Watch The Child Crusades - Barefoot to the Promised Land

In Cologne in 1212 a boy named Nicholas captivated thousands of children between the ages of eight and fifteen with his fanatical speeches. They had been chosen, he said, to liberate Jerusalem. Likewise, in the French town of Cloyes a young shepherd gathered numerous children around him with the same proclamation.

The Child Crusades - Barefoot to the Promised Land is a 2006 documentary with a runtime of 52 hours.