Over The Hills and Far Away / On His Majesty's Service
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2010
- Excerpts and out-takes from the film:
"On His Majesty's Service"
Film-maker Maurice DePas explores the world of historical re-enactors on a cross continent odyssey of interesting stories and colourful locales.
Starring
TIM PICKLES, BENTON JENNINGS, DAVID MICHAELS, JOHN GILMOUR, STEVE ALLIE, DAVID LYNCH, CHUCK KOVACIC, BOB DORIAN,JACK PRITCHARD, RAYHOBBS, ELIZABETH ALBE, TOM FOURNIER
plus A CAST OF HUNDREDS
Produced and Directed by MAURICE DEPAS - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
The British always seem to have the best uniforms and songs.
The footage is from The Battle of New Orleans reenactment, and the participants are re-enactors, not soldiers or actors. They are volunteers who commit their time to bring the history alive for visitors to the battlefield. Excellent work -thank you. It was nice to see them again.
Why are they all obese? Not very authentic???? could do with going on a diet LOL
Well said and well recieved
Too many of the best and finest men on all sides have fought and died in wars. Rest In Peace........
3:02 holy shit. That was like a clockwork. So perfect and precise. They must practiced it a lot
This is a brilliant version of this song. Salute to my American brethren from a proud Englishman.
Yes, the song does say, "Flanders, Portugal and Spain", but this traditional song was being sung in the British American colonies and then United States as well as Great Britain, its origins. It was a popular song with soldiers and the tune was often played on military fifes.
No soldiers of that era would be as portly as these guys, still you have to admire their dedication in keeping history alive.
Very few of then would be that old either especially the bandsmen. One of my great, great grandfathers was bugler for the 13th Light Dragoons. He writes in a memorial of the Crimean War that he "had" to become a bandsman because he was too young to be a trooper (dragoon). It is also extraordinarily doubtful that any foot soldier was portly back then. Their daily rations are worth reading about.
I remember hearing about a brigade who had an absolute unit of a man carry the flag at Antietam. He was too fat to keep up and caused the center to lag behind.
A truly underrated version of John Tams' classic song.
The tune is from the 17th century. Tams wrote a new set of lyrics.
That's what made the movie Gettysburg so great. The extras were re-enactors and they did it for the love of history. Some of them are descendents of Solders of both sides.
A stunning film by a true visionary, a must have for your collection.
I love this version, this is probably one of my favorite songs ever.
Long live Britannia and long live her majesty Elizabeth II!
God save the Queen
Moskus This was a time when soldiers were men , now , Well it seems anything goes !
Cheers to the longest Reigning Monarch Ever!
Cheers to the longest reigning monarch! Dei Gratia Regina Fidelus Defensor!
Cheers to the longest reigning Monarch!!! Dei Gratia Regina Fidelus Defensor! Cheers to the Queen, from the USA!!!! God Save the Queen!
Beautifully sung loved every second of your singing
I really love this song much appreciate this
Delighted to come across this, Maurice! I was searching for versions of "O'er the Hills" to perform this Saturday, and happened upon this.
Napoleon said he lost Waterloo because of the "obstinate bravery of the English troops"
Plus Hanoverians, scots, Dutch, Flemish....oh and Boney would have Won if not for The Prussians turning up JIT.
@@paulbaskeyfield1233 And how many nationalities fought on the French side.
@@patrickkelly7085 : Mostly French, also some Belgians (who fought on both sides).
@@paulbaskeyfield1233 don't forget the lads from the Duchy of Nassau
@@paulbaskeyfield1233 Forgot the Irish and Welsh !!!
very good, i like it, well done lads!
I really want to reenact wars one day. Even if i end up being the youngest one there.
Your not alone in that. I'd sign up in a heartbeat
Age is just a number.
