Movies: Wide Awake Films

The Battle of Stones River comes to life through original photos, maps and the backdrop of one of the largest re-enactments ever held in Tennessee with an impressive cast of over 5,000 "soldiers" in full battle regalia. Learn about the commanders and...

Our Emmy award-winning production team takes you on a cinematic adventure into the legendary Battle of Shiloh. Seven characters, based on real-life accounts, weave a narrative thread of their own personal experiences during the Battle of Shiloh s vic...

Experience Civil War warfare, as never before, with the American Battlefield Trust’s new virtual reality series. This immersive storytelling approach will put you back in time as you navigate in 360 degrees how it may have looked, felt and sounded to...

An original George Washington's Mount Vernon production and its second animated feature presentation. This 27-minute documentary examines one of the pivotal moments in the American Revolution. Through authentic re-enactments, period paintings, and 3D...

Highlights Civil War locations throughout the state of Missouri, which endured more battles and engagements than any state except Virginia and Tennessee. Uses historical reenactments and visits 36 sites, including: Wilson's Creek battlefield; the Jes...

In the early morning hours of August 10, 1861, the rolling hillsides of southwest Missouri echoed with the sounds of fierce combat...The Battle of Wilson's Creek, the second major battle of the Civil War, and the first west of the Mississippi River, ...

In the years leading up to the Civil War, a bloody conflict between slaveholders and abolitionists focused the nation's eyes on the state of Missouri and the territory of Kansas. Told through the actual words of slave owners, free-staters, and border...

The battle of Perryville played a key role in the South's best chance to win its independence during the war. Shot primarily on the original battlefield in Kentucky, this DVD reflects the true high tide of the Confederacy. With detailed maps, stunnin...

Late in the autumn of 1864, Confederate General John bell Hood led the battle-hardened veterans of the Army of Tennessee on a fateful campaign into central Tennessee in a desperate attempt to regain control of the state from Federal forces. U.S. Gene...

Shiloh was one of the largest amphibious campaigns ever waged by an American Army. It was a brutal Civil War battle that where one in four who fought was killed or wounded. Highlights the 135th Anniversary Reenactment with 13,000 participants of the ...

For nearly two weeks in 1864, the titans fo the Civil War -- Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee -- classed violently at the crossroads of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia. In this painstakingly accurate and stunning...

After giving a brief overview of the events leading up to the United States Civil War, this video uses historical photos and reenactments to explore the first major land battle of the American Civil War at Manassas, Virginia. The July 21, 1861 battle...

A narrated documentary about the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, where over 7,000 reenactors simulate the troop movements of the actual soldiers....