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- Now Playing - February Features
- The 362 Fighter Group: On the Prowl Over Germany in color
- Bombers Over North Africa
- Catapulting on a WW2 Carrier
- Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
- Clark Gable's Combat America in color
- Tunisian Victory in color
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- The 362nd Fighter Group
- On the prowl over Germany Exclusive
- (Color 30:00, 1945)
Exclusive original documentary -- some of the most exciting color air action sequences to come out of World War 2! Select 362nd Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt fighter/bombers were especially equipped with color movie cameras to capture thrilling ground and air attacks as they happened. These squadrons were tasked with striking targets inside Nazi Germany as the war against the Third Reich entered it's final act in Spring, 1945. The result is unique from the cockpit views putting you in the middle of attacks on tanks, airfields, trucks, rail yards, bridges, trains, fighters and more. You'll even see antiaircraft fire arcing up from the ground, bursting around the big Thunderbolts as they make their low level strikes. You'll see 362nd CO Col. Joe Laughlin and the pilots and crews of the 377th, 378th and 379th Fighter Squadrons and their aircraft in living color.
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- Bombers Over North Africa
- is part of our US Bombers Go to War DVD
- 7 outstanding bomber films
- * Medal of Honor Ploesti August 1, 1943
- * Air Siege Ploesti March to August 1944
- * Bombers Over North Africa
- * Target Tokyo
- * Conquest by Air
- * Mission Accomplished:
- * The Story of the Flying Fortress
- * Doolittle. Strikes Japan
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- Bombers Over North Africa
- (1943,B&W,22:00)
- Remastered for web streaming
Real Video is recommended for 28.8 & 56k dialup modem connections
- This is a rare look at early war US Air Operations in North Africa. B-25 and B-17 bombers of the 321st and 97th Bomb Groups help cut off Rommel's retreat from Tunisia. Part of the "North West African Strategic Air Force," these groups were initially tasked with preventing men and material from reaching the Afrika Korps, and later with preventing them from escaping. The missions for the day of this film were to strike from bases in Algeria at the junction at Manouba, near Tunis, and the air field at Sidi Ahmed, near Bizerte, where a large number of extremely valuable JU 52 transports were based, a key element in German evacuation plans. (Ironically, the 321st would soon occupy Sidi Ahmed as their new base for the Sicilian campaign.) The film features an introduction by the theater commander, then 4 star General, Dwight Eisenhower and an afterword by Air Operations Commanding General "Jimmy" Doolittle. Perhaps most memorably, this film is notable for it's extended "up close and personal" look at the men of the 97th & 321st BGs. You'll see real pre mission and after action debriefing sessions with the men who flew them, including a B-17 crew's account of an FW 190 shoot down and the water ditching of a heavily damaged B-25.
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- Catapulting on a World War 2
- Aircraft Carrier
- (1944, 25:00)
- Small World War II aircraft carriers depended on their catapults. This unique film offers a rare look at how US Navy carrier crews were trained to operate catapults to launch aircraft, even from very short decks.
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- As a bonus, you'll see GM FM-1 "Wildcats" up close, handled expertly on the tiny deck of a CVE "jeep" escort carrier. Built on merchant men hulls, the 78 jeeps were pressed into service for a variety of rolls, including anti submarine war in the Atlantic and covering amphibious landings in the Pacific, Their greatest moment came on Oct. 35, 1944, in the battle of Samar in the Philippines, when the CVEs of Task Group 77.4 (Task units "Taffy 1, 2, 4") launched a furious attack on Adm. Kurita's overwhelming task force and caused it to retreat. The CVE St Lo was lost and several others were heavily damaged, but the landing at Leyte was successfully protected.
