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Old November 12th 07, 09:47 PM posted to rec.aviation.restoration
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Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In November 2007 Newsletter

Hello World War 2 plane fans ---

Today (and every day) honor our Veterans.

You're invited to drop by Zeno's Drive-In www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com
to view this month's memorable collection of four WW2 combat aircraft
documentary films playing for free, live on line. These films were all
produced during the War and provide a unique widow on our past.

Now showing "At the Matinee"

354th Fighter Group Color Scrapbook New! Exclusive production. Rare
color film of the legendary 354 Fighter Group, with over 700 Kills,
the highest scoring American unit in Europe. You'll see great aces
like G.T.Eagleston and B.W. Carr at work and at play in their newly
captured base in Germany in Spring, 1945, only a few months before
war's end. Nice scenes with the group's well known P-51Ds too,
including "Margie Maru" and "Angel's Playmate." This was the first
group to fly P-51s in the ETO. They were known as the "Mustang
Pioneers." Amazing color gun camera film!

Thunderbolt! A Drive-n Favorite. This exciting film chronicles the
exploits of the P-47 Thunderbolt pilots of the "Fighting Gamecocks" of
the 65th Fighter squadron, 57th Fighter Group. Based on the island of
Corsica off the northwest coast of the Italian boot, they flew from
behind the enemy's flank. 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. This film not only features one-of-a-kind P-47
combat footage, it also shows day-to-day life on a MTO forward air
base, including vintage pilot slang. "This has to be finest
combination of great photography, a hard bitten, realistic script,
stirring music, powerful narration and full bore Pratt & Whitney
R-2800-59W Double Wasp radial engine roar I have seen or heard in a
World War II documentary. Truly memorable and highly recommended.

Flight Deck Crew: Catapulting on a Carrier. Small World War II
aircraft carriers depended on their catapults. This unique film offers
a rare look (in color) at how US Navy carrier crews were trained to
operate hydraulic catapults to launch aircraft, even from very short
decks. As a bonus, you'll see GM FM-1 "Wildcats" up close, handled
expertly on the tiny deck of a CVE "jeep" escort carrier. Built on
merchant men hulls, the 78 jeeps were pressed into service for a
variety of rolls, including anti-submarine warfare in the Atlantic and
covering amphibious landings in the Pacific. Their greatest moment
came on Oct. 25, 1944, in the Battle of Samar in the Philippines, when
the CVEs of Task Group 77.4 (Task units Taffy 1, 2 & 4) launched a
furious attack on Adm. Kurita's massive task force and caused it to
retreat in confusion. The CVE St Lo was lost and several others were
heavily damaged, but the landing at Leyte was successfully protected.

Recognition of the Japanese Zero Fighter with Ronald Reagan.
Lieutenant "Jimmy Saunders" (Ronald Reagan) learns how to tell a P-40
from Japanese A6M Zero, the hard way. (That's a very angry Craig
Stevens aka "Peter Gunn" on the receiving end.) Contains plenty of
interesting info about what US pilots were told about Japan's most
produced and feared fighter and how to spot it. Includes seldom seen
footage of a captured Zero doing spectacular aerobatics. Even though
this is "only" a 20-minute training film "the Gipper" gives a very
convincing performance as the cocky yet apprehensive new P-40 pilot,
Jimmy Saunders. This earnest commitment to give his very best,
regardless of the size or scope of the job, was a hallmark of his long
and distinguished career

If you haven't stopped by Zeno's Drive-In before, we also feature
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! - Alert! There's been an F-86 jet sighted over Zeno's Drive-In!

That's over 16 hours of rockin' World War II props for free viewing
over the Internet!

Coming soon: A new film that will warm the hearts of P-38 fans
everywhere! (Almost ready!)

Tally-ho!

Zeno

Zeno's Warbird Video Drive-In /World War II Aviation Videos.
Celebrating 10 years on the Internet 1997-2007 http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com

 




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