Videos tagged with 1864

This video explores the historical context of the 1864 NYPD, focusing on a unique event: the distribution of brass knuckles to officers. It highlights how this measure was implemented to combat rising crime rates and equip the police with better defensive tools. The description also promotes the '1864 New York Metropolitan Police Brass Knuckle challenge coin' available at the NJ Coin Museum.

This video explores a historical reenactment experience at Fort Nelson, Royal Armouries, focusing on the 1864 Petersburg trench during the American Civil War. The exhibit utilized special effects, surgical displays, mortar firing, and trench defense scenarios to recreate the period's combat. The set, built by Ancient Wisdom and manned by the Southern Skirmish Association, was previously a WWI trench and a Stalingrad factory, with future designs planned. Music is by Bobby Horton.