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NATIVE SUN PRODUCTIONS FILM FEATURED IN SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY EXHIBIT

 

NATIVE SUN PRODUCTIONS’ Emmy nominated film "FIRST INVASION: THE WAR OF 1812" was featured in several vignettes in the SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM – NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY exhibit on the Bicentennial of the War of 1812 entitled, "1812: A NATION EMERGES".

 

This special commemorative exhibit ran from JUNE 15, 2012 through JANUARY 27, 2013.  

 

The HISTORY© Channel first aired the highly successful two hour special in 2004.  "FIRST INVASION: THE WAR OF 1812" became their highest rated program ever at the time, and received a Prime-time EMMY nomination.  

 

The program was created by NATIVE SUN PRODUCTIONS with the help of their San Antonio, TX production partner, 1080, inc.  

“We knew we had a terrific team performing on and off camera from the very beginning, and the results were breath-taking!” said Gary L. Foreman, President and CEO of NATIVE SUN PRODUCTIONS, who served as the Executive Producer and Director.

 

There are many production highlights throughout the program that includes feature-film quality battle scenes that are expertly blended with cutting-edge  computer generated imagery (CGI).  Most striking are the moments capturing the burning of the ‘White House’ by British troops, the massive British fleet, and the day and night bombardment of Fort McHenry (Baltimore, MD) which became the backdrop for Francis Scott Key’s writing of the Star-Spangled Banner, our National Anthem.  

 

Foreman recalls one of the challenges to create a pivotal scene, “We created the burning ‘White House’ scenes on both our Ohio and Texas sets and they still blended seamlessly together.”  

 

The entire production was filmed on land and water in four states and employed hundreds of authentic reenactors from a dozen states and Canada.

 

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