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Welcome.
 World War 2 in the air and beyond. Want to know what it was it like to fly a real P-51 Mustang? Need a gift for a vet who flew one? Wonder what life was like on a carrier fighting in the Pacific? Driving a tank in the "Battle of the Bulge?"
Look no further than our 100+ action packed World War 2 films, all produced between 1941-1945, now on full screen digital home DVDs. You'll experience everything from actual pilot training films produced by aircraft manufacturers to rare color documentaries shot in battle by combat cameramen -- and much more. Many of our aircraft and weapons DVDs contain complete Technical Handbooks with detailed info at no additional charge.
Unlike other historic film publishers, we have digitally restored many of our videos and have supplied footage for programs shown on the History, Discovery and A&E channels, for PBS documentaries, and to air museums for video displays.
We've created new categories that moves beyond World War II aircraft, "World War II Classics," that includes outstanding Army, Navy and Marine combat and weapons training films, and we've expanded our post WW2 jet aircraft division into the 1950's and '60s.
Speed, value & high quality. 99% of our orders ship on the same or next business day and our products are always in stock. Choose "Priority Mail" for economical 2 day delivery to most US locations. International orders are welcome. If you live outside of North America our DVDs are not "region limited," will play on PAL & SECAM players.
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Thunderbolts Go to War DVD
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Flying the Republic P-47 w Free P-47 Thunderbolts Go to War DVD
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Buy P-47 & Get Free P-47 GO to War FREE $18.95
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* Thunderbolt! 5/2/2010 New Digitally restored archival print with more than 5-minutes of new content! See 65th FS P-47s in action in Italy. As part of "Operation Strangle," They continuously attacked highways, bridges, ammo dumps, railroads and just about anything that moved to choke off the flow of supplies to the Axis front line. Real fighter base life too. A Classic!
* P-47 Combat Operations Veteran pilots discuss flying missions in all theaters. You'll hear the action described in their own words, including a liberal sprinkling of vintage pilot slang.
* Ramrod to Emden Digitally Restored The 56th Fighter Group was home to P-47 aces like David Schilling, Frances "Gabby" Gabreski, Robert S. Johnson, Fred Christensen, Walker Mahurin, and CO Hubert "Hub" Zemke. See an action packed "ramrod" into Germany.
112-Page P-47N Thunderbolt Pilot's manual
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Buy "Flying the P-47 Thunderbolt"
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Flying the P-47 DVD * Pilot Familiarization for the P-47
* Ground Handling, Takeoff, Normal Flight and Landing.
* High Altitude Flight and Aerobatics
* Uncrating and Assembly of the P-47 Thunderbolt See a ground crew put together a P-47 in a farmer's field using unpowered hand tools -- Amazing!
* P-47D pilot's manual
P-47 Thunderbolts Go to War DVD FREE
* Thunderbolt! See
65th FS P-47s in action in Italy. As part of "Operation Strangle," They
continuously attacked highways, bridges, ammo dumps, railroads and just
about anything that moved to choke off the flow of supplies to the Axis
front line. Real fighter base life too. A Classic!
* P-47 Combat Operations Veteran
pilots discuss flying missions in all theaters. You'll hear the action
described in their own words, including a liberal sprinkling of vintage
pilot slang.
* Ramrod to Emden The
56th Fighter Group was home to P-47 aces like David Schilling, Frances
"Gabby" Gabreski, Robert S. Johnson, Fred Christensen, Walker Mahurin,
and CO Hubert "Hub" Zemke. See an action packed "ramrod" into Germany.
112-Page P-47N Thunderbolt Pilot's manual
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The Douglas A20 Havoc & A-26 Invader DVD
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Airborne Assault! American and German Airborne Operations
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The A-20/A-26 DVD
*A-26 Invaders Attack! Color New Legendary SFP 186 combat cameramen rode along with 416th bomb Group A-26 Invaders during March and April, 1945 with color film loaded in their cameras. The result is some of the most beautiful and dramatic footage to come out of the World War II.
