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June, 2008: Aurora Films hires Privateer Media to work as armourer on the motion picture "Another Harvest Moon" set to film in Harrisburg, PA in June and July of this year.

June, 2008: Privateer Media takes delivery of a 19' classic sailing skiff that will be restored and made available for filmwork by early 2009.

April, 2008: Talon Films hires Privateer Media to provide artillery for the sound effects for the film "American General" due to be released in 2009. Privateer Media fabricated the cannon balls, chain shot, bar shot and canister shot that were live-fired and recorded in surround sound near Saratoga, NY in May of this year.

March, 2008: Privateer Media is contracted by Mount Vernon to provide boats for its 18th century educational programming in April of this year.

March, 2008: Oxford Communications hires Privateer Media to work as property master for the new Bucks County Conference and Visitors Bureau video campaign set to film in April and June of this year.

February, 2008: Privateer Media begins construction of two new full-scale 3 pounder naval carriages and starts work on its first book "A Practical Guide to Building 18th Century Naval Artillery." Publication of the book is expected in the fall of 2008.

December, 2007: Privateer Media makes the "Early American Life" magazine February 2008 issue in an article about William Richards and the Pennsylvania State Navy's role during the American Revolutionary War. Text and photo credit is given on page 71.

November, 2007: Privateer Media is contracted by Join or Die Films to provide 18th century medical instruments for the historical film "Liberty" based on Christian Cameron's book "Washington and Caesar."

October, 2007: Privateer Media is contracted by Storyville Pictures, LLC to provide military props for a documentary about the Marquis de Lafayette being filmed for ABC television.

August, 2007: Privateer Media is contracted by the Lafayette Natural History Museum to assist with the development of their "Marquis de Lafayette" exhibit.  Scheduled to open on September 6th, Privateer Media is providing the museum with artillery and original artifacts which include a collection of 18th century maritime navigational instruments.  The exhibit runs until August 31st, 2008.

July, 2007: Privateer Media wraps up the restoration of the Hankins Skiff.  The completed boat can be viewed on the "Historical Boats" page as Boat #26.

June, 2007: Privateer Media is contracted by GQ Magazine to provide the naval cannon for the start of the "Kayak for a Cause" event in Norwalk, CT.  The event took place on July 28th, where 300 kayakers raised over $400,000 for a number of different charities while paddling across Long Island Sound.  For more information about this great event or to make a donation, check out the official website: www.kayakforacause.com.

May, 2007: Privateer Media begins the restoration of an 18' long 1981 Hankins "Sea Bright Skiff."  With original cedar-on-oak construction, the overhaul of the hull is expected to take two months.

April, 2007: Privateer Media is contracted by the Tuckerton Seaport Museum to work on its new "Patriot Pirates" exhibit.  Premiering on May 11th, the exhibit profiles the use of privateering on the New Jersey coast during the American Revolution.   Privateer Media digitally restored an original 18th century "letter of marque" for the exhibit, and in addition to other artifacts provides the museum with a pair of bronze cannon.  The exhibit ran until December 18th, 2007.

March, 2007: Privateer Media's reproduction colonial currency is added to the Cooperman Company new product line of its "History Lives" division.  Currency packs branded with the Cooperman name will be sold at historic sites and museum gift shops nationwide starting in the spring.

February, 2007: Privateer Media is contracted to provide Victorian watercraft for the motion picture "Bolden!" Filming took take place in Wilmington, NC in May of 2007.

January, 2007: Privateer Media partners with G. Gedney Godwin, Inc. to exclusively represent that company's entire historical props inventory.  The companies' combined inventories create one of the largest resources for 18th & early 19th century historical props on the East Coast. 

December, 2006: Privateer Media is contracted to provide the historical watercraft for use in the NOAA sponsored documentary "The Surveyors", a film about the 1830s Hydrographic Survey being produced by 42 Degrees North Films.  Filming took take place at Assateague Island, VA in January of 2007.

October, 2006: Privateer Media is employed as set armourer and provides working 18th century naval artillery for the Talon Films production of "American General."  Based on the role Benedict Arnold played during the American Revolution, filming is scheduled took place on board the tall ship PROVIDENCE in Jamestown, RI in November of 2006.

July, 2006: Privateer Media is hired as the marine coordinator and set armourer for the Middlemarch Films / PBS production "The Life of Alexander Hamilton."   In addition to period watercraft, Privateer Media provided the museum-quality reproduction Hamilton/Burr dueling pistols to use during the staging of the historic duel.  Filming took place in New York City in August of 2006.  The documentary premiered on PBS's "American Experience" on May 14th, 2007.

June, 2006: Privateer Media is hired as the marine coordinator for "First Landing," a film being developed by Regent University for CBN to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the founding of Virginia.  Shooting took place at Virginia Beach, VA with Privateer Media providing the 17th century watercraft for use in the film, the crew training and boat handling on set.  The film premiered on the ABC Family Channel on April 30th, 2007.

March, 2006: Privateer Media secures the financing to build the BASILISK, a full-scale Revolutionary War vessel.  The project will qualify as a "Class B" tall ship by the ASTA, and once built will be operated by Privateer Media as an educational tool and maritime film resource.

February, 2006: Privateer Media is hired by Greystone Films as the marine coordinator for the new Mount Vernon Visitors' Center film "We Fight to be Free ".  Shooting for the "Washington Crossing" scene took place on the Potomac River near Harper's Ferry, WV.  Privateer Media provided all of the historical boats for the production, trained the crews in their operation and managed the use of the boats on the set.

November, 2005: Privateer Media is contracted by Guns & Butter Entertainment to be the marine coordinator on the film "The Book of Caleb", an IFP New York project.  Filming took place at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Bucks County, PA in December of 2005.

October, 2005: Privateer Media prepared the 501(c)3 application for the Pennsylvania State Navy, a non-profit organization that provides interpretive maritime history and grade school educational programming about the American Revolution.   The application was approved by the IRS in just four weeks.

July, 2005: Braintree Productions purchases reproduction colonial currency from Privateer Media for use in the upcoming HBO mini-series "John Adams."

March, 2005: Privateer Media, LLC is launched, representing the culmination of Damian Siekonic's business and historical experience into a single media-based resource and production company.  It's driving force is the ability to bring together a significant number of production items, including over three dozen historical boats, into an organized and working maritime resource for television, film and history education.

December, 2004: Damian Siekonic completes the development of digital printing plates for over forty pieces of reproduction American colonial currency.  The currency is developed for retail sales as well as for use with historical, educational, film and museum programs.  This currency is available for sale online HERE.

May, 2004: Damian Siekonic is contracted to work on the PBS four-part series “The War that Made America” about the French & Indian War which premieres on January 18th, 2006 on PBS.  Siekonic spends several days filming water scenes with 18th century boats in western Pennsylvania.

October, 2003: Damian Siekonic is hired to conduct location scouting for WNET-PBS Channel 13 during the filming of Part 2 of “Slavery and the Making of America” which PBS airs on February 9, 2005.  Siekonic is also contracted to provided historical watercraft and crew training for the documentary.

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