View Full Version : WWII color gun camera footage
allyn
25th Jun 2006, 23:23
I found this over on ARRSE:
http://betapundit.********.com/2006/06/wwii-color-guncam-footage.html
I haven't seen it before and I don't know where it came from.
forget
26th Jun 2006, 10:49
Fascinating stuff - but how come 'allied aircraft' appear to be knocking seven bells out of RAF roundels? :confused:
allyn
26th Jun 2006, 13:19
forget
Really? I didn't catch that...unless it's more example of "blue on blue" :E
allyn
26th Jun 2006, 13:36
I see what you mean about the air to air scenes...especially at the beginning.
The P47's and the air to ground (which, I assume are from the P47's -- but you can't really be certain) scenes seem ok.
I had a look in the comments. Someone says that this is an excerpt from this:
('scuse me while I get the link)...ok, got it:
Sorry, that's an advert.
Atcham Tower
26th Jun 2006, 15:40
Much of this footage comes from the feature film Fighter Squadron made soon after the war.
Herge_uk
29th Jun 2006, 10:38
I've seen most of it in a documentary on UK history I think. The documentary follows a P47 Unit towards the end of the war, I think it was for March/ April 1945.
Some good footage though.
Unwell_Raptor
29th Jun 2006, 23:03
I assume that the fact that some of it is in colour means that it isn't British.
Brewster Buffalo
2nd Jul 2006, 18:22
The code "E4", visible in the formation shots, was used by the P-47s of the 377 Fighter Squadron 9th Air Force