* A-20 Havocs in Color with 416th Bomb Group Scrapbook Color New Rare color footage of 416th Bomb Group A-20 Havocs (aka Bostons) taken before the Group transition to A-26s in the fall of 1944 -- plus many memorable still photos from Group photog, Sargent Cachat.
* Flying the A-20 Bomber Flown as "the Boston" by the Brits on daring hedge hopping low level '"ramrod' raids over the Continent and as the "Havoc" by the USAAF inf SE Asia ,this magnificent attack bomber is one of the most under appreciated aircraft of World War II.
* A-26 Flying Tips WWII, Korea, Indochina, the Bay of Pigs, Laos, Vietnam, the Congo, South America, fire fighting in the Pacific North West -- this fantastic aircraft has seen it all! The most advanced attack plane of World War II.
* FLAK A fascinating World War II training film for pilots on the theory and practice of evading antiaircraft fire.
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- * Normandy: the Airborne Invasion of Fortress Europe This detailed film was produced during the war to show the
strategic and tactical planning that went into the airborne component
of the D-Day invasion, and to document it's execution. If you think you've seen all there is to see about D-Day, you haven't seen this film.
- *Sky Blitz This dramatic German documentary on the
airborne invasion of Holland in May, 1941 was captured
and turned into a training tool by the US Army Air Corp. It's a text book case.
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P-38 Lightnings Go To War DVD
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North American B-25 DVD
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* The Back Door Gang EXCLUSIVE P-38s take the air war into Germany with blistering ground attacks.
* Flight Characteristics of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning Lockheed's top WW2 test pilots do the checkout.
* P-38 Reconnaissance Pilot Starring William Holden ("Bridge on the River Kwai") Photo recon pilots had one of the riskiest, highest impact jobs in the war.
* Angel in Overalls This film was developed to show Lockheed P-38 production line workers the Lightning at war in a wide variety of combat roles.
* Yamamoto shot down! See the P-38 Squadron that shot down Admiral Yamamoto in an incredible long distance interception.
* Dick Bong Pacific Ace This short film pays tribute to Richard "Dick" Bong, the leading American ace of World War II. Flying P-38s, he had 40 victories in the South Pacific.
* 72 page Lockheed P-38 pilot's manual in .pdf file format with photos, detailed systems diagrams, performance charts, procedures & more.
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The B-25 DVD
Digitally Restored
How to Fly the North American B-25 "Mitchell" This is the plane that Jimmy Doolittle chose to fly off the carrier Hornet for the famous raid on Tokyo. The '25 was the US's most produced medium bomber.
* Air Operations Lae-Salamaua See spectacular in cockpit views of B-25 Mitchell medium bomber making strafing runs on Japanese bases as well as some of the first ever "on the deck" tail gunner views of delayed action and "para frag" bombs dropping & exploding right behind the hedge hopping Mitchells.
* Winged Artillery Nine 75mm canon firing B-25Gs of the 48th Bomb Squadron conduct a hair raising tree top level strike on the Japanese air base on Mille.
* 94 page North American B-25 pilot's manual in pdf file format
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Primary Flight Training with the Boeing/Stearman PT-13 -17 N2S Kaydet 2 DVD Set
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Record Breaker: The B-58 Hustler Story Volume 1
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2 DVD Set (3 Hours, B&W, 1944-45)
Nine films featuring the Stearman N2S: Flying Sense * Before You Fly * Your First Flight (Parts 1&2) * Attitudes of Flight * Taxiing & Take-Offs * Landings * Race Track Patterns (Parts 1&2) These films lay a fine ground work for primary flight skills This series of basic flight training films was produced and directed for the US Navy by actor and Hollywood legend Robert "Bob" Taylor a lieutenant in the USNR and an active flight instructor during the War. You'll learn everything from ground school chalk talks on the theory of aeronautics and flight to hands on throttle, stick, and rudder training on turns, banks, trimming, climbs, stalls approaches and much more. Now comes with two Stearman pilot's manuals!
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Record Breaker: The B-58 Hustler Story DVD Volume 1
A pilot once said of the B-58, "She
looked like she was breaking the sound barrier just sitting on the
tarmac." The B-58 wasn't just one of the fastest bombers
of her day, she was one of the fastest military planes period. In the early 1960s the B-58 gained
14 speed and performance records, many previously held by Soviet
aircraft.
