She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

The famous and largely accidental "lightning" sequence which won cinematographer Winton Hoch his Academy Award, in which Brittles (John Wayne) helps the doctor (Arthur Shields) and Abby (Mildred Natwick) save an injured soldier in John Ford's She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, 1949.

Rousing title sequence and unusually detailed prologue from She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, 1949, the second and only color entry in John Ford's legendary "Cavalry Trilogy," with Ben Johnson as the ubiquitous Trooper Tyree.

An emotional Captain Brittles (John Wayne) visits the grave of his wife and is joined by Miss Dandridge (Joanne Dru) in this famous sound-stage exterior from John Ford's She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, 1949.

Lt. Pennell (Harry Carey Jr.) and Miss Dandridge (Joanne Dru) are thwarted in their picnic plans first by Lt. Cohill (John Agar) then by Captain Brittles (John Wayne) in a famous scene from John Ford's She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, 1949.

A last bit of introductory narration as Sgt. Quincannon (Victor McLaglen) enters the quarters of about-to-retire Capt. Brittles (John Wayne) in the semi-comical opening scene from John Ford's She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, 1949.

An aging Cavalry officer (John Wayne) tries to pervent an Indian war in the last days before his retirement in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949).