An Old Rule Of Mine.

An old rule of mine is never place yourself too close to the right side of a person shooting a flintlock. There are two escape roots for the pressure in the barrel when the gun is fired, one is the muzzle, the other is the vent. If you are too close to the vent on someone elses flintlock, then you are going to get hit by the hot gasses & flame escaping from the vent when this gun is fired.

Take a look at an example of this shown in the movie "The Mountain Men" (1980) with Charlton Heston & Brian Keith. Keith was obviously not aware of what would happen, & if you take note of number 13 in this clip you will see what I mean!

Keith.

Period Movies. Admiral.

Alone Yet Not Alone. Period Movie.

The clothing for the Indians is woefully inaccurate, but if you can ignore this the movie is worth watching.

Frenchman's Creek Movie.

New TV Series Coming on the Jamestown Settlement.

Jamestown stars . . . above from left, Niamh Walsh, Naomi Battrick and Sophie Rundle.

The girls arrive to the Jamestown colony from Britain.

More Information Here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3472210/jamestown-sky1-cast-max-beesley/

Movies Showing The Shepherd's Axe.

The Revenant Movie, Disappointment.

If you are a history buff, or know anything about muzzle-loading guns or even if you posses a normal degree of common sense, then don't bother watching this movie. There was apparently a 19th century living historian hired to train the actors in the use of muzzle-loading guns, but either this person did not know his stuff, or he was totally ignored. No one was present to adjust the on screen visual mistakes, either that or they simply had no clue either!

Very few historical facts in this movie, which is a great pitty because the real story, IF DONE PROPERLY, would have been worth watching. There are simply too many mistakes in this movie to make it worth watching from my point of view. I thought that after the Last Of The Mohicans, some breakthroughs in historical accuracy had actually been made, there were some mistakes, but they could be ignored, but in The Revenant, there are more mistakes that you can shake a stick at & for me at least it spoilt the whole movie. If DiCaprio wanted an Oscar for his part in this film, then he should have done his own research & made his own part more believable. I find it really hard to believe that in this day & age film makers are still unable to make a decent historical based movie of this type. Very disappointing.

Keith.

Dual At Bloody Creek.

The Duel at Blood Creek - Short Film from Leo Burton on Vimeo.

AMERICAN HISTORY: The New World | From Columbus to Spanish & English Col...

A very "white PC correct" video, made up from old movies, but very interesting viewing just the same.
Keith.

Inspiration for Moby Dick.

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2013/03/the-true-life-horror-that-inspired-moby-dick/

Apocalypto.

Davy Crockett, the man & the movie to blame for my life long affliction.

Not the greatest of movies maybe, but when I was just a kid these movies had a lot of influence.  All I ever wanted to be was a woodsman.
When I first saw this it was in black and white.

Follow The River. Indian Capture.

Why they spoil movies by using the wrong period clothing I have no idea, but they do it a lot, and surely it would cost no more to do it right. I could improve some of the costume with a pair of scissors and some leather thong!  The unauthentic clothing puts this movie into the B-grade catagory, which is a pitty, but it still may be fun to watch.

18th Century Movies. Wuthering Heights.