* B-58 Bendix Trophy Race 1962 (Color) On March 5th, 1962, Capt Robert G Sauer & his crew in
"Tall Man 55" took off from Carswell AFB, Fort Worth, Texas to break
three transcontinental speed records in one day, over 4,500 miles --
in "Operation Heat Rise."
* B-58 Low Altitude Bombing Capability (Color) This film focuses on the low altitude sections of "Tall
Man 55s" record breaking March 5th flight. Great views of the Hustler
at very low altitude from inside & outside the cockpit at Mach two.
* The Bleriot Trophy (Color) In 1930 the French aviation pioneer established a prize for the first aircraft to average over 2,000 kph for thirty minutes. See how B-58 Hustler "Firefly" took the prize.
* Champion of Champions (Color) Isn't that the legendary star and war hero James Stewart
climbing out of the pilot's seat of the B-58 that just touched down?
"Yup!" -- and he's ready willing and able to give you his first
hand impressions of an aircraft he is obviously has fallen in love
with.
DVD includes two B-58 flight manuals with over 450 pages of detailed information.
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The US Navy Bombers DVD
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The Fighting Lady/Carrier Ops DVD
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- * Black Cat PBY Exclusive new edition the big twin engined Catalina's super long range, capacity to lug bombs and radar, and ability to loiter for hours hunting convoys made it an ideal naval night attack bomber.
- * Torpedo Attack: High Altitude High Speed NEW Learn all about World War 2 torpedo plane attacks.
- * Introduction to Dive Bombing Hit the target the Navy way!
- * Flying the TBF The Grumman TBF/TBM "Avenger" Torpedo Bomber. The Avenger was a tough and accurate bomber that had a reputation for bringing it's crew home
- * 117 page Grumman TBF/TBM pilot's manual in .pdf file format.
- * The Brewster SB2A-4 "Buccaneer" Scout/Dive Bomber Was it really "the worst aircraft of World War II?"
- * Introduction to Dive Bombing An informative training film, produced by the Department of the Navy.
- * Deploying Aerial Mines You'll learn the basics of Aerial mine laying, including strategy and tactics.
- * 66 page Douglas SBD3 "Dauntless" dive bomber pilot's manual in .pdf file format. This aircraft delivered decisive strikes against
Japanese carrires at Midway.
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* The Fighting Lady New color print from archival footage The Fighting Lady follows the fictional career of an Essex Class aircraft carrier from the Marcus Islands through the "Mariana's Turkey Shoot" and much more. All of the footage is real. A true classic.
* Flight Deck Crews: Landing & Re-Spotting Aircraft
* Flight Deck Crews: Catapulting from an Aircraft Carrier
These two unique films offer a rare look (in color) at how US Navy carrier flight deck crews were trained to quickly land, park, fuel & re-arm incoming and relaunch aircraft.
* 76 page F4F/FM2 Wildcat pilot's manual in.pdf file format with photos, systems diagrams, performance charts, procedures & more.
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The July Special |
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The F4U DVD
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Get the US Carriers DVD free when you order $19.95
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The July SpecialOrder the F4U & get "US Carriers Go to War" Free
The F4U DVD * How to Fly the F4U Learn to fly the fastest and most powerful carrier fighter of World War II
* Offensive Fighter Tactics Color (Full length, unedited) Learn the tactics US Navy fighter pilot's developed during the first two years of the War against the nimble Japanese Zero. This vintage pilot training film covers everything from situational awareness to one-on-one dog fights and squadron tactics.
* Hook Down, Wheels Down Produced by the Department of the Navy to celebrate the first 50 years of carrier based aviation, with an emphasis on World War II. Along with some great Navy action, the highlight of the film are the numerous interviews with famous naval aviators, including John Thatch on inventing the "Thatch Weave."
* The Saga of the Franklin See the gallant officers and men of the carrier Franklin overcame incredible battle damage to save their ship. Plus rare and informative color footage of late war F4U Corsair carrier ops.
* 64 page F4U Corsair pilot's manual
Plus Free US Carriers Go to War DVD
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