Saving Private Ryan reenactors, a Panzer IV, German Half-track and a Schwimmwagen all entertained the crowds on Friday. Steve Shirley's team from the Manston Fire Museum entertained the crowds later by exploding a car and setting it alight, in order to demonstrate how their fire crew deal with aircraft fires. They also kindly provide us with on site emergency fire crew support throughout the show.
The arena
events were spectacular on the Friday; plenty of enthusiasts turned out
to re-enact "Saving Private Ryan"
All the arena
re-enactments were choreographed by Jim Dowdall, who has been the stunt
coordinator for various well known films, from the "Indiana Jones"
movies to "Saving Private Ryan" and "Captain Corelli's
Mandolin". Jim really knows his stuff; he should do, having been
the person who was actually driving the tank in that amazing scene in
the "Goldeneye" James Bond movie...! For more re-enactment photos,
see Sunday's pictures...
Panzer
IV
amphibious
jeep (left)
Morris
CS8
Volunteers
on gate duty
Friday was
a good day for strolling around the 300 acre site, trying to take in some
of the 3267 military vehicles that had come from all over the world to
take part...
Scammell
Land
Rover 101
Volvo
Sugga
German
Half-track
Schwimmwagen
Tiger replica on a T55 chassis
Universal Carrier
Scammell Pioneer