You'd change your mind if you ever fought in a real battle , I've done so and I can tell you that there is no amount of training etc that can prepare you for the noise, the smell of burning blood , the fear of letting your pal's down in battle , the panicked that first sets in until your training takes over , the thought of never seeing your loved ones again , the sight of comrades falling beside you and the feeling you get when you've made your first close quarter kill but its when the battle is over when your head really gets fucked up because you don't have time to think about anything in battle other than your training. Please don't join the army if you think you wouldn't cope with any of these things because it could be the end of you . But please enjoy the war games etc because they are fun for any age , I've watch a few but nothing will compare to the real thing . Join the police force instead . Sorry for being morbid etc but I hate to see young kids maybe thinking war is an adventure because it most certainly isn't .
@@britishpatriot7386 ...He's talking about reenactment.
same
At 0:22 The prettiest thing you'll ever see, beautiful Old Glory.
Great song! We are from a group of Napoleonic Re-enactment, from Málaga, Spain. Could we use the song for a video of an event about a British landing in Málaga (1812)? Thanks
Beautiful 🇬🇧
"What's this called? A pipe! Yes." Must have been an American asking the question. Before you start the hate, I am an American. Too many of us get taught too little history in the states. Thanks to all reenactors for keeping the history alive for our children. Member NSSA.
The Sun Shall Not Set on Your Empire!
Our empire is gone but we gave the mantle to USA, god bless em
@@owenmills3517 we surrendered like sheep :P
Me: *triggered at **2:41** because he said: Colours blazing like the sun. instead of, Colours blazing liiiike the suUUUUuuUUUn*
Dutch actually. The main forces were British (the largest force), Dutch and Prussian.
here are the British army victory in the Napoleonic wars
May-Aug 1793 Siege of Valenciennes - Austrian-Hannovn-. British victory
-12 Oct 1798 Donnegal - British
2 Oct 1799 Bergen op Zoom - Russian-British
20 March 1801 Canopus - British
6 July 1806 Maida - British
15 Aug 1808 Rolica - British-Portug.
21 Aug 1808 Vimeiro - British-Portug.
21 Dec 1808 Sahagun - British
29 Dec 1808 Benevente - British
2 May 1809 Oporto - British
16 July 1809 Flushing - British
28-29 July 1809 Talavera - British-SpanishSize of the armies: 20,000 British and 30,000 Spanish against 46,000 French.
5 March 1811 Barossa - British
11-15 March 1811 Series of skirmishes at:
Pombal, Redinha, Casal Novo, Foz do Arouce - British-Allies
25 March 1811 Campo Mayor - British
29 March 1811 Guarda - British
3 April 1811 Sabugal - British-Portug.
April 1811 2nd Siege of Olivenza - British
25 May 1811 Usagre - British
25 Sep 1811 Carpio de Azaba - British
28 Oct 1811 Arroyo dos Molinos - British-Portug.
Dec 1811 - Jan 1812 Siege of Tarifa - British-Portug.
Jan 1812 Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo - British-Portug.
March-April 1812 4th Siege of Badajoz - British-Portug.
18 May 1812 Almaraz - British
June 1812 Siege of Salamanca
Forts - British
21 June 1812 Lequeito - British
July 1812 Siege of Castro - British
18 July 1812 Castrillo - British
22 July 1812 Salamanca - British-Portug.-Spanish Size of the armies: 50,000 British, Portuguese and Spanish against 52,000 French.
July-Aug 1812 Siege of Santander - British
23 July 1812 Garcia Hernandez - British
28 (23 ?) Oct 1812 Villadrigo - British
30 Oct 1812 Puente Larga - British
10-11 Nov 1812 Alba de Tormes - British
20 Feb 1813 Bejar - British
12-13 April 1813 skirmishes at:
Biar and Castalla - British-Allies
2 June 1813 Morales - British
8 June 1813 skirmishes at:
Osma and San Milan - British-Allies
21 June 1813 Vittoria - British-Portug.
-Spanish Size of the armies: The French army was 60,000 including 11,000 cavalry with 138 guns. Wellington had 52,000 British and 28,000 Portuguese troops. 25,000 Spanish co-operated in the campaign.
