German Gun Camera Footage

Product Description

These gripping and graphic wartime battle films, taken from the nose of German aircraft in action, were originally used to train German pilots on methods of engaging the enemy. Thus, each clip describes the aircraft involved, angle of attack, and starting and finishing distance between them - sometimes as little as 75 feet! Featured aircraft include Fw 190s, Me 109s and Bf 110s against B-17s, B-24s, P-47s, P-51s, Yak-9s and others. B&W, Dialogue-free. 32 minutes.

Customer Reviews:

Good but Raw.......2004-03-17

The gun camera footage is taken from Luftwaffe training films for fighter pilots. Each engagement is preceded by information regarding it, but that is the problem. It is all written in German, therefore hard to understand. With a little effort, it seems to me that the company could have produced an insert translating the words, making it more meaningful. The accompanying music is all patriotic German marching music from the war, some with vocals, some without. The action is riveting, but unfortunately each clip is all too short. This is not the fault of the producers of the DVD, since it is all they had to work with. Despite the drawbacks, it is still an excellent product simply because very little axis gun camera footage survived the war.

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