The Forgotten Front Military history archive
Family films

Their story, told properly.

We make private films about the people in your family’s past: a two-to-three-minute tribute for an anniversary or a memorial, or an eight-to-twelve-minute mini-documentary built from their service records and the history around them. Family films are made for you and your family, and are never published on our channels without your permission.

2–3 minutes▪ Tribute short One person, told through your family’s photographs, letters and medals, with music and AI voice-over narration. Includes up to 20 seconds of AI-animated scenes. Ready to share at a memorial, reunion or birthday. $175–$200
8–12 minutes▪▪ Mini-documentary A researched short film: service records, unit history, maps and archive footage, with AI voice-over narration and a written file of every source we used. Includes up to 90 seconds of AI-animated scenes. $700–$750

Prices include the AI-animated scenes and AI voice-over listed. Extra AI-animated scenes: $25 per 10 seconds. A 50% deposit starts the work; the balance is due when you approve the final film.

How we use AI

Our films combine real photographs, documents and archive footage with AI. Some scenes are animated from still photographs with AI video tools, some moments no camera recorded may be recreated with AI imagery, and the narration is voiced with AI. The rest uses your photographs and archive film, with slow pans and zooms.

The research, the script and the facts are done and checked by people. Before we start, your proposal says exactly which parts will use AI, and you see a draft before anything is final.

How it works

  1. 01Tell us who the film is about and what the family holds.
  2. 02We check what records survive and reply with a proposal, a quote and a timeline.
  3. 03Research and filming begin once you approve. You see a draft before anything is final.

Sending an enquiry is free and commits you to nothing. What we can make depends on the records that survive.

Film enquiryForm FF-02
Name, rank and unit if known
e.g. grandson, niece, regimental association
e.g. 100th birthday, Veterans Day
Please don’t send originals. We’ll arrange copies if we go ahead. How we handle your details.