An Interview with 8000ft Media

Battles of the First World War Podcast

Mike Cunha

History

4.8 • 812 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

What an opportunity! Last week Mr. Ross Barnwell and Mr. Andy Robertshaw came on to the BFWWP to speak about their short film project, Beaumont-Hamel, and WW1 topics in general. What a conversation! Sadly the last three minutes were lost, which has put your host in a funk. Sigh.

Ross Barnwell is one of the two young entrepreneurs behind 8000ft Media, a media company that specializes in factually accurate historical storytelling. 8000ft Media also focuses on film and photography, creating virtual reality, audio, video gaming, Facebook Live talks & lectures, and Facebook advertising. Ross and his business partner Daniel Gandolfi are currently working on a short film titled Beaumont-Hamel, named after the infamous village on the 1916 Somme battlefield. The film will focus on the wartime cinematographer Geoffrey Malins’ experiences as he took 8,000ft of frontline footage on the Somme, the most famous of which is the explosion of the Hawthorn Ridge mine on the morning of the 1st of July, 1916.

Andrew Robertshaw is a historian, broadcaster, and educator. As a leading authority on trench warfare and medical care in the First World War, Andy has been the historical consultant for such films as Steven Spielberg’s Warhorse and the recent action powerhouse Wonder Woman. As the director of Battlefield Partnerships Ltd, Andy also provides battlefield tours, consulting for various television programs, family records searches, and a frankly stunning idea called “Trenches for Teachers,” where trench systems can be brought to schools for a more realistic experience to give to students on what the Great War was really like. All of this amazing work in history comes from a gentleman who began his career as a teacher.

The websites are:

https://www.8000ftmedia.com/

http://battlefieldpartnerships.com/

Hope you enjoy! It was a pleasure to speak with them.

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0:00.0	Hey folks, welcome to a very special standalone episode of the Battles of the First World War podcast.
0:11.0	Today we have with us two very special guests, a Mr. Ross Barnwell and Mr. Andrew Robert Shaw.
0:20.1	Ross Barnwell is one of the two young entrepreneurs behind 8,000-foot media,
0:26.1	a media company that specializes in factually accurate historical storytelling.
0:32.6	8,000-foot media also focuses on film and photography,
0:36.8	creating virtual reality, audio, video gaming,
0:41.0	Facebook Live Talks and Lectures, and Facebook Advertising.
0:46.1	Ross and his business partner, Daniel Gandalfi, are currently working on a short film
0:51.3	titled Beaumont-A-Mel, named after the infamous village on the 1916 Somme battlefield.
1:00.0	The film will focus on the wartime cinematographer Jeffrey Malen's experiences as he took 8,000 feet of front-line footage on the Somme,
1:13.1	the most famous of which is the explosion of the Hawthorne Ridge Mine on the morning of the 1st of July 1916. Andrew Robertshaw is a historian,
1:23.2	broadcaster, and educator. As a leading authority on trench warfare and medical care in the First World War,
1:30.2	Andy has been the historical consultant for such films as Stephen Spielberg's Warhorse and the recent action powerhouse Wonder Woman.
1:39.4	As the director of Battlefield Partnerships Limited, Andy also provides battlefield tours, consulting for various
1:46.9	television programs, family record searches, and a frankly stunning idea called Trenches for
1:53.7	teachers, where trench systems can be brought to schools for a more realistic experience to give to students on what the Great War was really like.
2:05.8	All of this amazing work in history comes from a gentleman who began his career as a teacher himself.
2:12.7	So let's get to it so we can listen to these two absolutely brilliant minds talk World War I history.
2:24.4	All right. So gentlemen, we are live. So this is Mike from the Battles of the First World War podcast.
2:31.5	I am here with Ross Barnwell and Mr. Andy Robertshaw, who are
2:37.8	currently collaborating on the film Beaumont-A-Mel. And I hope I've got that pronunciation correct.
2:45.2	Yeah. The gentleman, welcome. Thank you. Thank you very much. You did very well. You did better
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