The Mormon Battalion (1950)
The Mormon Battalion (Edward Finney Productions, 1950) Edward Finney narrates this film depicting the Mormon Battalion's wagon party making its way from Council Bluffs to California in 1846. Another strand shows a contemporary bus-based re-enactment of the trip. The Mormon Battalion was recruited by California to invade Northern Mexico. After the trek and the service, the Mormons returned to their homes in Iowa and Utah. The film was never copyrighted and no intact copy is currently available. Marty Knepper Morningside College knepper@morningside.edu & John Shelton Lawrence Morningside College j.shelton.1@gmail.com
