I remember doing a reenanctment in 6th grade as a line battle. I was the commander in my battallion, I had my class of 32 people as the troops I commanded. When me and the other british general were organized in lines, we came up to each other. Back to back, faced our army, turned to walk away, and then the British general shot me in the back with a fake flintlock, I had the most EPIC death ever.
There are 2 or 3 different ways to do it. If you live in Colorado, you could join in on a battle we have planned for late this September, or one of several planned for next spring. If you live in another state, you could either come to Colorado or you could arrange with your local schools or other organization, for us to be invited and we will come to your area. We will provide what is needed so that you can do it!
Thanks for saying so! What is not immediately apparent from the youtube clip, is the result: It actually makes the kids want to study history, which Albert Einstein said was the most important of all school subjects. I wish more people had a clue about that...
Stay tuned. In a few months we plan to post excerpts of a movie we are working on: "The Battle of Trenton", Washington's Continentals vs. Rall's Hessians. It will be a spectacular visual treat!
Thanks for the kind words! It does really work to make kids love history. Questionnaires filled out by high school seniors name this experience as the most memorable event in school. We would come to Europe [where are you?] if invited. These 'battle' clips had about 325 involved but we could outfit, equip and train over 500 kids and adults, if desired. We do primarily the American Revolution and US Civil War.
@25kingjack: Usually we are invited by schools or homeschool groups or individuals who want to arrange it. If we have 300 kids participating, we can afford to come to VA. When we come, we would supply all of the uniforms, equipment, training-everything needed to put on the battle and make the movie. What we don't supply is the "troops" or the battlefield [filming area] or the training facility. But yes, we supply everything else.
You're right, we don't issue black powder to kids. The cannons use footpumps to shoot smoke [flour]. The muskets the kids use shoot smoke by blowing it, using a cleverly concealed tube. It's a compliment that you thought it looked real. We don't issue any dangerous items to the kids, even the bayonets, tomahawks, etc., are safe]. Over 100,000 kids have done it with us, no one has ever been hurt.
@koshi116 We use several different methods. One uses footpumps with hoses to push flour into the air. Another uses small amounts of black powder [at least 10' from the kids] with a topper of flour and corks to simulate debris, wired to a control panel. Another is low-tech: we have the kids kneel behind the troops and throw flour into the air. With proper timing, the surrounding kids jump away to simulate a devastating explosion! Sound effects are added in post-production.
That is so cool! Brilliant idea getting the kids involved. :) one question, how do the muskets and cannon work? Surely you don't hand out black powder to the kids!?
I don't understand your point, if you have one?!?!?! Black soldiers, even kids, participated on both sides during the Revolutionary War. For example, American cavalry commander William Washington's bugler-boy was a 14-year-old black kid. The British offered freedom to slaves that would agree to fight on their side and many did. So, you saw a black kid. Really?!?!?!
@youcanlivehistory they did. They were offered freedom from service on both sides which is what eventually led to the abolishment of slavery in the uk!
It is funny to see them shoot smoke and to make it more realistic, then manually make recoil. It's fun to do that when I play around with my BB Gun :)))
Hey everybody, independent filmmakers Zack Zortman and Steve Kane here. Wed like you to check out our film, Colonial Commandments here on Youtube. Its the tale of a psycho Revolutionary War colonel wannabe who terrorizes a college student. If you like slapstick comedy and are willing to give our low-budget production a chance, simply type Colonial Commandments in on your Youtube search bar. The film is broken into 5 parts so be sure to watch them all! Thank you!
You may be referring to one of the British artillerists. Those wore a blue uniform with red facings and yellow button loops, coincidentally, the same uniform worn by American artillerists. Not all British soldiers wore red coats.
Nearly every country in Europe dressed their artillery in blue, just as some of the cavalry wore the same colours. The infantry were generally the most important factor of armies back then, artillary were behind the lines and the cavalry was mostly used for mopping up, so the colours dident matter so much
I think the redcoats were usually British-the Hessians usually wore bluecoats. I think the Brits hired the Hessians because they were short of soldiers. The Brits had a lot on their plate with a lot of areas of the world to try to control. Hessians had a reputation for being fierce and as well-trained and inexpensive to hire.
Actually the Hessians, and let us not forget the Brunswickers, wore blue coats with different colored facings to identify which regiment they belonged to. As for the reason they were hired, it is mainly because the British did not want to have their army on the other side of the Atlantic should the French decide they wanted to invade.