26 June 1813 Tolosa - British
30 July-1 Aug 1813 Sorauren - British
31 July - 1 Aug 1813 series of skirmishes at :Venta de Urroz, Sumbilla and Yanzi - British-Spanish
31 Aug 1813 San Marcial - Spanish-British
Aug-Sep 1813 Siege of San Sebastian - British
7 Oct 1813 Bidassoa - British, Germans Portugal.
10 Nov 1813 Nivelle - British
9-13 Dec 1813 series of skirmishes at:
Villefranque, Nive, Anglet, Arcangues
Barrouillet and St. Pierre - British-Allies
15-25 Feb 1814 series of skirmishes at:
Garris, Arriverayte and S. Etienne - British-Allies
27 Feb 1814 Orthez - British
20-24 March 1814 skirmishes at:
Tarbes and Etauliers - British-Allies
8 April 1814 Croix de Orade - British
18 June 1815 Waterloo - German-British
-Netherland victorySize of the armies: 23,000 British troops with 44,000 allied troops and 160 guns against 74,000 French troops and 250 guns.
+Stuart Mckean
And here are the defeats.
French victories over the British 1745-1815
May 1745 Fontenoy French victory -
Oct 1746 Roucoux French victory -
July 1747 Lauffeldt French victory -
Nov 1747 Berge-op-Zoom French victory -
1748 Maastricht French victory -
July 1754 Fort Necessity French Victory
July 1755 Monongahela River French Victory
Aug 1756 Oswego French victory -
July 1757 Hastenbeck French victory -
Aug 1757 Fort William Henry French victory -
Jul 1758 Ticonderoga French victory -
Oct 1781 Yorktown American-French victory -
Aug-Dec 1793 Toulon French victory
6-8 Sep 1793 Hondeschoote French victory -
17-18 May 1794 Tourcoing French victory -
22 Aug 1798 Killala Bay French victory -
27 Aug 1798 Castlebar French victory -
5 Sep 1798 Callooney French victory -
8 Sep 1798 Ballinamuck French victory -
19 Sep 1799 Bergen Op Zoom French victory -
6 Oct 1799 Casstricum French victory -
16 Jan 1809 Coruna French victory -
27 June 1809 Casa de Salinas French victory -
July-Dec 1809 Walcheren French victory -
16-24 May 1810 Siege of Mequinenza French victory -
10 July 1810 Barquilla French victory -
24 July 1810 Coa River French victory
11 Aug 1810 Villagarcia French victory -
13 Oct 1810 Fuengirola Polish-French victory -
April-May 1811 Blockade of Almeida French victory -
April-May 1811 2nd Siege of Badajoz French victory -
5 May 1811 Fuentes de Onoro French
May-June 1811 3rd Siege of Badajoz French victory -
June 1811 Operations around Almeida French victory -
22 June 1811 Elvas French victory -
25 Sep 1811 El Bodon French victory.
29 Dec 1811 Membrillo French victory -
11 April 1812 Villagarcia French victory -
11 June 1812 Maguilla French victory -
18 July 1812 Castrejon French victory -
11 Aug 1812 Malajahonda French victory -
Sep-Oct 1812 Siege of Burgos French victory.
23 Oct 1812 Venta del Pozo French victory -
25 Oct 1812 Villa Muriel French victory -
28 Oct 1812 Tordesillas French victory -
17 Nov 1812 San Munoz French victory -
June 1813 Siege of Tarragona French victory -
24 June 1813 Villafranca French victory -
25 July 1813 Roncesvalles French victory -
25 July 1813 Maya French victory -
July-Aug 1813 Siege of San Sebastian French-Alliesvictory -
26-28 July 1813 Sorauren French-Allies victory -
July-Aug 1813 Blockade of Tarragona French victory -
2 Aug 1813 Lizaso French victory -
Ordal and Villafranca French victory -
7 Oct 1813 Vera French victory -
16 Jan 1814 Molins de Rey French victory -
Feb-April 1814 Siege of Bayonne French victory -
8 March 1814 Bergen op Zoom French victory -
17 March 1814 Daunia's Raid French victory -
19 March 1814 Vic-Bigorre French victory -
10 April 1814 Toulouse draw
14 April 1814 Bayonne French victory -
16 June 1815 Quatre Bras draw ? victory ?
17 June 1815 Genappe French victory -
Ah, the old British Empire, or as I like to call it, the Badass Empire.
