Day 11 (D-50) Fort Laramie, A radio Western, a film

Fort Laramie, on the radio and on the screen
Excuse me for this long post with English that will be too difficult for my students.  But I thought you might find it interesting nonetheless.
I never knew that Americans listened to Westerns on their radios before John Wayne became the American hero!  Fort Laramie is a CBS Radio Western series.  Americans could listen to the episodes on Sunday afternoons January 22-October 28, 1956 at 5:30pm ET.
There were 400 soldiers at the fort.  There were nearby towns and settlements and a nearby Indian reservation with 4,000 Sioux camped there.  Major Ned Daggart was in command and he didn't always see eye to eye with Captain Quince.  Daggart had a niece called Terrie Lawson, who had her eye on the Captain.....  
This Western drama depicted the life at old Fort Laramie during the 19th century.
Here's what's too difficult, listening to the radio in English, in 1957!
If you are curious, you can open this site:
https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Fort_Laramie_Singles/Fort_Laramie_56-01-22_ep01_Playing_Indian.mp3

Next came the film in 1957.  It's with subtitles.
Revolt at Fort Laramie
A story of "Cowboys and Indians" and Bluecoats.  A part of America's history and fascination with the West. Today, politically incorrect. 
https://youtu.be/YVOvzAz1oww

And here's a short documentary film, but I'm afraid the subtitles are not always correct.  But please take a look.
An interesting 10 minutes. "Echoes From Fort Laramie" --Wyoming's Role in The American Frontier.
https://youtu.be/yDard0_FL1Y

My best, 
Jane
PS There is also a town in Wyoming, to the 50 miles northwest of Cheyenne, which is called Laramie (pop. 31,000).  It's where the former Vice- President Dick Cheney went to the University of Wyoming. (Today 13,000 students.) In the United States, universities have their songs, sung at sports events and for remembering one's alma mater. In Wyoming: Ragtime Cowboy Joe and others.  If you are curious, look and listen here: http://www.uwyo.edu/alumni/about-the-uwaa/songs.html

There is also another television series called Laramie that I vaguely remember.  You can take a look here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhbs3-sAtHs
Another example where the "Indians" are the enemy and are shot, already in the opening scene.
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-- nonetheless =  "néanmoins"
--ET =  (not the film!) = Eastern Time; there are 4 time zones in the United States, this one is for the eastern states.
-- settlements =  "colonies"
-- to see eye to eye = http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/english-in-a-minute-see-eye-to-eye/3620611.html
--- depicted = showed, "dépeindre" 
--alma mater = the university where you did your studies; also the song of that university