George III was afflicted with porphyria but the symptoms did not first appear until 1788--after the Revolution, of course, and he got better quickly. The Revolution was not caused by the king anyway, it was the business of Parliament passing laws and how to enforce them. George III, as King and head of state, represented it even though he didn't have the power. The war might've been avoided, maybe, if they had telephones and could communicate more quickly, but alas, no such luck.
You're right about some liberals objecting to guns. That initial thought often changes, though, when they see that the best way to teach the value of peace is to teach about war. Hiding knowledge does not help our kids.
Einstein was a liberal and he thought history was the most important subject for people to learn.
Conservatives like the program too, partly because all of the kids are learning self-discipline -but not in a harsh way. And the kids don't use real guns.
The kids are only "down for the scene" instead of "down for the day", so they don't mind taking hits. We're filming a movie about each battle they do.
Relax, it's only a nightmare-they're not real guns. All of the kids who participate are shown real muskets, the damage they can do is explained, the safe handling of firearms is taught, along with a healthy respect for life. These kids were performing for a movie and they knew the difference between what is play-acting [for a movie] and what is real.
yes ok the puffs of smoke are flour. but those clips showing the diffrence between these "flour guns" and real guns better come soon because there are a lot of people here on youtube (not me) thinking that these little kids are actually shooting real gunpowder.
Federico, reading profile, you want to be a film director. As you know, movie making is telling a story and about making something that is not real, seem real. It's a compliment that it looks real enough to you [and others] to be concerned for the kids' safety. The clips where the kids use wheat flour instead of rice flour are even more realistic! But fear not! I'll mention that in the last 18 years, 500 battles reenacted, with over 100,000 kids participating, we've never had a serious injury.
yes ok......i understand that......its not me im talking about, its about all the others who dont know the diffrence. and yes i understand that no one has been hurt, thats wonderful ok.
no....it cant be man. a full load or even a half load of powder would knock back and hurt a kid. i doubt that these schools would give heavy lethal replica weapons to young children. besides, the puffs of smoke are too little and too few (not enough smoke) to be real black powder.
You're right! We do show the kids the real weapons during their training period, explaining the damage they do and the safe handling of such weapons, which I feel is very important for them to know. As I said above, we usually use wheat flour, which looks much smokier. We'll post some other battle clips soon, to show the difference.
Actually we don't issue gunpowder to the kids [or anything else they could hurt themselves with]. Over the last 18 years more than 100,000 kids have taken part in a YCLH reenactment and no one has ever been seriously injured!
the smoke puffs come out like this.there is a little tube that they put their mouths on and then they blow out flower.i know this bacause i was in that war.
ok great thats awsome. it gives me some idea to create my own special effects rifle. but any idea how they get the cannons to fire flower? a spring maybe??
That was a scene from a battle done with the Cheyenne Mt. School District in Colorado Springs. It was 6 schools together.
They do this every year. Most people believe it makes the kids become much more interested in history, which is the goal. It's fun but the kids have to learn a lot and they work hard to do it as well as they do.
If i was that age i would have loved to do that... But that was probably one of the most annoying things seeing some kids run in place and everyone was acting like the musket kicks up a foot into they air when you fire. all it does is kick back.
For any 11 or 12 year old kids who ever have fired a large caliber [the Brown Bess is 75 cal] weapon, it actually might knock them over unless they're expecting it and hold it in a manner where they expect a good kick in the shoulder...
True, Cromwell was ruthless-but rather in the same way that Bonaparte was, I mean that something had to be done about the incredible power the monarchy held over the vast majority of their subjects. Though very painful for a lot of folks, it may have been worth the suffering-in order to give people some measure of freedom.
Cromwell was a bit of a bastard. England's one and only attempt at a president. You know he actually outlawed christmas??!!?!? He also slaughtered a lot of welds and Irish folk, but he outlawed Christmas!!??!?
I'm a patriotic Englishman and I'm happy to admit that Britain was in the wrong here. Interestingly our then leader, King George III was actually insane. We didn't get another mad leader until Thatcher!
And what a waste of all that tea! You could have had that tea at midday with clotted cream and scones
But instead, America help finance Boney when he sold us the Louisiana Purchase. And the US was fighting Britain in the war of 1812, making the French our allies again.
