My dad was an armorer on P-47s in England and France from 1942-1945. He loved the Jugs fiercely, and told me stories about how he'd load the .50cal machine guns and hang the belly bombs, and how the ground crews, when they knew the planes were due back from the B-17 bombing runs they supported, would wait outside and count the returning ones, to see which was lost, which damaged. He described what the sound of 100 of those Pratt & Whitney engines sounded like all at once - "they could have woken God up from a nap". I still wear his P-47 lapel pin he got at one of his reunions. Love you, Dad, miss you.
What you maybe can't tell about P-47 Thunderbolts is how big they are. They are enormous fighter aircraft. Sturdy, rugged, heavy - and a flying tank. Beautiful American workmanship.
.50 cal x EIGHT! That's a lot of firepower. I really would like to see something like that used again for close air support (CAS). We could mount Hellfire missiles, rockets, Stinger missiles and maybe even a JDAM under the fuselage.
Empty they weighed 4 1/4 TONS! Then they could load on board and other 4 tons of fuel and weapons with a max take off weight of 17,500 pounds. 8.25 tons max weight. Mind boggling!
@@thatguy22441 Doesn't work anymore, since missiles are so sophisticated nowadays. The closest thing you have is the a10 and you can use those platforms only if you have complete air control. Even in the old days it was very dangerous because of the long range (up to 10km) Flak8.8 with airburst shells that even got computerized fire control at around 1943. The problem is simply that you will be shot down long before you are in firing range.
My father was a Combat Veteran with the US Army Air Force and was a Flightline Engineer and Mechanic on the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt in the South Pacific Campaign on Tinian, Saipan and Iwo Jima. He was in the 20TH USAAF, 7TH ARMY AIR CORP, 414TH FIGHTER/BOMBER GROUP, 413TH F/ B SQUADRON. Love and miss you dad.
Here in Atlanta Georgia there is a restaurant named The 57’th Fighter Group or Squadron. It is a real experience to go and eat there. I believe they even have a P-51 on display. The whole restaurant is decked out in military relics. It was nice to see the real 57 in action in the film.
@@kilroy2517 are you speaking to the plane in the film or the one on display? I’m pretty sure there is a p-51 at the restaurant although it has been many years since I was there. I know they are p-47’s in the film.
@@scotthaddad563 When I read your comment I thought you were connecting the name of the restaurant, 57th, to the Thunderbolt, i.e., you were thinking it was a P-57. I realize my mistake. Coming off the other comments, for some reason I just misinterpreted yours.
The Thunderbolt was the original Warthog. It was a great fighter but it excelled at something else - air to ground combat, raining destruction down on the enemy with bombs, rockets and bullets.
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@@PeriscopeFilm Thanks for the heads up, I'm a particularly big fan of the 1960s motorsport (eg Sebring 12 Hours) coverage you have posted, thanks for these too
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@@spaddriver1957 That sounds right for the opening narrator, but the other narrator definitely sounds like Lloyd Bridges to me! Can anyone verify? Well, for what it's worth, Wikipedia lists Lloyd Bridges and Eugene Kern as the narrators, with Jimmy Stewart giving the opening prologue. All I know is I grew up watching "Sea Hunt," and then later "Airplane" and "Seinfeld," and I know Lloyd Bridges distinctive voice!
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Fabulous and amazing film. Love seeing these P47s in colour. Brave men doing their service. Total war. Still troubling how any target - military, civilian, armed or not, has become fair game, even for the "good" side. Once a war is started by some evil aggresor and millions of atrocities committed, this seems almost inevitable. We're seeing yet another evil aggresor start the circle in 2022 again sadly.
I always remember the WW2 fighter pilot who said you'd stand next to a P-51 for a photo to send home to your girlfriend, but if you wanted to get home you'd climb into a P-47.
@@primmakinsofis614 Actual fighter pilot who flew his plane and survived the war: *says literally anything* The internet who obviously always knows better: "wElL AkQTUaLly"
27:30 "Somebody in that field. Wonder who they are. No friends of mine." Saw this for the first time when I was around 8 and it made me laugh heartily. Years later, after my conscience activated, a bunch of us were talking about funny movies we'd seen. Upon first remembering this, my reaction was to laugh again; but before I could my conscience spoke up. "Yeah, but those people probably aren't soldiers. They could've been the real life equivalent of Marge Simpson and her mom: ua-cam.com/video/CxL31QM_Zk0/v-deo.html in the cornfield. Probably shouldn't laugh at this anymore."
There not tiny cameras - they weigh over 5 lbs, but yes they're portable handheld - best used on a tripod. The US Army used the Swiss Bolex H16 released in 1935 - it could use Kodachrome 16mm colour film [single strip] which was available in the late 1930s.
Que tem isso a ver? A história nâo é sobre eles, e sim sobre as unidades da Córsega. Quando esse filme foi feito, a FAB ainda nem tinha começado a operar na Itália. Foi só meses depois. Se acha ruim, o Grupo era parte do 350th FS, e não há nada filmado do 350th em documentários americanos também.
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The narrator sounds like the father of the guy that played 'the dude' in 'The Big Lebowski' ...can't remember his or his father's name, the father had his own show called 'Sea Hunt' back in the 60's.