Im going to assume you are using www.napolun.com/mirror/napoleonistyka.atspace.com/bayonet_battles.htm#hatefrance as your source? As its obvious you copied it from there (as you accidently left in a draw and the - from the British column) but i have to tell you this is in no way a reliable source of information, for example:
Ballinamuck was a British victory. It ended French incursion in the Irish rebellion resulted in over 800 French officers and soldiers being taken prisoner and 500 Irish rebels dead with only 12 dead Brits.
In response to both you and the OP though, war isn't a fucking sport listing battles like their a fucking score board is disrespectful to the dead.
I encourage you both to learn about history by going to your local library and getting a book on the subject if only for the fact it should give you a modicum of respect for those who fought and died in the Napoleonic wars as not to pass of their achievements as your own in some kind of pathetic dick measuring contest.
This neglects the American campaign which the British won pretty handily including burning the American capitol.
@@teufelhund4921 - The only war you won there was the American Revolution and that wasn't a real war.
Video available for the modest price of $18.12. I love it!
The Louisiana Living History Foundation and the US 7th. Living History association asked to use my version of Over the Hills to help promote the Battle of New Orleans Commemorative. I put this together to that end. I hope you'll enjoy this one too.
th-cam.com/video/ZurQ8-JZdoM/w-d-xo.html
+Maurice DePas nice one maurice! well done.
The greatness of Britain. Evidence of that is, as an American - you speak English. It is your national language. You have yet to invent your own. Best wishes to America and Britain. I rest my case.
Audio download available on itunes.
The sun shall not set on her Empire!
Price of $18.12. Nice.
It was common at the time to use England as a substitute for Britain. I remember reading about a Scottish general (whose name escapes me I am afraid) who uses says England and Englishmen, despite the fact his force was drawn from all over the UK
Doubt such a general was truly Scottish, maybe Scots born just as Wellesley was Irish born but still considered himself an Englishman.
Bless you men. From a Briton in Japan. We made so much. Trains, electricity, rule of law. Defeated the Nazi machine. Its not show. just fact. British Tommies made a better world.
Late response and I don't mean to be rude but Japan allied Hitler.
If I shall fall to rise no more 🥺
Fantastic video. Who sings this version of Over the Hills?
to the brave
And the fallen
I noticed Fort George in Ontario for sure weren't for sure the rest
Over the hills and far away
Teletubbies come to play
Anglo Saxon, celts in Britain and and america need to unit together and become one
Of the British contingent, 25 per cent came from Ireland (nearly 4,000), 9 per cent from Scotland (1,300), and 3 per cent from Wales (some 500)
yeah your right. Plus it wasn't meant to say England expects
where in north America was this and Long live Britain
full film available on Amazon.com
As might be expected most were from the United Kingdom;
514 English, 89 Irish, 66 Scottish, 30 Welsh, one Manx4 and one merely designated only as 'British'.
Yes, like the Americans in Vietnam. Lost. Britain won most of its wars at sea and land and air - there were defeats. Battles lost, wars won. That is the nature of things, even the Roman knew that. But you speak our language, and follow most of our British customs. So I am happy that those battles lost and won made you what you are today.
What are the 2nd North British Dragoons doing here. They only fought at Waterloo.
Louisiana, Maryland, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Ontario Canada, California.
Girl with 18th century digital camera (@2.19) !!
