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B-29 SUPERFORTRESS - VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES
Videos are available in VHS video
Pal Format and DVD (region 1 US and Canada) format. The
products will be shipped from the USA and delivered to
your door by the US based company "Historic Aviation".
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Stealing the Superfortress
- VHS Video
This expose draws on recently discovered Soviet archival
material and the memories of those who were there
to detail how the USSR produced a rivet-for-rivet
copy of the Superfortress. Follow the development
of the B-29 from its first proposal to the perilous
early flights in the Pacific, and learn about the
B-29s that touched down and were impounded in Vladivostok
- just two years before the Soviet Union introduced
the Tupolev Tu-4, a virtual replica of the B-29. 100
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American War Eagles:
B-29 Superfortress - DVD
Wings of Destruction.
The B-29 was the most advanced bomber to see operational
service during WWII. Designed to replace the B-17
and B-24, it was instead sent to the Pacific to use
its long-range capability for attacking Japan from
bases in China. In August 1945, the Enola Gay and
Bock's Car made history over Hiroshima and Nagasaki
by becoming the only two aircraft to drop atomic bombs
during wartime. Color, 52 minutes. |
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Warbird Checkout #8
- VHS Video
Running time 1:11 B-29 Flight Procedures & Combat
Crew Functioning - The fastest and mightiest bomber
built for WWII. This training film instructs the pilots
and crew on the aircraft and its incredible weapons
systems. Covers preflight, start of the R3350 engines,
take-offs, landings... and more. A razor-sharp film
with beautiful in-flight coverage. (B&W, 36 min.)
The Last Bomb - By midsummer, 1945, the 21st Bomber
Command B-29s were pounding Japan daily. This rare
color film covers the campaign as typified in a single
mission. Footage of preparations, take-off, formations,
bombing runs and return of more than 500 B-29s from
Wings based on Guam, Saipan and Tinian. In addition,
exciting footage of P-51 fighter escorts from Iwo
Jima attacking Japanese fighters and then strafing
ground targets. (Color, 35 min.) |
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Unsung Heroes of the
B-29s
History Alive -
VHS Video
The B-29 bomber, which saw action almost exclusively
in the Pacific Theater during World War II, represented
a giant leap forward technologically from the B-17s
and B-24s that flew over Europe. But the rush to develop
the B-29 claimed scores of lives in hurry-up testing,
where design and manufacturing flaws were paid for
in blood before the plane even entered active service.
Then, scores of dead-low bombing runs without guns
into the face of determined kamikaze defenses resulted
in captured crews who suffered horribly in Japanese
prison camps. Finally, came the successful missions
from high above Japanese defenses. This video also
includes a blow-by-blow account of the mission to
drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima from Paul Tibbets,
the pilot. 50 minutes. |
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$19.95
Buy the video, get the book FREE - a $12.95 value!
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Warbird Checkout #8 -
VHS Video w/FREE Book - B-29 Pilot Manual
B-29 Flight Procedures & Combat Crew Functioning.
The fastest and mightiest bomber built for WWII. This
training film instructs the pilots and crew on the
aircraft and its incredible weapons systems. Covers
preflight, start of the R3350 engines, take-offs,
landings... and more. A razor-sharp film with beautiful
in-flight coverage. (B&W, 36 min.). The Last Bomb
- By midsummer, 1945, the 21st Bomber Command B-29s
were pounding Japan daily. This rare color film covers
the campaign as typified in a single mission. Footage
of preparations, take-off, formations, bombing runs
and return of more than 500 B-29s from Wings based
on Guam, Saipan and Tinian. In addition, exciting
footage of P-51 fighter escorts from Iwo Jima attacking
Japanese fighters and then strafing ground targets.
(B&W, 35 min.). 71 total minutes. VHS
B-29 Pilot Operating Instructions. A reprint of the
official government handbook designed to show the
new cadet how to fly the aircraft. Heavily illustrated
with all the data. 81⁄4"x 103⁄4",
88 pgs., sfbd. |
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Enola Gay and the Atomic
Bombing of Japan
- VHS Video
In Enola Gay, the complete story of the missions to
Hiroshima and Nagasaki is revealed. Dramatic, never-before-seen
footage, shows each step of the effort to end the
war, from weapons development to the horrific aftermath
in the devastated cities. This compelling program
also features the recollections of surviving crew
members, making it the most genuine account of the
missions that changed history. 75 min. |
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The Men Who Brought the
Dawn - VHS Video
The Atomic Missions of "Enola Gay" and "Bockscar".
After 50 years, the men who brought the dawn were
reunited to commemorate the events of August 1945.
With rare archival footage as a backdrop, the surviving
crew members tell their full story, sharing their
emotions and thoughts as they reflect back on the
closing days of WWII. 58 minutes. |
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Great Planes Vol.
1:
B-29 Superfortress
- VHS Video
"Super bomber" - the aircraft first
making headlines as the raids on Japan were taking
place, and as one of the heaviest and fastest bombers,
it was indeed a Superfortress. See the development
and the first flights of the B-29. Outstanding examples
of nose art and air-to-air photography with P-51s
as air cover. Witness the incendiary raids over
Japan that were more devastating than the atom bombs
dropped by the Enola Gay and Bock's Car which ended
the war. The B-29 would be used after the war for
atomic testing and also saw service in Korea (nose
art reappears). Also see development flights on
in-air refueling and the X1 and X2 tests with the
B-29 as mother ship. Color and B&W, 60 minutes. |
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Warbirds of World War
II - DVD
Comprehensive documentary describes seven key warplanes
of WWII. Starting with the B-17 pounding the Reich
by day with escorting P-47s and P-51s, to the B-24s
pulverizing the Reich's crucial oil fields. Witness
P-40s and P-38s in early, bitter battles. Finally,
the mighty B-29 hammers Japan to its knees before
the final blow of the atomic bombardment. This splendid
film is both a tribute and a reference to the airmen
and warplanes of WWII. This three DVD set is over
7 hours long, including bonus features - Allied Airmen
POWs, Fighter Tactics 101, and Attack Air. |
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B-29 - Deep Sea Detectives
- VHS Video
In 1948, a B-29 on a research mission took
off from California carrying a strange piece of
scientific equipment - the Suntracker. But when
the plane crashed into Lake Mead, Nevada, the Suntracker
was lost along with all records of what it was or
what the plane was studying. Now, archaeologists
from the National Park Service's Submerged Resources
Center explore the wrecked bomber, submerged under
200 feet of water, and learn that it was at the
forefront of Cold War science. 50 minutes. VHS |
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Air War Film Expo Vol.
2 - VHS Video
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. |
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Nova: B-29 Frozen in
Time - VHS Video
Travel on a perilous mission to repair and refly a
rare B-29 bomber stranded on a Greenland icecap for
almost 50 years. Gleaming like a jewel, this well-preserved
bomber from WWII rests on the Arctic tundra where
it was abandoned when it crash-landed in 1947. This
plane has long been a legend, and now you'll travel
along as a team of adventurers, facing incredible
hardship, struggles to bring the frozen warbird back
to life. 60 min. |
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