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Toy soldiers and Carl Orff demonstrate the inescapable power of fate.

This video is geared to the beginning helmet collector, and contains tips and techniques for taking care of your helmets.

Here is a very brief overview of a rare helmet, the number 8 experimental US combat helmet of WWI. It was developed in the closing months of the war but never adopted by the Army for battle. Nonetheless, many of the characteristics of the Number 8 can be seen in the venerable M1 helmet that soldiered on for nearly fifty years. If you'd like to see more of my helmet collection, please check out ...

Dear viewer, I hope that you enjoy this video. Again, it merely scratches the surface of this fascinating aspect of the helmet collecting hobby; and please know that there are so many additional markings and details on these helmets than those that I covered in this short video. I hope that the viewer will forgive those times when I misspeak myself or trip over my own tongue :-) You can find my...

Join me as I go down to the helmet rooms to introduce you to the collection, talk about collecting, and to show you my favorite helmet. To see more about the specific helmets that I mention follow these links: The Japanese type 90 that I found on Guam in 1971 can be viewed here: tinyurl.com/y9vaegzm To see the secrets revealed by the French engineer's helmet, go here: tinyurl.com/ycf6tflm To se...

Join Mannie as he takes the Museum of America cameras to Antietam National Battle to explore the role played by artillery in the September 17th, 1862 Battle of Antietam. This video will introduce you to the types of cannons used in the battle as well as show you the step-b-step loading and firing of the gun. To see a toy soldier video by mannie, google - Toy soldiers forever presents O Fortuna....

Here's a step-by-step of how to convert a large-scale peddler's wagon into a 54mm Civil War ambulance. For more of Mannie's toy soldier antics got to: toysoldiersforevr.blogspot.com

Toy soldiers and Carl Orff team up tell tell a hard lesson about fate...and it isn't pretty.