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- Catapulting on a Carrier
- is available full screen on our
- Fighting Lady DVD
- which also includes Flight Deck Crews:
- "Landing & Re-spotting Aircraft" and
- a complete Grumman F4F/FM2 Pilot's manual
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- Get your own full screen, high resolution copy of Submarine Warfare in the Pacific on our new
- "Dive! Dive! Dive!" DVD
- which includes four more WW2 Submarine classics
- The Capture of U-505 During June, 1944, Task Force "Guadalcanal" under Commander Frederick S. Hall was on station off West Africa, hunting U-Boats. Hall's objective was to capture a German submarine intact, for the first time ever. Here's how he did it
- Design for War The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1942. Hitler unleashes the U-Boats. The Allies try to protect convoys. U-Boat aces in action.
- Killers and the Killed Victory in the Atlantic, 1943-1945. The Allies develop an effective air and sea ant-submarine strategy to close the "mid-ocean gap."
- Full Fathom Five The Road to Victory in the Pacific 1942-1945. The US builds, trains and deploys an amazingly effective submarine force in the Pacific
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- -Submarine Warfare in the Pacific
- (Documentary, 1946, B&W, 40:00)
- Remastered for web streaming
Real Video is recommended for 28.8 & 56k dialup modem connections
- This film was completed shortly after the end of the War and contains footage on US submarine operations you won't find anywhere else. There is a cameo appearance by Japanese Fleet Admiral Nagano who discusses (in English) the effect of US sub operations on the ability of the Japanese to make war. The "pig boats" inflicted military and transport losses on the enemy that were far beyond their own tiny numbers. The program is introduced by Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, Jr, the legendary commander of Pacific submarine forces (COMSUBPAC) and narrated by star, and Navy man, Gene Kelly. The film is chocked full of dramatic footage shot on location by combat cameramen, including above and below surface actions and one of the Silent Service's most vital, but unsung, functions, the rescue of downed airmen in the combat zone. One of the highlights of the film is footage of Medal of Honor winner, Lt Commander George L. Street, leading an attack. See Tirante, Trigger and other subs in action along with their crews.
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- Clark Gable's
- Combat America
- Digitally Restored Print
- (1943, Color, 65:00)
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- This warm hearted documentary was produced, written, directed, and narrated by movie star Clark Gable while he was on assignment with the 8th Air Force, developing a gunnery training film. Though not as well known as "Memphis Belle," in our opinion this film is easily its match in story telling, action, and unforgettable color imagery. Gable chronicles the experiences of the men of the 351 Bombardment Group from the cool early morning mists of Colorado to the frigid skies over Germany. His affection and admiration for these men comes through loud and clear. This film is like a Kodachrome album out of the past, giving us snapshots of life on a front line air base in 1943. Though he doesn't mention it in the film (and generally keeps himself in the background) Gable flew combat missions with the Group until he was ordered to stop by "the brass." He was 42 at the time and of course, a Hollywood Star. But he felt he couldn't accurately portray the air war unless he shared the experiences of the men who fought it . He did. It shows. Bonus: rare color footage of captured German aircraft.
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- Get you own full screen copy of this film on our
- digitally restored
- Combat America DVD
- Now only $9.95!
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- Get "Tunisian Victory" on our new DVD
- Includes a Tiger Tank manual!
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- =-Tunisian Victory
- The Classic World War 2 Documentary
- (1945, B&W, 116:00))
- Remastered for web streaming
An American-British feature length co production in very good black and white film, reminiscent of the Academy Award Winner, "The True Glory." This is the climactic final chapter in the defeat of Rommel's Africa Korps told in an epic, wide ranging presentation. American, British, and French forces strike from the West in Operation Torch, landing in Morocco and Algeria, the first major amphibious strike of World War 2. British and Commonwealth forces continue their drive from Egypt, through the Mareth Line in Southern Tunisia. And "action packed" is an understatement! You'll see all aspects of Allied air, sea, parachute and ground operations from beach landings through the final mass surrender of the Africa Korps, including a mountain of dramatic combat footage ranging across the North African front. There's a wide variety of Allied and Axis tanks and armored vehicles featured too, along with many aircraft like the A-20, B-25,B-17, B-24, Spitfire, Hurricane, Beaufighter, P-38, P-39, P-40 and more in action. The film has plenty of animated strategic and tactical maps that make this complex operation easy to grasp.
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