light Brigade
A chronicle of the events that led to the British involvement in the Crimean War against Russia and which resulted in the siege of Sevastopol and the fierce Battle of Balaclava on October 25, 1854, which culminated with the heroic, but near-disastrous calvary charge made by the British Light Brigade against a Russian artillery battery in a small valley, which resulted in the near-destruction of the brigade due to error of judgement and rash planning on the
Released: 1968-04-10