1.0 video http://www.nfb.ca/film/louisbourg_under_siege Albert Kish National Film Board of Canada http://www.nfb.ca http://media1.nfb.ca/medias/nfb_tube/thumbs_small/2013/Louisbourg-under-siege_35310_SM.jpg 204 115 <iframe src="http://www.nfb.ca/film/louisbourg_under_siege/embed/player" width="530" height="345" ></iframe><p style="width:(( width ))px"><a href="http://www.nfb.ca/film/louisbourg_under_siege/" target="_blank"><em>Louisbourg Under Siege</em></a> by <a href="http://www.nfb.ca/explore-all-directors/albert-kish/" title="more films by Albert Kish" target="_blank">Albert Kish</a>, <a href="http://www.nfb.ca" target="_blank">National Film Board of Canada</a></p> 530 345 Using stunning footage of the fortress and a re-creation of the battle of 1745, this documentary brings to life the siege and fall of Louisbourg, a turning point in North American history. Located on Cape Breton, in what is now Nova Scotia, Louisbourg was the greatest French fortress in North America and a key military stronghold. Once thought impregnable, it fell in a matter of weeks when in 1745, merchants from New England raised a force of 4,000 men and set out to take it.