Ah yes, the 1812 war. The French had failed to take Russia so Britain, incapable of seeing a belt without punching below it, decided to stick the boot in. (I love mixing my metaphors!)
Sorry about arming the Indians and burning the Whitehouse. We were quite a naughty little Island Then. You should have made the Whitehouse out of stone not wood. Like Buckingham palace. Ain't nobody ever burned buckingham palace. Though the luftwaffa did manage to carpet bomb the outside netty.
The people who organize these things gives the kids a chance to actually participate and learn rather than going to a reenactment with their parents and spend most of the day saying: "I'm bored!"
whoaaa major safety violations omg omg omg. i cant watch this. omg bayonet charges omg are these things really loaded?!?!?! omg i wouldn't give one to a kid under the age of 16 that's dangerous omg. and the cannon uhhhh. please tell me our insurance is Awsome.
It may surprise you to know that our safety record is very good. In the last 18 years, over 100,000 kids have reenacted nearly 500 different battles and we've never had a serious injury! [I think the worst injury was that a couple of kids fell on a cactus]. Everything is made to be safe for the kids. No insurance claim has ever been filed against us!
I'm curious to know, how many reenactments you yourself have organized and where I might view clips of them? It's always much easier to tear down something than it is to create something. If you're comparing this effort to a movie studio with professional actors and a budget of millions with a year to shoot it, you shouldn't. We had one 4 hr. shoot and a few thousand dollars to operate with-and made a half-hour movie about the battle of Brandywine.
Why carry the Royal Banner? the English troops would have carried the regimental flag and the Union flag (minus the irish cross). Not the Current Royal banner
Hi Duncan. You're quite correct, of course. The current banner did not come into being until 1801. The reason we used it was because it was the closest we could come to the original as to availability of historical flags and a very tiny budget we have with which to work.
Please know that no real weapons or uniforms were actually used in the reenactment. If you look closely enough, you may find other small flaws as well.
This was the Best Job I ever had. I loved the kids...the work..and the crew. Maybe someday you could travel to Washington...oh wait there's too much rain!
You could be part of it. We travel wherever there's a road. The only catch is we have to be invited. Often, kids will bring this to the attention of their teachers and that's how it gets done in their school!
Usually, it's white wheat flour. In this particular case, one student was allergic to wheat so we used rice flour. The wheat looks better, though, more smokey.
this has to be one of the best Revolutionary war reenactments I've seen on video. So realistic. And the kids had fun. And there were hundreds of them! Well done!
so...this is what really happend?
mjfan123100 4 months ago
Shit this is better than adult ones xD
moizeus 7 months ago
I remember doing a reenanctment in 6th grade as a line battle. I was the commander in my battallion, I had my class of 32 people as the troops I commanded. When me and the other british general were organized in lines, we came up to each other. Back to back, faced our army, turned to walk away, and then the British general shot me in the back with a fake flintlock, I had the most EPIC death ever.
pijef 8 months ago
There are 2 or 3 different ways to do it. If you live in Colorado, you could join in on a battle we have planned for late this September, or one of several planned for next spring. If you live in another state, you could either come to Colorado or you could arrange with your local schools or other organization, for us to be invited and we will come to your area. We will provide what is needed so that you can do it!
youcanlivehistory 9 months ago
can u please tell me how i could do this????
gtaisawesome87 9 months ago
Guess what... thats my school in there I get to do this!!!
ttreviews1000 10 months ago
i want to reeanact
xKAsoccer10x 11 months ago
lol tiny soldiers rock
deepfreeze1001 1 year ago
Don't say that too loud, you might upset some adults!
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
These kids are better than adults! LOL
crazyjayjay002 1 year ago
Thanks for saying so! What is not immediately apparent from the youtube clip, is the result: It actually makes the kids want to study history, which Albert Einstein said was the most important of all school subjects. I wish more people had a clue about that...
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
This is GREAT!!! What a awesome thing you are doing for these children!
flippysnotze 1 year ago
BRAVO as a reenactor myself i think that this is a wonderful program i think i speak for all reenactors when i say BRAVO.
generalalex6 1 year ago
Stay tuned. In a few months we plan to post excerpts of a movie we are working on: "The Battle of Trenton", Washington's Continentals vs. Rall's Hessians. It will be a spectacular visual treat!
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
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crazyjayjay002 1 year ago
perhaps you are speaking of the "bonnet" worn by the highlanders?
