DVD and Video Movies on the subject Air+War.

[Concorde247]

Hi GT, have you seen the original US Documentary colour footage of the Memphis Belles last mission before it went back to the states? Thats VERY good too!

I've also got one of the volumes of the Airforce story, but I cant Remember which one!!

 

[evangilder]

The William Wyler Memphis Belle documentary is very good! It is available on DVD. I know because I picked one up a while back.

 

[Concorde247]

Theres also a colour documentary filmed during the war of a lancaster on a night mission called Night Bombers, which is also Very Good.

My List of documentary type films movies are as follows:

ON VIDEO:

SOME OF OUR AIRMEN ARE NO LONGER MISSING: - story behind the Dutch recovery teams>

NIGHTFIGHTERS: German Nightfighters BF110 JU88 He219 DO17/217

TARGET GERMANY TARGET BERLIN: 1st about the USAF raids 2nd about Bomber command over Berlin.

8TH AIRFORCE AT WAR: Fighter Bomber combat footage.

FORGOTTEN BOMBERS OF THE RAF: unseen film of RAF bombers 39-45

MEMPHIS BELLE: WW2 colour Documentary.

NIGHT BOMBERS: WW2 Colour Documentary of a Lancaster raid.

COMBAT AMERICA: Clark Gables film about B17 Gunnery Crews.

B24's AT WAR: WW2 combat missions inc. combat footage.

CLASSIC FIGHTERS OF THE LUFTWAFFE: documentaries with combat footage restored aircraft. BF109,FW190,BF110,ME262, ME163

CLASSIC BOMBERS OF THE LUFTWAFFE: documentaries with combat footage restored aircraft. JU87, JU88, HE111, AR234, + Ju52

SEA HURRICANE: the story of the restoration project of the sea hurricane at duxford.

BOMBERS: Strategic bombing campaigns of WW2

SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE: Documentary on the story of the spitfire.

THE HURRICANE AT WAR: Documentary on the story of the Hurricane.

TARGET FOR TODAY?FIGHT FOR THE SKY: 8th af raids on Gdansk gdynia / P47, P38 P51 Combat footage narrated by Ronald Reagan.

BOMBERS OVER BERLIN: Operation Titanic where after a daylight raid on Germany, the B17's continued over landed in Russian territory. few days later, refuelled Rearmed bombed Germany again on their way back to their bases in the UK.

FIGHTER ACES: History of areial combat ww1-ww2

SILENTLY TO WAR: the history of the Glider Regiment.

WARRIORS OF THE NIGHT: Night bombers nightfighters their tactics in Europe.

TARGET FOR TONIGHT: war movie on the mission flown by wellington F_Freddie.

LANCASTER AT WAR: Film profile of the Lanc inc. Combat footage.

WHERE THEY FLEW WHERE THEY FELL: Where british German Air Aces flew their crash sites in WW1

GERMAN AIRCRAFT OF WW1: Fokkers, Pfalz etc.

the above dont include the Army/Navy Film/documentaries that I also have!! or the usual war movies either!!

ON DVD:

TYPHOON AT WAR: history of the typhoon w/combat footage.

TEMPEST AT WAR: history of the tempest w/combat footage.

WORLD AT WAR PART 1: inc battle of Britain.

FRANK CAPRA _WHY WE FIGHT: His take on the Battle of Britain.

BOMBERS OF WW2: UK, US German bombers.

ROYAL AIRFORCE AT WAR: RAF FILM prod. unit footage:

BATTLE OF BRITAIN - the official history.

GERMAN SUPPORT AIRCRAFT GLIDERS OF WW2: JU52, ME321,,ME323,
DFS230, Gotha gliders.

TARGET FOR TONIGHT: bomber commands raids on berlin,hamburg,dresden etc.

VICKERS WELLINGTON: ww2 footage documentaries.

De HAVILLAND MOSQUITO: ww2 footage documentaries.

JUNKERS 87-THE FLYING SCOURGE OF EUROPE:

LEST WE FORGET:Tribute the the Men Women of the RAF.

THE RAF AT WAR _-THE UNSEEN FILMS: Great combat Training films.

Again, NOT including my army, or famous battles ones, or general movies.


As you can see, its a modest collection, and i've always got my eye out for any others.

 

[Concorde247]

P.S. - Please DONT ask about the war movies or TV shows, I'll be here all night



- or the books, !!!

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

very impressive.........

 

[Concorde247]

Thanks, I'd hate to think how much they all cost!!

 

[GT]

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[the lancaster kicks ass]

that does annoy me at times..........

 

[evangilder]

I just watched one 2 nights ago that was a pretty good documentary of the 351st BG. I don't have it nearby at the moment and can't remember the title, but it was narrated by Clark Gable.

 

[Concorde247]

It could be Combat America, thats one one i have that he made and narrated.

 

[GT]

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[Concorde247]

thanks - BTW like the sigs!

 

[evangilder]

Yes, Concorde, it was combat america. I got it as part of a 3 DVD set of wartime movies, mostly documentaries. It's called the Uncle Sam collection. It's volume 2, I want to find volume 1 as well. I have watched a few of them while at the museum during slow periods. I finally can sit and enjoy them.

 

[GT]

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[Wildcat]

Some other decent movies are-

Command Decision
The Damn Busters
Appointment in London
Thirty Seconds Over Tokiyo
The Hunters (great F86 footage)
I Wanted Wings
Dive Bomber (Fantastic colour footage of pre WWII US Navy aircraft!)
Airforce
Captains Of The Clouds
Tuskegee Airmen
Battle Of Britain
Malta Story
Reach For The Sky

Thats all I can think of right now.

 

[cheddar cheese]

At ATC the other night the Officer ( a women who is very patronising) was telling us preps about the layout of airfields. She went on to say "Has anyone seen Pearl Harbour? Its a fantastic film. the layout of the American planes was bad because the Japanese just bombed them!" I laughed like hell and she got angry with me.

 

[GT]

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