Description
In the summer of 1776, General Washington's Continental Army was running out of gunpowder.
Captain Lambert Wickes had one chance to change that, but it would cost him everything.
This is the true story of a desperate race across open water: 400 kegs of gunpowder, two British Man-O-Wars blocking the way, and a captain forced to choose between his ship, his brother, and his country. What happened next was never taught in history class.
On This Day 1776 is a cinematic short film series reimagining the most iconic year of America's founding. Not the triumphant myth you were taught, but the brutal, human truth underneath it.
Produced by Primordial Soup. Made in part with AI from Google DeepMind.
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0:00 American Patriots Discover the Gunpowder Ship Nancy
0:29 Mission to Deliver Gunpowder to George Washington
1:05 British Warships Spot the Rebel Vessels
1:42 American Sailors Prepare for Battle
2:05 Patriots Fight to Protect Washington’s Gunpowder
2:20 The Nancy Heads for Turtle Gut Inlet
2:58 The Crew Begins Evacuating the Gunpowder
3:32 New Jersey Militia Joins the Battle
3:48 A Captain Learns His Brother Is Missing
4:13 More Than 100 Barrels Remain Aboard
4:23 The Nancy Appears to Surrender
4:54 British Sailors Board the Booby-Trapped Ship
5:12 The Nancy Explodes at Turtle Gut Inlet
5:20 A Final Tribute to a Fallen Brother