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
Why do some kids have head bands instead of hats?
crazyjayjay002 1 year ago
That is so fucking cute.
XxMissNoNamexX 1 year ago
Thanks for the kind words! It does really work to make kids love history. Questionnaires filled out by high school seniors name this experience as the most memorable event in school. We would come to Europe [where are you?] if invited. These 'battle' clips had about 325 involved but we could outfit, equip and train over 500 kids and adults, if desired. We do primarily the American Revolution and US Civil War.
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
You guys are brilliant. THIS got to get kids warm for History :)
I wish they do this in Europa to one day ^_^
How many kids were involved in this 'battle' ?
ViccardXViccc 1 year ago
IS this Located in Virginia anywhere?
25kingjack 1 year ago
@25kingjack -No, these particular clips were filmed in Colorado. But "You Can Live History" will travel to VA, if invited.
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
@youcanlivehistory Awesome, Who can Invite them?
25kingjack 1 year ago
@25kingjack: Usually we are invited by schools or homeschool groups or individuals who want to arrange it. If we have 300 kids participating, we can afford to come to VA. When we come, we would supply all of the uniforms, equipment, training-everything needed to put on the battle and make the movie. What we don't supply is the "troops" or the battlefield [filming area] or the training facility. But yes, we supply everything else.
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
You're right, we don't issue black powder to kids. The cannons use footpumps to shoot smoke [flour]. The muskets the kids use shoot smoke by blowing it, using a cleverly concealed tube. It's a compliment that you thought it looked real. We don't issue any dangerous items to the kids, even the bayonets, tomahawks, etc., are safe]. Over 100,000 kids have done it with us, no one has ever been hurt.
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
@youcanlivehistory well how are there little explosions where the cannon balls are hitting? Please tell, im curious.
koshi116 1 year ago
@koshi116 We use several different methods. One uses footpumps with hoses to push flour into the air. Another uses small amounts of black powder [at least 10' from the kids] with a topper of flour and corks to simulate debris, wired to a control panel. Another is low-tech: we have the kids kneel behind the troops and throw flour into the air. With proper timing, the surrounding kids jump away to simulate a devastating explosion! Sound effects are added in post-production.
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
@youcanlivehistory thanx!
koshi116 1 year ago
That is so cool! Brilliant idea getting the kids involved. :) one question, how do the muskets and cannon work? Surely you don't hand out black powder to the kids!?
lucasradford 1 year ago
i wish i did this when i was in elementary school....
waddupnoob 1 year ago
o man i wish i could have done that
JoeZeon100 1 year ago
Great Job two thumbs up! Bravo Bravo!
PukkPukk 1 year ago
@PukkPukk Thanks!! We'll be putting up more clips soon...
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
I saw a black kid WTF really?!?!?!?
PvEnPvP 1 year ago
@PvEnPvP
I don't understand your point, if you have one?!?!?! Black soldiers, even kids, participated on both sides during the Revolutionary War. For example, American cavalry commander William Washington's bugler-boy was a 14-year-old black kid. The British offered freedom to slaves that would agree to fight on their side and many did. So, you saw a black kid. Really?!?!?!
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
@youcanlivehistory they did. They were offered freedom from service on both sides which is what eventually led to the abolishment of slavery in the uk!
BlitzoftheReich 1 year ago
It is funny to see them shoot smoke and to make it more realistic, then manually make recoil. It's fun to do that when I play around with my BB Gun :)))
slimbullet96 1 year ago
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schiazzano 2 years ago
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Hey everybody, independent filmmakers Zack Zortman and Steve Kane here. Wed like you to check out our film, Colonial Commandments here on Youtube. Its the tale of a psycho Revolutionary War colonel wannabe who terrorizes a college student. If you like slapstick comedy and are willing to give our low-budget production a chance, simply type Colonial Commandments in on your Youtube search bar. The film is broken into 5 parts so be sure to watch them all! Thank you!
kane5250 2 years ago
um... is the "yankee Doodle" song out of tune?
slimbullet96 2 years ago
@slimbullet96
I think it's just unusual to hear it played in harmony
youcanlivehistory 1 year ago
at 0:32 it's kinda stupid how the guy is right next to the enemy's gun and not die
MeMagicalPie 2 years ago
using children is an advantage.
they look further away
filthmonger171 2 years ago
mrlekeafarm nice use of the word one...a
TheBritishElf 2 years ago
pretty good but my reenactment is more realistic i think
MenOfMischief 2 years ago
They are 4th-8th graders...
halo10001 2 years ago
lol i know. this is actually really kool. if u saw my reanactment on my channel it doesnt compare to this.
