About the Show
Some words from Dick Dalton
Areas in the Museum this year
After the great success of last years show. We are doing it again.
The Immersive Living history festival is created Using recycled film sets and scenery. These are re purposed into new sets which then re enactors inhabit and bring the show to life. It is like time traveling into different periods. Starting with our American frontier town with its own Saloon complete with saloon girls. Outside you will see the cowboys riding around with the occasional shoot out. Travel onto the WW1 trench system where you can speak with the soldiers in the trenches and get a feel of what it was like, meet the war Horses. Onto the 1940s with its own farm and town square that includes shops, houses, Cinema and tea rooms, music venue. There is also a Normandy section with a French Café. (As you can expect with all these sections there are immersive things happening all the time) Go onto North Africa where a 1 to 1 copy of El Alamein railway station is built and hosting Britain’s Desert rats and Germanys Afrika corps. Onto the Vietnam section with all the GI’s in their camp looking out of the watch tower. Finally ending up in the end of last Centaury with cold war with the Berlin wall and the the Gulf war with British and American army kit and re enactors. Finish off with modern and current kit from this Century. There are visiting Helicopters such as Lynx and Sea king. Loads of Tanks and Tank Rides!
This has grown massively over the last three years as one eccentric mans dream to build an immersive historical world has so far gained the attention of over 1000 re enactors who also fought this project of the mad English man was a good idea!
Richard
Mission
We aim to change the way people see and visit Military history shows.
We want to take you on a journey and show you the life of people during both peacetime and conflict.
Learn without learning.
We wish to present history in a way that families can easily engage with and learn through a safe and fun experience of an immersive museum.
Vision
Visitors to our show will interact with history and gather an understanding (consciously or not) of different aspects of military history including the life of civilians at times of military significance.
We will continue to develop the show building life size dioramas that represent different countries and time zones all occupied by our highly valued re-enactment community who will bring them to life.
Values
We are one show but built on the effort of many individuals, a respect for the individual and the history is of prime importance.
This respect extends to the past and present members of the armed forces and the issues they may have with the experiences they have endured.
We want to promote a career in the armed forces and the opportunities it can provide for young adults.
You and the people around will be amazed at what you will absorb
by just walking amongst the live theatre of the show, with the smoke from the fire and smells of cooking,
to the sound of music and the drama of air raids.
A great thank you to the people who have worked, sacrificed and suffered to keep others safe.
We want to bring this experience to you.
Life is not a rehearsal.
All my best wishes
Richard Dalton
Production Director
White Horse Military Show
