From the Aberdeen American News:
A documentary about the Battle of the Little Bighorn could include scenes from western South Dakota, according to a Rapid City man involved in the project.
A television crew from the British Broadcasting Corp. plans to be in the state for about 12 days in late May or early June to shoot footage along the Cheyenne River on a ranch near Wasta.
The documentary focuses new information about where Lt. Col. George Custer tried to cross the Little Bighorn River in the 7th Cavalry's 1876 defeat, said Jim Hatzell, a cavalry re-enactor and the film's technical adviser.
BBC director Dave Stewart and Hatzell picked the location this fall.
Hatzell said the National Park Service doesn't allow reenactment film projects nor the firing of blank ammunition inside the battlefield boundaries.
But when Stewart saw the Cheyenne River location, he thought it would be perfect for the documentary, said Hatzell.
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