Jon, -yes you may use the song provided proper credit is given for my music on your video. I'd be interested in seeing the completed work. You might also enjoy our facebook page: On His Majestys Service. Today's image is Gibraltar...
Best wishes & Cheers.
@publicvoidmain wie das?
Trust me I'm really not I even think of myself as English I was just telling someone a fact i had read it a book about Trafalgar witch turned out not to be accurate for that I apologize but there really is no need to insult me.
wish there was napoleonic wars reenacting in arizona ;p
Long live king Charles
Make the empire great again
Bring back the British Empire again
@@wahiduzzamanlaskar6382 yes
I got my shilling, god save the queen
game ram: Me too (plus a pension).
@USMarineRifleman0311 Britain won most of the wars it was engaged in - which is why English is the global language, which you speak.
Der Film wirkt so historisch akkurat wie eine Doku von Guido Knopp...
Yes, understood. I appreciate your detail and rational, polite comments - good to see on YTube. But you speak of minor expeditionary engagements. The world-changing battles like Waterloo, where Nap was beaten - different. Surely that`s what wars are about, a series of wins and losses of battles, with the aim of an ultimate win? Britain always had small armies, and put its expertise in a global, and very effective, navy. Today, the Mexicans are stronger than the US Army.
transonicbuoy1 Hurrah for dignity on TH-cam! #RuleBrittania #GodBlessTheUSA
It was always the way similar at Trafalgar. "England expects" when most of the fleet we made up of Scottish and Irish sailors.
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Sung better by John Tams. :3
Much better.
There's one major problem with re-enactors - God Bless Them. The problem is that many of them ... are not the young men they were when _they_ were in uniform and a lot of them are ... pudgy ... They put a tremendous effort into their uniforms, weapons and drill but ... they can't just take away the effects on their bodies of 20 - 30 years of time ...
Some of your best movies - had young men on active duty in their nations military playing the part of the soldiers in the movie. If you look at the movie _Waterloo_ which is fantastic, it was made long before CGI was even possible - and each and every one of those humans you see on the screen - is a real human. They had the support of the Russian Army though so ...
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@transonicbuoy1
they did so by loosing a good number of wars
No more brother wars
@transonicbuoy
this is a quick list of wars the British lost
1st Anglo Maratha War
Wars of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Coaltions
British invasions of the Río de la Plata
1st Anglo Ashanti War
First Anglo-Mysore War
First Anglo-Maratha War
American Revolutionary War
Anglo-Spanish war of 1770s
2nd and 3rd Anglo Dutch Wars
War in the Vendée
First Anglo-Afghan War
2nd Anglo Afghan War
3rd Anglo Afghan War
First Boer War
so what we won ww1 ww2 and against france with the prussians
For a supposedly military man ,you haven't done you're homework have you
i dont think that there would of been a ship in that fleet where the english would of been in the minority.
@USMarineRifleman0311 I think you mean "losing", not "loosing". At least get the English right.
Eh?
Excellent video. Well done.
You might be interested in my video...... Re-enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek: June 6, 2009.
Paul Corman
If the British had won the American war of independence, would it have been so bad. I say not. No one would claim that Canada suffered under British rule. British rule has always brought democracy. So it would have been if the so called "patriots" such as Washington has lost the war. British rule has always been a blessing with very few exceptions.
95th
Why is a Yankee singing our song?
ok: Maurice DePas is Canadian, not American.
The longest war in the history of mankind - Hundred Years War - French victory over the British.
In 7 wars against Napoleon, you were on the winning side twice.
You can tell, that from the way they march, that they are not soldiers, neither good actors
i suppose you can show some proof of that. and you do know that ireland was settled by the british. so those british settlers were always going to fight for britain. the same with the lowland scots, they were of anglo saxon origin, the same people as the english. there for loyal to britain. if you look at northern ireland and parts of scotland today , they are still loyal to britain
Reenactors are often too old and fat and look ridiculous in films. Gettysburg the movie was laughable in places because of this.