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- B-52 Vietnam NEW!-
- A Day with the A-36s
- Sky Blitz
- The Memphis Belle - New Color Corrected Edition
- The 98th Bomb Group - Liberators Over Africa
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- B-52 Vietnam New
- Operations out of U Tapao Air Base, Thailand
- (Color 40:00, 1968)
Real Video is recommended for 28.8 & 56k dialup modem connections
The focus of this dramatic film is an "Arc Light" bombing mission flown by Pilot Captain George Dietrich and the crew of B-52 D "075," 4258th Strategic Wing out of U Tapao, Thailand in support of the besieged marine base at Khe Sahn in 1968. You'll see every aspect of the mission from Wing briefing, pre-fight check & takeoff, through the bomb run and final touch down. But this is much more than a typical Air Force information film -- it's more like a home movie. You'll see Capt. Dietrich and his crew relaxing in a grass hut, sipping PBRs at the end of the runway, shooting the bull & watching the big Buffs takeoff. 258th CO, Brigadier General Alex W. Talmant, who flew 100 missions himself, supplies an honest, straight forward narration that stresses empowering junior officers. Also includes briefings from "the brass at Mac V headquarters, but the real stars of the film are the men of the 4258th. You'll see them up close, going about their business maintaining and arming the big B-52s along with behind the scenes glimpses of field operations at U-Tapao.
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- A Day with the A-36s
- (1944, Color14:00)
- New -- Remastered for web streaming
Real Video is recommended for 28.8 & 56k dialup modem connections
- Unique extended color version compiled from multiple sources. The A-36 was the ground attack variant of the P-51 and was known as "the Invader," "the Mustang" or "the Apache.". Very rare combat film of an A-36A fighter-bomber squadron in action in Sicily. The A36A was equipped with the Mustang's original Allison engine, as opposed to the Rolls Royce Merlin adapted so successfully in the escort versions, which worked just fine for low level work. Note the quad 20mm canons on this fast and powerful attack plane, very unusual on an American fighter.You'll see ground crews doing their critical support work, including fueling, rearming and maintaining these sleek birds. This exciting film includes incredible cockpit views of screaming ground attack runs as well as fascinating scenes from a captured Italian air base. Hidden gems in this film are up close views of captured or destroyed Axis aircraft, including an He 111, FW-190, Ju 88, and a rare view of an intact Italian Macchi 202 "Folgore" in full desert cammo.
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- Own your own full screen copy of "A Day With The A-36s"
- on our P-51 Mustangs Go to War DVD which also includes
- * Flight Characteristics of the P-51 Fighter
- * 354th Fighter Group Color Scrapbook
- * Air Attacks Against Italy
- * Luftwaffe Finis! Luftwaffe leaders fall into Allied hands -- Galland, Goering, Rudel & more Color
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- Sky Blitz
- (1942 B&W 22:00)
- In German with English commentary
- New -- Remastered for web streaming
Real Video is recommended for 28.8 & 56k dialup modem connections
- This documentary on the airborne invasion of Holland in May 1941 was captured from the Germans and turned into a training tool by the US Army Air Corp. That's because it's a text book case of the effective use of airborne troops and influenced US doctrine. This dramatic, action filled film focuses on the capture and securing of a strategic lynch pin in the defense of Holland, the massive Moerdijk bridge. You'll see crack "Fallschrimjeager" troops seize the bridge in tact before it can be blown by the Dutch. Useful maps portray tactical operations.
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- =-The Memphis Belle
- (1944, Technicolor 20:00))
- New -- Remastered for web streaming
- in color corrected digital video
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Real Video is recommended for 28.8 & 56k dialup modem connections
New -- color corrected video! The classic film chronicles the 25th mission of the Boeing B-17 Memphis Belle, striking the all important U-boat submarine pens at Wilhemshaven. This is the original wartime documentary, written and directed by legendary Academy Award winner William Wyler. If this film looks and sounds familiar, it's because this is the same production crew that brought you another wonderful classic, "Thunderbolt!." You'll see Capt Robert Morgan and the men of the B-17 "Memphis Belle," 324th Squadron, 91st BG, going about their deadly business in rare Technicolor footage. The mission shown in the film is both routine and climactic, because 25 missions completed meant the crew could rotate out of combat. (Too many never made it to 25 missions. Bomber losses were high.) It's a measure of both the times and the men who flew these planes that several of the Belle's crew signed on for more missions, finishing the War flying B-29s against Japan. See them in "Target Tokyo. "
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- Own your own color corrected copy of this film on our
- Memphis Belle DVD
which also includes
- B-17E 25 Hour Inspection "The Crew Chief"
- 500- page B-17 mechanic's manual
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- The 98th Bomb Group: Liberators Over Africa
- (1943,B&W,27:00)
- New -- Remastered for web streaming
Real Video is recommended for 28.8 & 56k dialup modem connections
- Exclusive original documentary from Military Arts Pi cures. This recently discovered footage shows Medal of Honor winner Col. John R. "Killer " Kane and the men of the 98th Bomb Group in the Summer of 1943, shortly before the heroic, costly Ploesti mission, at their desert base in Benghasi/Benina, Libya. You'll see legendary B-24s like "The Vulgar Virgin," "The Sandman," and "War Cloud." Sadly, several of these ships were filmed here for the last time before they were lost over Romania. There's an unexpected gem too. Soon after the Axis surrender in Tunisia, 9th combat cameraman Jim Bray hitched a ride on a B-24 and filmed all the major North African targets the 98th had hit from the air, from El Alemein to Tunis. You'll see Tobruk, Tripoli, Benghazi, Bizerte and more from the air, the way pilots and crew saw them during the Desert War. And the big Liberator goes in low too so you can take in sunken warships, clamoring liberty ships unloading their cargoes, and bombed out harbors that have long since been rebuilt. This is a priceless time capsule.
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- Own your own full screen copy of
- The 98th Bomb Group
- Liberators over North Africa
- on our B-24 Liberators Go to War DVD
- also includes
- Liberators Over Europe, 1942-45
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- 1st Air Division Bombing Highlights, 1944-45
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