MenOfMischief 2 years ago
That's awesome!
PompousFlea 2 years ago
wow this is more realistic then when the professionals do it
loveless3138 2 years ago 2
nope, i didn't see no hessian, i watched it twice, and i would know, because i am a Hessian reenactor. regiment von bose
hessianfifer 2 years ago
how can our school do that?
kyla1781 2 years ago
do all the battles take place in colorado?
KinzCove 2 years ago
I think those guys in the middle were Hessian.
Keromalas 2 years ago
pretty cool
Jordan102896 2 years ago
They should do stuff like this in Britain
monkswood 2 years ago
not to be mean but ussually they do these things to celebrate that we one independence
MrLikeafarm 2 years ago
I don't mean only for the Revolution, Culloden, Waterloo, ECW & others
monkswood 2 years ago
This is in Colorado. Actually, You Can Live History [an educational non-profit] will go anywhere [even GA] but we have to be invited.
osburnbros 2 years ago
where is this??? only if my school was that cool... damn Georgia!
Poland4ever001 2 years ago 2
So cooool
zebilicious12 2 years ago
thats sick!!!!!!!!!!!! dude thats so cool!!!
sportsman549 2 years ago 2
who american standin in the middle. what the hell???
dinorex12345 2 years ago
You may be referring to one of the British artillerists. Those wore a blue uniform with red facings and yellow button loops, coincidentally, the same uniform worn by American artillerists. Not all British soldiers wore red coats.
osburnbros 2 years ago
Nearly every country in Europe dressed their artillery in blue, just as some of the cavalry wore the same colours. The infantry were generally the most important factor of armies back then, artillary were behind the lines and the cavalry was mostly used for mopping up, so the colours dident matter so much
DuncanElliott1700 2 years ago
we did the battle of camden today. Luved it =D
from the american artilerest & the british grenadeer
ipinkpanda 2 years ago 3
i get to do that next weak wooooooo
socksareunfair 2 years ago 3
some of those kids deserve oscars. best. deaths. ever.
dennyrocks7 2 years ago 15
I thought you might be interested to see this. Go to youtube and type into the search window:
The Unsung Hero of the Civil War. Part 1
Let me know what you think!
osburnbros 2 years ago
Hahahaha! i am gonna have to do that this year!!! haha!
Sportgal13 3 years ago 4
The action was great considering their age.
Nater389 3 years ago 7
5th grades!?!?!?!? lucky kids
Pyratesdude 3 years ago 9
I like the action
Centerfugal7 3 years ago 10
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MrJasonSmarts 3 years ago
I think the redcoats were usually British-the Hessians usually wore bluecoats. I think the Brits hired the Hessians because they were short of soldiers. The Brits had a lot on their plate with a lot of areas of the world to try to control. Hessians had a reputation for being fierce and as well-trained and inexpensive to hire.
osburnbros 3 years ago
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MrJasonSmarts 3 years ago
Actually the Hessians, and let us not forget the Brunswickers, wore blue coats with different colored facings to identify which regiment they belonged to. As for the reason they were hired, it is mainly because the British did not want to have their army on the other side of the Atlantic should the French decide they wanted to invade.
GumboGalahad 3 years ago
King george III suffered with a mental illness, basically he was scared and paranoid of everyone.
The rev war could of been avoided.
MrJasonSmarts 3 years ago
George III was afflicted with porphyria but the symptoms did not first appear until 1788--after the Revolution, of course, and he got better quickly. The Revolution was not caused by the king anyway, it was the business of Parliament passing laws and how to enforce them. George III, as King and head of state, represented it even though he didn't have the power. The war might've been avoided, maybe, if they had telephones and could communicate more quickly, but alas, no such luck.
johnnyveevee 3 years ago
Long live the Empire of Britain. America bow for the English Queen!!
EenPakMelk 3 years ago
Yes, weird that nobody ever gets hurt, weird that it works so well to get kids interested in history...
osburnbros 3 years ago
wierd....
wimmiett 3 years ago
A great victory for France, but I never knew the revolutionary war was let by a short arse alcoholic racist australian!
Learn something new every day!
apincle 3 years ago
vive le france et se polirique
45jor 3 years ago
it kinda sucked ;/ in the beginning they fell without being hit.
