23 DECEMBER 1955, Page 8

`HISTORIANS KNOW a lot about Davy Crockett, more, perhaps, than

the cinema would appreciate,' comments The Times's critic reviewing Mr. Walt Disney's film on this American folk hero. Quite right, and among the things they do know is that Santa Anna was the name of a Mexican general and not, as stated in the same notice, the place where Davy met his heroic end. It seems that the cinema can still teach historians like The Times's film critic the story of the siege of. Fort Alamo.