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  2. Horses in the Napoleonic Wars - Wikipedia

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    The war horse was traditionally of moderate size for both officers and troopers, since heavy horses were logistically difficult to maintain, and less adaptable to varied terrain. Most armies at the time preferred cavalry horses to be 15.2 hands (62 inches, 157 cm) and 450–500 kilograms (990–1,100 lb).

  3. Marengo (horse) - Wikipedia

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    Napoleon Crossing the Alps painted by Jacques-Louis David.The horse in the painting is believed to be Marengo. Marengo's skeleton on display in November 2011. Marengo (c. 1793 – 1831) was the famous war horse of Napoleon I of France.

  4. List of war films and TV specials set between 1775 and 1914

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    Bagrationi (1985) USSR movie; Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story TV Series (1987) La Révolution Française (1989) Pan Tadeusz (1999) Sharpe (1993–2006) (TV series) Hornblower (1998–2003 TV series) – last two episodes (Loyalty, Duty) The Emperor's New Clothes, adaptation of the novel The Death of Napoleon. A what if tale of Napoleon's ...

  5. Movie review: Joaquin Phoenix meets his Waterloo in 'Napoleon'

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    It's a movie of men, horses, digital blood bursts and practical craftsmanship. ... The movie made me long for the one Scott made 46 years ago on a tight budget, likewise set during the Napoleonic ...

  6. List of fictional horses - Wikipedia

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    Joey, from the movie War Horse; Little Blackie, from the John Wayne film True Grit; Lucky Number Slevin, from the movie of the same name; Khartoum, the ill-fated horse from The Godfather; Maximus, horse featured in the animated film Tangled; Napoleon, Snoe's gray cart horse and The Black's stable mate in the film The Black Stallion

  7. ‘Napoleon’: How Mechanical Horses Helped Ridley Scott’s VFX ...

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    Ridley Scott has said he would never hurt an animal, and in his latest film, “Napoleon,” he made good on that promise. He pulled off those gory battle scenes with the help of horse wranglers ...

  8. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film) - Wikipedia

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    The film's screenplay is very loosely based on the famous Charge of the Light Brigade that occurred during the Crimean War (1853–56). Additionally, the storyline includes an event similar to the Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. This was the second of eight films in which Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland costar.

  9. Waterloo (1970 film) - Wikipedia

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    Waterloo (Russian: Ватерлоо) is a 1970 English-language epic historical war film about the Battle of Waterloo.A co-production between Italy and the Soviet Union, it was directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentiis.