Air
War Film Expo
Vol. 2
Three rare WWII
aviation films in One
VHS
Running time 1:44. Three
rare WWII aviation films made during combat. The
Memphis Belle - Fly with the Belle’s crew on the 25th and final mission,a
daring daylight attack on the submarine pens at Wilhelmshaven. A great
historical documentary. Color.
Target Tokyo -
Ronald Reagan narrates. Follow the giant B-29 Super Forts flying
from their secret base against stiff flak and fighter opposition to blast
the Japanese homeland.
Thunderbolt -
Ride in the P-47 as it races up the boot of Italy bombing and strafing
vital supply routes. Some of the most spectacular film of the war
from the air. Color. |
Warbird
Checkout #4
VHS
Running time 1:42 Flying the P-47 -
In three parts, almost anything you might ask about the famed Thunderbolt
fighter. Here is detailed coverage that begins with pilot familiarization,
ground handling, take-off, normal flight, landings and high altitude
flight and aerobatics. Includes tips on what not to do. (B&W, 1 hr.,
9 min.) Thunderbolt: Ramrod to Emden - The story of the 56th F.G.
(8th A.F.) P-47 escort mission on Oct. 1, 1943. Covers the Thunderbolt
pilot briefing, the take-off, joining up and rendezvous with the B-17s
and B-24s. Excellent combat footage. We shoot down a few Fw-190 bandits...
but we lose some B-17s, too! (B&W, 33 min.) |
Hell
from the Heavens
VHS
Running time 1:37 German Invasion of
Holland, May 1940 - Captured German film portrays paratroops being
pep-talked, boarding their Ju 52 transports, and flying low-level
to parachute into Holland. (B&W, 19:30) D-Z Normandy - An Air Force
documentary film of the planes, the troop gliders, and the men of the 82nd
and 101st Airborne in the invasion assault on the coast of Normandy
supported by waves of B-26 Marauders and P-47s. 821 plane-loads of 13,000
combat troops landed behind enemy lines in 2 hrs. right on top of the Germans.
This is D-Day! (B&W, 1:17). |
