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Murcia will host the next 14, 15 and 16 October the ninth edition of macro-event 'Revive ... Film History', which will involve more than one thousand reenactors and shares belonging to more than 60 associations and groups historical reenactment in Spain, which reenactors from countries like Germany, Poland, France, England, Portugal, United States and Japan were again added.

Thus, Murcia and visitors may enjoy the Malecón Gardens Theme Park where you can see, hear, touch and live more than 2,500 years of military history.

Since the warriors of ancient Greece to the legionaries of the Roman Empire through medieval knights, almogávares and soldiers of the military orders of the twelfth century, the War of Spanish Succession, the Napoleonic Wars or the great conflicts that hit the world last century from the First and Second World War the Russian invasion of Afghanistan or the US troops involved in Operation Desert Storm.

A year three Armies that integrate the Spanish Armed Forces show their team missions and photos on stands located at the entrance to the camps.

Also more than fifty civilians and military historical vehicles, which include again the presence of original American and German vehicles of World War II will tour the main streets of the city.

They will be added an M-41 American tank 30 mt of a private collector and a German truck 7 tm who participated in the famous film "Valkyrie" with Tom Cruise, towing an anti-aircraft gun Flak-88 Original

Following the success in previous editions held in Murcia, the figure is expected to exceed 50,000 visitors between the three days, from throughout the Spanish geography and other countries.

Among the great innovations of this edition include the following:

On Friday 14, at 12:30 pm, the exhibition will open '1920-1963, Poland will not surrender' in the Regional Library of Murcia, organized by the Polish Embassy.

At 17 hours, the Food-Truck Festival will open in the Jardines del Malecón, with musical performances of the years 30-60 on Friday and Saturday night.

Also children and young people can participate in a Zone Airsoft several shooting galleries.

At 19 hours, a conference will be held in the auditorium of the Palace of Almudí on 'Two air forces face to face;

the air war in the Spanish Civil War 'given by Professor, historian and EAD Commander Marcelino Sempere.

At 20 hours there will be another conference in the same room of the Palace of Almudí, on the 750th Anniversary of the Council of Murcia, given by the historian Ginés J. Muñoz of the Knights Templar association, which accompany the historian Juan Francisco Morón University Complutense de Madrid.

Saturday 15 will take place the national premiere of the film Arizona 1878 A history of the Old West, the director Manuel Olaya will be present as a recreador more, with soldiers of the 7th US Cavalry and General Custer.

Besides the American Civil War it will be recreated with Union soldiers and Confederate, all in the Jardines del Malecón.

At 12 hours, the Warsaw Uprising, 1944 in the Plaza de Santo Domingo will be recreated.

At 12:45 hours it will be recreated as theatrical and historical recreation after, the 750th Anniversary of the Council of Murcia in the Plaza de Belluga, with the participation of the association Warriors Tudmir and the Templar Commandery of Murcia and the Order of Calatrava and other groups of Moors and Christians of Almansa, Madrid, Castellon, Sevilla and Jaen.

At 18:30 hours, the film Great recreation of the Battle of World War II, the Battle of Normandy-1944, a remake of the movie "Saving Private Ryan" Steven Spielberg, in Flomesta Lieutenant Avenue with the defeat of the German Army and the start of the advance of Allied troops into Paris, with more than 300 actors and twenty vehicles and special effects film

One more year, the event will feature the presence of Spanish veterans of the British armed forces (which include the Chelsea Pensioners come directly from London for these acts and are considered the British Royal House), French, Polish, Russians and Germans and representatives of various embassies representing these military veterans.

On Sunday 16 the great event of the day will be the parachutist jump PAPEA Air Force, at 14 hours Flomesta Lieutenant Avenue, next to City Hall.

Earlier, at 12:45, there will be a recreation of World War II on the same stage paratrooper jump the Battle of Moscow-1941, starring Russian and German reenactors.

The music will also be featured during the conference, with the confirmed presence of The Riverside Hot Band from Granada, in the camps with the background music of the years of World War II.

The 'reenactment' or historical reconstruction is an anglicized hobby recently introduced in Spain, but has hundreds of thousands of followers worldwide.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia