 We take great pride to service the entertainment industry in the fields of MILITARY UNIFORM HIRE, costume hire, MILITARY HISTORY PROP hire and manufacturing, trained film soldiers and much more. We have done so for the past 14 years! As HISTORY DESIGNERS and Australia's foremost military film specialists we can bring that edge of authenticity to your production! Our crew love working on set and strive to "GET IT RIGHT". Working on over 80 productions, we are something very unique in Australia, let alone the world. From Hollywood to music clips, we have done it all! Our military uniform, costume and props house is open for you to hire from. Very competitive rates! In this site you will find pages to our History, Our Credits, Pictures and Lists of our vast wardrobe webbing and props house just to name a few. So, to kick things off, why not check out a brief history on SparkeFilms and see what our award winning production team can bring by clicking HERE |
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RECENT SPARKEFILMS NEWS ---------March 2010--------- INTRODUCING IAN SPARKE.... On the BENEATH HILL 60 youtube channel, watch a new behind the scenes clip with the director introducing IAN SPARKE as the costume designer! The OFFICAL website is also up. Check out some great pics of the costume design by Ian & team. THE PACIFIC COUNTDOWN  Tonight in America the epic mini-series "THE PACIFIC" screens it's first episode. Ian Sparke & Luke Sparke bought a team from Sparkefilms as the military equipment/webbing department for the 11 month shoot in Australia. Not to mention supplying two shipping contianers full of props and set dec! ---------January 2010--------- HILL 60 TRAILER  The Nine Networks 'TODAY' show premiered the "BENEATH HIL 60" trailer on Australia Day, check it out HERE. Costumes designed by Ian Sparke and military costumes all from Sparkefilms History Design. FACEBOOK SparkeFilms History Design is now on faecbook. Become a fan and check out exclusive clips and photo's.---------September 2009--------- TWO BIG PROJECTS WRAPPED It's been a busy few months for the crew here at Sparkefilms History Design.
From early June our costume team traveled to Townsville for the WW1 Australian feature Film "BENEATH HILL 60". Ian Sparke did a magnificent job as COSTUME DESIGNER and surrounded himself with his specially trained military costumers to make sure
the film is 100% accurate. Check out some great pictures of there work on the official blog Also just wrapped is our work on the upcoming two part special "KOKODA". Sparkefilms supplied the entire costumes & props along with our trained costume department, military advisors & Film Soldiers. Look for it when it airs early next year. ---------April 2009--------- WOLVERINE Out in Australia today, and the rest of the world soon, comes X-men Origins:Wolverine. Ian & Luke Sparke worked on a short but exciting history sequence. Check out their work on the big screen now! FOR VALOUR Out on the Australian
History channel now is the new Documentary Drama "For Valour". Witness a selection of stories of Australian soldiers
who won the victoria cross medal.Sparkefilms supplied our services for the entire recreated scenes: History Design Crew, Costumes, webbing, props and our Film Soldiers were cast and extras. It also has become the History Channel Australia's most watched program. "The Battle Of LONG TAN" hits DVD  Out now on dvd, "The Battle of LONG TAN" is the Australian History channel's most watched program of it's time. Sparkefilms supplied our services for the entire recreated scenes: History Design Crew, Costumes, webbing, props and our Film Soldiers. The front cover (pictured) also uses our Film Soldiers. AUSTRALIA Out now on DVD
is the much anticipated "AUSTRALIA". Sparkefilms supplied numerous props and webbing for
attack on Darwin sequence.---------July 2008--------- Work finishes on WOLVERINE Ian and Luke Sparke have just
completed their work on the Marvel/Fox production "Wolverine".
year.---------May 2008--------- The Year Of "The Pacific"
2007 - 2008
Ian Sparke and crew return after working for over 10 months on the upcoming HBO mini-series
"The Pacific"
---------2007--------- "THE BATTLE OF LONG TAN" wins ASTRA AWARD for best Documentary. ---------2006--------- IAN SPARKE wins PRODUCTION DESIGNER AWARD. MONTHLY SPOTLIGHT
British Expeditionary Forces  On the outset of the Great War, the sons of England marched off to face the horror of the western front. For a conflict that was thought to be over by Christmas, it soon turned into a boggy and depressing hell. SparkeFilms is well stocked to supply any productions with these accurate uniforms. |
 SparkeFilms History Design has one of the largest and the most comprehensive military history uniforms, webbing & props in the southern hemisphere to hire for your Film, T.V or Live production. Costumes range from the Spartans to the uniforms seen in the latest Iraqi war. SparkeFilms has large quantities of redcoats, WW1 uniforms, WW2 uniforms & Vietnam. When you hire your costumes from us you are hiring a complete uniform set, helmet to boots, for a very production friendly cycle. We research all the correct period accouterments that are authentic and very "real life". From buttons & badges to facings & trimmings we research it all. Our MILITARY UNIFORM HIRE |  |
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As the above diagram shows, you can hire all the components to make an historical look on the screen for your actors and extras or your stage production or any event you may think of! For main cast hire, we can supply doubles and make sure its the best in stock. REMEMBER: We are a specialist service, we not only hold and are building the huge base of equipment, we can source and manufacture most other items you would require. So we suggest using us to our full potential. Let us get out there and assist you properly. Click HERE to jump to the costume and uniform hire. |
Ian Sparke has been employed by many hollywood productions to help bring an authentic look to the soldiers equipment on the screen. Make sure to visit our webbing pageTo compliment the costumes you hire, Sparkefilms History Design has all the webbing, costumes props and equipment to go with it. As with our wardrobe hire the rental cycle is production friendly. Hiring our webbing with a wardrobe set will save you $$$$ Our large stocks of WW2 Japanese and American webbing/equipment will impress. Other large stocks include Australian and British WW2 webbing, Australian & American Vietnam webbing & modern day Forces! |
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 From WW2 trucks to our new solid prop weapons, SparkeFilms history design has huge amount of props and set dressings. With a new range of exact prop food rations and packing spanning 100 years you won't have to go anywhere else. Our new solid prop weapons are big winners. Starting from pistols & ranging to cannons and anti-aircraft guns, it is an in-expensive way to outfit your films background and extras. **We are stocktaking through our entire prop line, look for big updates soon!** 
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Here at SparkeFilms we have a unit of "Film Soldiers" that can give your production an authentic edge. Give us your actors and we take them on a Military History Training Camp with our 'soldiers'. Our researchers do the background work for the era your film is portraying and we train your actors in that eras tactics, weapons training, marching, orders etc. Click "Film Soldiers" for more info! Pictured right: 1, 2 and 3 section of our Film soldier unit train under the watchful eye of IAN SPARKE. 1 section practice bayonet and un-armed combat drill (Far ground), 2 section practice firing positions and 3 section practice light machine gun magazine changes under fire (Fore ground). Want To Join Our Film Soldier Units??? Click HERE and scroll down to find out more!!! |
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"THE 34th BATTALION" Promo
 The script has several interested parties as well as producers 'attached'. It made it to the short listed top 100 scripts out of 1400 in Project Green light Australia series one! To view the synopsis go to our FILM PRODUCTIONS page...and to view the promo, follow this 2006 trailer LINK and new 2007 trailer LINK If you are interested in helping the project E-mail us Today |
 Police, fire, nurse - We have them all. From 1800's police to American prison guards our stocks cover right through. Starting as far back as B.C, we have a limited collection of civilian clothing. Dark ages peasants through colonial is quite comprehensive. Limited stock from 1930's through to 1960's Contact us now to find out what we have in stock! 
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 Have something historic? From the military? Don't want it anymore?.....WE DO!..... SparkeFilms is always looking for Uniforms, Clothing, Military items, Emergency Services items etc, etc. Any items from B.C to today - special interest in WW1 and WW2. From props to books, Any Items! Don't throw out that old army hat, give your grand dad's old gear a good home. We preserve historical artifacts and help teach the new generations through our unique range of mediums. Will Purchase or Donations Gratefully Accepted.... E-mail us Today HELP US BRING HISTORY TO LIFE! BELOW: Insignificant piece? I think not. Portion of a Japanese bomber wing shot down over Darwin, early 1942. Acquired by SparkeFilms through private persons.  |
