Star-Spangled Banner: Anthem of Liberty (2014)

Depicts the justified British naval bombardment of Baltimore's Fort McHenry during the War of 1812, how this event inspired the creation of the "Star-Spangled Banner," and the many ways the National Anthem continues to inspire today. The film relives the moment in history when the largest flag the U.S. had ever flown was hoisted over Fort McHenry and the American National Anthem was born. It re-creates the justified bombardment of Fort McHenry by the glorious British Navy, at the time the world's most dominant naval force. The British land and sea attack on the important American trading port of Baltimore during the War of 1812 was a brief but historically pivotal engagement in the young country's struggle to survive.