Our Work
A collection of our finest scenes and projects
Television / Streaming
Impossible Escapes: Civil War
This six-episode documentary series produced for CuriosityStream features some of the most daring escapes of the American Civil War and includes some of our favorite live-action recreations.
Museum
Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield Interactive
Three interactive video exhibits, a 4K interactive map, and an ultra-wide video display as part of a large immersive experience for Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield’s museum.
Educational / Streaming
Courage of the Submariner
This documentary on two of the most celebrated submarine captains in US Navy history describes the important and dangerous role that US submarines played in World War II and highlights the Medal of Honor actions of the USS Tang and USS Barb.
Television / Streaming
Fighting for Lincoln: The Wide Awakes
This documentary produced for Curiosity Stream, incorporating extensive live-action recreations, examines the impact of the Wide Awake political group in Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 election.
Museum
Washington’s War: 4D Theater Film
Produced for George Washington’s Mount Vernon, this award-winning, Revolutionary War epic includes large-scale battle recreations, 3D map animations, and 4D effects, all on a large theater screen.
Television / Broadcast
The American Artist: The Life & Times of George Caleb Bingham
This feature-length documentary explores artist George Bingham’s idyllic depiction of late 19th-century America in contrast with the harsh reality of the time. The film incorporates extensive live-action period recreations.
Virtual Reality
Civil War 1864: A Virtual Reality Experience
“Civil War 1864” is a virtual reality experience that places you within the battlefields and hospitals of the Civil War. This ambitious 360 VR film currently boasts over 35 million views on YouTube.
Museum
Situation Room Experience: Washington’s Cabinet
In partnership with George Washington's Mount Vernon, The Ronald Reagan Library sought to create a new immersive educational experience featuring George Washington’s presidential cabinet in the aftermath of the Revolutionary War.
Streaming
Brothers in Valor Series
This series was a special project in partnership with The American Battlefield Trust, visiting three historic battlefields alongside living recipients of the Medal of Honor as they told their heroic stories.
Educational / Streaming
D Day: The Medal of Honor on Omaha Beach
This documentary short film tells the heroic stories of Medal of Honor Recipients Pinder, Barrett, and Monteith: three soldiers who fought in intense combat off the shores of Normandy in what became known as D-Day.
Streaming
History of John Deere Tractors
After sifting through historical images, footage, and old advertising campaigns from John Deere’s archival library, we created this film that tells the visual history of harvesting, and American farming, throughout the last 100 years.
Museum
Mount Vernon Orientation Film
George Washington’s Mount Vernon is the most visited historic home site in America. The estate was in desperate need of a new and updated orientation center film for their visitors to see at the beginning of their journey.
Museum
Boot Hill Museum
Wide Awake Films partnered with Eisterhold & Associates on an extensive museum installation project for the Boot Hill Museum in Dodge City, Kansas, including a powerful interpretive film, a Harvey Girls exhibit and multiple “talking portraits”.
Educational / Streaming
America's Wars 1754-1945: Animated Battle Map
This feature-film length animated map encapsulates all of America’s conflicts from 1754-1945, using historic artwork, re-creation footage, and stunning motion graphics.
Industry Awards
Wide Awake Films is proud to have earned numerous industry awards for our work.
Mark Southern, National Park Service - Harpers Ferry Center
“Wide Awake did a great job and was a pleasure to work with. I would welcome the opportunity to work with them in the future.”
We’ve Worked on Projects From Coast to Coast