CommenterTOyou 3 years ago
Not if you consider that some of the cannons were firing grapeshot.
osburnbros 3 years ago 2
i want to handle those cannons so bad! their luck.
Jake4595 3 years ago 3
lol liberals will have a kick about this giving guns to children
chaloner 3 years ago
Interesting observation.
You're right about some liberals objecting to guns. That initial thought often changes, though, when they see that the best way to teach the value of peace is to teach about war. Hiding knowledge does not help our kids.
Einstein was a liberal and he thought history was the most important subject for people to learn.
Conservatives like the program too, partly because all of the kids are learning self-discipline -but not in a harsh way. And the kids don't use real guns.
osburnbros 3 years ago
thats one hell of a reenactment
BremenThug 3 years ago 5
man, i wish i could participate in one of these. gotta love the huge amount of casualties.
Epsilon60198 3 years ago 5
You're welcome to participate! What town are you near?
osburnbros 3 years ago
This is a great video. I like how the kids are extremely generous with their dramatic casualties.
hollywoodwerewolf 3 years ago 7
The kids are only "down for the scene" instead of "down for the day", so they don't mind taking hits. We're filming a movie about each battle they do.
osburnbros 3 years ago
Fifth Graders with guns...
my worst nightmare...
Smitheeboy94 3 years ago
Relax, it's only a nightmare-they're not real guns. All of the kids who participate are shown real muskets, the damage they can do is explained, the safe handling of firearms is taught, along with a healthy respect for life. These kids were performing for a movie and they knew the difference between what is play-acting [for a movie] and what is real.
osburnbros 3 years ago
hey mr osburn i was in your latest revolutionary war in cheyenne at goins elementry
erictsci9 3 years ago
What did you think about it?
osburnbros 3 years ago
i thought it was awesome.but when we fell down the grass was itchy
erictsci9 3 years ago
yes ok the puffs of smoke are flour. but those clips showing the diffrence between these "flour guns" and real guns better come soon because there are a lot of people here on youtube (not me) thinking that these little kids are actually shooting real gunpowder.
FedericoArango 3 years ago
Federico, reading profile, you want to be a film director. As you know, movie making is telling a story and about making something that is not real, seem real. It's a compliment that it looks real enough to you [and others] to be concerned for the kids' safety. The clips where the kids use wheat flour instead of rice flour are even more realistic! But fear not! I'll mention that in the last 18 years, 500 battles reenacted, with over 100,000 kids participating, we've never had a serious injury.
osburnbros 3 years ago
yes ok......i understand that......its not me im talking about, its about all the others who dont know the diffrence. and yes i understand that no one has been hurt, thats wonderful ok.
FedericoArango 3 years ago
omg!! are those little kids? yes! thats so awesome!! how do they get the smoke puffs from the weapons?
FedericoArango 3 years ago 8
its called gunpowder
garra98 3 years ago
no....it cant be man. a full load or even a half load of powder would knock back and hurt a kid. i doubt that these schools would give heavy lethal replica weapons to young children. besides, the puffs of smoke are too little and too few (not enough smoke) to be real black powder.
FedericoArango 3 years ago
You're right! We do show the kids the real weapons during their training period, explaining the damage they do and the safe handling of such weapons, which I feel is very important for them to know. As I said above, we usually use wheat flour, which looks much smokier. We'll post some other battle clips soon, to show the difference.
osburnbros 3 years ago
Actually we don't issue gunpowder to the kids [or anything else they could hurt themselves with]. Over the last 18 years more than 100,000 kids have taken part in a YCLH reenactment and no one has ever been seriously injured!
osburnbros 3 years ago
the smoke puffs come out like this.there is a little tube that they put their mouths on and then they blow out flower.i know this bacause i was in that war.
erictsci9 3 years ago
ok great thats awsome. it gives me some idea to create my own special effects rifle. but any idea how they get the cannons to fire flower? a spring maybe??
FedericoArango 3 years ago
i'm not quite sure how they did tha cannons.maybe compressed air
erictsci9 3 years ago
What the heck school is that??? I would glady repeat the 5th grade at that school.
hCHASEs87 3 years ago 5
That was a scene from a battle done with the Cheyenne Mt. School District in Colorado Springs. It was 6 schools together.
