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You are invited to drop by Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com to view our October selection of eight exciting films streaming over the Web in broadband, including two premieres!
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*Boeing B-17 Emergency Operations NEW! B-17 Emergency Operations is literally a "hot stove" session where veteran pilots give hands on advice on how to overcome some of their most challenging B-17 disaster scenarios. You'll learn how to handle dangerous situations like in flight engine fires, CG induced flight instability, stalls, emergency small field takeoffs & landings and a lot more. Plus there are animations, graphics and a dry sense of humor that make this one of the more enjoyable training films to come out of World War 2.
*Operation Sky Watch Nuclear Armed B-52s on High Alert NEW! This is a time capsule from the height of the Cold War. In this detailed reenactment, Major Paul Dobbins and the crew of B-52G Buzz Saw 48 are put on Airborne Alert, the highest stage of readiness during a crisis for SAC's strategic bombers in the early 1960s. Armed with a pair of nuclear tipped Hound Dog AGM-28 long range supersonic missiles, a load of A-Bombs and ADM-20 Quail jet powered decoys designed to fool enemy radars, they're sent to a predetermined patrol area near the Arctic Circle.
*416th Bomb Group A-26 Invaders Attack. This is an original documentary I put together from silent, unedited archival film footage and stills. The essential roll that "Attack" bombers like the A-20 & A-26 is one of the untold stories of World War 2. Legendary SFP 186 Army Air Force combat cameramen rode along with 416th Bomb Group A-26 Invaders during March and April, 1945 with color film loaded in their cameras. The results are some of the most beautiful and dramatic footage to come out of the World War II.
*P-47 Thunderbolt World Wide Combat Operations. This is an original documentary I put together from silent, unedited archival film footage and stills. The essential roll that "Attack" bombers like the A-20 & A-26 is one of the untold stories of World War 2. Legendary SFP 186 Army Air Force combat cameramen rode along with 416th Bomb Group A-26 Invaders during March and April, 1945 with color film loaded in their cameras. The results are some of the most beautiful and dramatic footage to come out of the World War II.
*The 25 Hour Day: F-105s in Vietnam Produced by Fairchild-Hiller-Republic for the US Air Force, this film offers a unique look inside F-105 "Thunderchief" ("The Thud!") fighter-bomber operations when the air campaign against North Vietnamese supply lines was ramping up into to high gear.
*World War 2 Machine Gun Shootout: US Vrs German. Produced by the US War Department to familiarize American troops with the actual sound and performance of various German automatic weapons including the Schmeisser MP-40 machine pistol and the MG-34 and MG-42 machine guns. The higher rate of fire of some of the German weapons was cause for concern among US soldiers. "Automatic Weapons: American vs.German" uses a pair of memorable "shootouts" to compare the relative strengths of the US weapons with their captured German counterparts.
*No Sweat: F-86 Flight Safety Training The star of this show is the featured aircraft, a North American F-86D -- the all weather version of the Sabre jet -- which is shown in considerable detail. Notice the radar scope mounted on the instrument panel. I especially like the pre-CGI aerial shots of a real Sabre slipping through the cumulus. A beautiful sight! The film was produced by USAFE (United States Air Force, Europe) and filmed on location in Germany in the 1950s in order to cut down on costly air accidents resulting from pilot error.
* John Ford's This is the first film ever made on how to be a spy in enemy territory produced by a secret intelligence service to train their agents. And it's not everyday I discover a virtually unknown feature film by an Oscar Winning director, let alone one that contains his only speaking role in a talking picture. Hollywood legend John Ford directed this training film during World War 2 on the art of espionage for the O.S.S (Office of Strategic Services, forerunner of the C.I.A) and plays a cameo role as a secret intelligence officer. (Ford appears at 5:40) It's been released to the public for the first time by the C.I.A. Archives.
We also show 1940-45 vintage WWII Army & Navy films and pilot's manuals on how to fly the F4U, F6F, P-38, P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51, P-61, TBF/TBM, AT-6/SNJ, B-17, B-24, B-25, A-20, A-26, B-26, B-29, and Stearman N2S. Alert! - don't miss the F-86, B-47 & B-58!
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