According to a 15 January 1970 Associated Press report published two days day after the film's initial airing on ABC, the film ran about 12 minutes short because someone started the projector for part two of the film while several minutes of film were left on the projector unreeling part one. Per the AP: "This resulted in the omission of a big chunk of action in mid-program and panic at the studio when the program unexpectedly ended early. They grabbed a handy reel of film and slammed it on the air. ... Almost 350 viewers called ABC to ask what was wrong. And two called to congratulate the network on the filler program, a minidocumentary on the Revolutionary War that was never finished."