They do this every year. Most people believe it makes the kids become much more interested in history, which is the goal. It's fun but the kids have to learn a lot and they work hard to do it as well as they do.
osburnbros 3 years ago
If i was that age i would have loved to do that... But that was probably one of the most annoying things seeing some kids run in place and everyone was acting like the musket kicks up a foot into they air when you fire. all it does is kick back.
Octavion555 3 years ago
For any 11 or 12 year old kids who ever have fired a large caliber [the Brown Bess is 75 cal] weapon, it actually might knock them over unless they're expecting it and hold it in a manner where they expect a good kick in the shoulder...
osburnbros 3 years ago
There so lucky!
KOOdos95 3 years ago 5
God help the colonies if Oliver Cromwell had ruled Britain then.
courtney359 3 years ago
True, Cromwell was ruthless-but rather in the same way that Bonaparte was, I mean that something had to be done about the incredible power the monarchy held over the vast majority of their subjects. Though very painful for a lot of folks, it may have been worth the suffering-in order to give people some measure of freedom.
osburnbros 3 years ago
Cromwell was a bit of a bastard. England's one and only attempt at a president. You know he actually outlawed christmas??!!?!? He also slaughtered a lot of welds and Irish folk, but he outlawed Christmas!!??!?
apincle 3 years ago
theres only like two Scottish soldiers when in the red coat army there were loads more
busby94 3 years ago
True, we didn't show the entire redcoat army in this short clip but if you look again, you'll see more than 2 Scots.
osburnbros 3 years ago
Oh yeah, i wasnt looking that closely
thanks
busby94 3 years ago
No worries!
osburnbros 3 years ago
I'm a patriotic Englishman and I'm happy to admit that Britain was in the wrong here. Interestingly our then leader, King George III was actually insane. We didn't get another mad leader until Thatcher!
And what a waste of all that tea! You could have had that tea at midday with clotted cream and scones
apincle 3 years ago
A patriotic Englishman with a sense of humor [humour?] and a sense of history...
osburnbros 3 years ago
Doh, don't knock Maggie.
Anyways, the colonists rebelled over high taxes, but after they became independent, they got even higher taxes than under the king.
Oh well, things still turned out for the best.
takerdust 3 years ago
man, we really could have used those taxes during our little spat with bonaparte. But hey, it was your money!
apincle 3 years ago
But instead, America help finance Boney when he sold us the Louisiana Purchase. And the US was fighting Britain in the war of 1812, making the French our allies again.
osburnbros 3 years ago
Ah yes, the 1812 war. The French had failed to take Russia so Britain, incapable of seeing a belt without punching below it, decided to stick the boot in. (I love mixing my metaphors!)
Sorry about arming the Indians and burning the Whitehouse. We were quite a naughty little Island Then. You should have made the Whitehouse out of stone not wood. Like Buckingham palace. Ain't nobody ever burned buckingham palace. Though the luftwaffa did manage to carpet bomb the outside netty.
apincle 3 years ago
Just like Obama, I demand reparations! haha
takerdust 3 years ago
I blame Napoleon. You give the French an inch and they'll take a foot. Much more that that and you won't have a leg to stand on.
apincle 3 years ago
I think the colonists' real issue was representation.
osburnbros 3 years ago
The little Hessian buggers always make me laugh.
The people who organize these things gives the kids a chance to actually participate and learn rather than going to a reenactment with their parents and spend most of the day saying: "I'm bored!"
hollywoodwerewolf 3 years ago 7
On the close-ups, many 'Hessians' will even sport the big handlebar moustaches! Pretty fun.
If kids can be part of a reenactment with other kids- in a safe manner and in an educational way-why not?
osburnbros 3 years ago
So...the ones that are fighting are 4th-8 graders?
BothtaweeKelly 3 years ago
no it was actually for 5th graders in my city
erictsci9 3 years ago
Schools in Canada don't do these things for some reason even if it's history (at least I don't think). It might be School Board Law.
