A New Way

At a time when WWII veterans are leaving us at an alarming rate and high school teachers struggle to engage students on historical topics, we at Livingbattlefield are determined that there is another way.

'No more dry historical lectures'

We create films with lively animated graphics, re-enactment, real location shooting, passionately underpinned by the testimony of the great men who actually did the fighting. With our films, we hope to signal a new dawn in education.

Along with the usual raft of historical documentation needed to  prepare 'The American Road to Victory' series, WWII Playstation games were studied so younger gamers could see a scene in the film and think, "Oh, I fought the Germans there!"

Remote control armor, at 1/16th scale, was filmed against blue screen, then added to the real locations using Adobe After Effects. Smoke and pyrotechnics were liberally used together with an array of original WWII weapons and uniforms. (In the coming weeks we will be featuring some of the equipment and uniforms used in filming).

These films have now been screened nationally more than 500 times on PBS stations in the last 2 weeks. 

Our presenter Ellwood von Seibold, who is certainly the most popular WWII battlefield guide in Europe, is a firm favorite with young American visitors. Here's what one young man, who had just taken Ellwood's tour, had to say on Youtube. 

"Ellwood took my family and i on a 9 hour tour last summer in Normandy. I'm a sixteen year old. By far, one of the greatest experiences of my life. If anyone is considering a tour of Normandy, book Ellwood."