A veteran of the charge, Trumpeter Martin Leonard Landfried, from the 17th Lancers made a recording on an Edison cylinder which we use in this film of him playing the same trumpet that he used on that ...

At the Battle of Balaclava in 1854, the Charge of the Light Brigade became one of the most famous — and tragic — cavalry charges in history. In this video, we recount how a miscommunication sent ...