BothtaweeKelly 3 years ago
Too bad they don't. Doing so builds a lot of interest in history for many kids who otherwise would not be interested.
osburnbros 3 years ago
Im gonna be in it!
chikncowz 3 years ago
whoaaa major safety violations omg omg omg. i cant watch this. omg bayonet charges omg are these things really loaded?!?!?! omg i wouldn't give one to a kid under the age of 16 that's dangerous omg. and the cannon uhhhh. please tell me our insurance is Awsome.
ccmpro1234 3 years ago
i was in this, dont worry the cannons dont shoot cannan balls they just shoot flour same with the guns. lol
sasukekillian 3 years ago 2
no with blackpowder... ok that makes me feel better....flour isnt as bad
ccmpro1234 3 years ago
It may surprise you to know that our safety record is very good. In the last 18 years, over 100,000 kids have reenacted nearly 500 different battles and we've never had a serious injury! [I think the worst injury was that a couple of kids fell on a cactus]. Everything is made to be safe for the kids. No insurance claim has ever been filed against us!
osburnbros 3 years ago
ohh thank god...lol. I do re-enactments and will be visiting the battle of hook in VA.
ccmpro1234 3 years ago
i am doing one of these tomorrow. i am one of the melisha men
PRINCESS3KAYLA 3 years ago
i was in that battle
erictsci9 3 years ago 2
me too
sasukekillian 3 years ago
that reenactmant was shit it look so unorganized
jakescuba 3 years ago
wow their kids u ufkcing asshole lol i thought i was good for them
Elite697 3 years ago
I'm curious to know, how many reenactments you yourself have organized and where I might view clips of them? It's always much easier to tear down something than it is to create something. If you're comparing this effort to a movie studio with professional actors and a budget of millions with a year to shoot it, you shouldn't. We had one 4 hr. shoot and a few thousand dollars to operate with-and made a half-hour movie about the battle of Brandywine.
osburnbros 3 years ago
That was awesome.
AFOSvideos 3 years ago 10
Why carry the Royal Banner? the English troops would have carried the regimental flag and the Union flag (minus the irish cross). Not the Current Royal banner
DuncanElliott1700 3 years ago 4
Hi Duncan. You're quite correct, of course. The current banner did not come into being until 1801. The reason we used it was because it was the closest we could come to the original as to availability of historical flags and a very tiny budget we have with which to work.
Please know that no real weapons or uniforms were actually used in the reenactment. If you look closely enough, you may find other small flaws as well.
osburnbros 3 years ago
This was the Best Job I ever had. I loved the kids...the work..and the crew. Maybe someday you could travel to Washington...oh wait there's too much rain!
tammyosburn 3 years ago 9
thank you i was in it
sasukekillian 3 years ago 5
I wish I could have done that when I was in fifth grade.
Heystraw 3 years ago 9
yeah exaclty i was the canon person hahahah fun times i got so dirty
chris686zero1 3 years ago 7
Its funny seeing kids acting it out, wish i was a part of it im so jealous
iwishiwasagenius 3 years ago 11
You could be part of it. We travel wherever there's a road. The only catch is we have to be invited. Often, kids will bring this to the attention of their teachers and that's how it gets done in their school!
youcanlivehistory 3 years ago
what were they shooting out of the guns, steam?
lambertd90 3 years ago 4
Usually, it's white wheat flour. In this particular case, one student was allergic to wheat so we used rice flour. The wheat looks better, though, more smokey.
youcanlivehistory 3 years ago
oh shit man i remmeber that i was in 5th grade idk if this is with me but hahaha i went to skyway elementary
chris686zero1 3 years ago 8
You very well could have been there. We go to Skyway Park every year!
youcanlivehistory 3 years ago
I'm so jealous. As I child I ALWAYS wanted to act out historical battles. These kids must be living a dream.
lol4madwafflesh 3 years ago 13
yea i know
classicrocker2142 3 years ago 9
They enjoy it but it's not all just fun. They have to work pretty hard [and learn a lot] to get ready.
youcanlivehistory 3 years ago
this has to be one of the best Revolutionary war reenactments I've seen on video. So realistic. And the kids had fun. And there were hundreds of them! Well done!
hollywoodwerewolf 4 years ago 14
Thanks! We do our best!
youcanlivehistory 3 years ago
The most fun I evey had !
DavidLThomason 4 years ago 14
Colorful and exciting, a great way to get kids interested in history. Keep up the good wars!!!
PamellaThomason 4 years ago 15
Looks like combining fun with learning - THAT is indeed a strong alliance!
debatten 4 years ago 14
I appreciate those words! It's exactly what we're trying to do!
youcanlivehistory 4 years ago
This is amazing! I can't believe this is a group of 5th graders. I'd like to see more!
onethefence8 4 years ago 14
Great stuff! I'd love to see that live!
nobbissimo 4 years ago 16