In which film, Germans say : « when it’s a white plane it’s an American, when it’s a black one it’s an English and when there’s nothing it’s the luftwaffe! » ??
Now juxtapose those men HAVING to read year old news Vs. right now in your hand where we cannot keep up with the firehose of news coming at us each second.
LOL..my Dad was in the South African 8th Army invasion force in Italy..he said when the German planes came over the English would run and hide, when the English planes came over the Germans would run and hide. When the American planes came over everybody would run and hide...hahaha
This is Spring 1945 so there's very little Luftwaffe in the theatre. And these are ground attack role P-47s not set up to engage the Luftwaffe, there were hundreds of Mustangs, Spitfires & Seafires patrolling at higher altitude to bounce any German planes that came out of hiding.
43:83 "The things you really want." WOMEN!!! After the mission first comes the de-briefing. After that, the flight surgeon handed out a lot of condoms. That 'donut girl' must have seen plenty of action too.
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Wow...not the Greatest Generation in every way. Was this narration really so unremarkable to people back then? Yes, it was war, but there was no need to be so purposefully callous in off-handed brutality. Another reminder there is no black and white, just shades of gray.
@@turndommagnieran174 The harsh reality is that the enemy uses civilian infrastructure to further the genocide of millions... i think the strafe is negligible regarding the scale of plan.
My dad was an armorer on P-47s in England and France from 1942-1945. He loved the Jugs fiercely, and told me stories about how he'd load the .50cal machine guns and hang the belly bombs, and how the ground crews, when they knew the planes were due back from the B-17 bombing runs they supported, would wait outside and count the returning ones, to see which was lost, which damaged. He described what the sound of 100 of those Pratt & Whitney engines sounded like all at once - "they could have woken God up from a nap". I still wear his P-47 lapel pin he got at one of his reunions. Love you, Dad, miss you.
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What you maybe can't tell about P-47 Thunderbolts is how big they are. They are enormous fighter aircraft. Sturdy, rugged, heavy - and a flying tank. Beautiful American workmanship.
.50 cal x EIGHT! That's a lot of firepower. I really would like to see something like that used again for close air support (CAS). We could mount Hellfire missiles, rockets, Stinger missiles and maybe even a JDAM under the fuselage.
Empty they weighed 4 1/4 TONS! Then they could load on board and other 4 tons of fuel and weapons with a max take off weight of 17,500 pounds. 8.25 tons max weight. Mind boggling!
@@thatguy22441 Doesn't work anymore, since missiles are so sophisticated nowadays. The closest thing you have is the a10 and you can use those platforms only if you have complete air control. Even in the old days it was very dangerous because of the long range (up to 10km) Flak8.8 with airburst shells that even got computerized fire control at around 1943. The problem is simply that you will be shot down long before you are in firing range.
So young, all of those pilots and ground crews; and the infantry were mostly even younger. Bless them.
My father was a Combat Veteran with the US Army Air Force and was a Flightline Engineer and Mechanic on the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt in the South Pacific Campaign on Tinian, Saipan and Iwo Jima. He was in the 20TH USAAF, 7TH ARMY AIR CORP, 414TH FIGHTER/BOMBER GROUP, 413TH F/ B SQUADRON.
Love and miss you dad.
"Santa Lucia" playing mournfully in the background at the beginning of the film...A nice touch.
I can’t get enough of these films 🎥
Here in Atlanta Georgia there is a restaurant named The 57’th Fighter Group or Squadron. It is a real experience to go and eat there. I believe they even have a P-51 on display. The whole restaurant is decked out in military relics. It was nice to see the real 57 in action in the film.
It's a P-47.
@@kilroy2517 are you speaking to the plane in the film or the one on display? I’m pretty sure there is a p-51 at the restaurant although it has been many years since I was there.
I know they are p-47’s in the film.
47 & 51 ≈ 57 🤣
@@scotthaddad563 When I read your comment I thought you were connecting the name of the restaurant, 57th, to the Thunderbolt, i.e., you were thinking it was a P-57. I realize my mistake. Coming off the other comments, for some reason I just misinterpreted yours.
The Thunderbolt was the original Warthog. It was a great fighter but it excelled at something else - air to ground combat, raining destruction down on the enemy with bombs, rockets and bullets.
Loads of footage I'd not seen before, fascinating watch thanks
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@@PeriscopeFilm Thanks for the heads up, I'm a particularly big fan of the 1960s motorsport (eg Sebring 12 Hours) coverage you have posted, thanks for these too
These footages are only from this movie.
Parts of it are always used in videos about the P-47, so I doubt you really never saw many of it.
Boy, that footage @39:33 to @39:35 really brings it home 🇺🇸
Gotta love that arrow formation @38:28 !
Great documentary. Not only for the air combat scenes.Also for show the spirit of that breves heros who killed the danger of nazis.
That was a fine documentary/movie, thanks.
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What a GREAT DOCUMENTARY!!!!
@34:15 to @34:23 - I thought I saw wisps of smoke. They’re catching a few smokes in the cockpit to relax ! How awesome is that ? !
I'm only five minutes into this captivating documentary, but it sounds like Lloyd Bridges just took over as narrator.
The voice is that of Academy Best actor award winner Jose' Ferrer the prosecutor in the Caine Mutiny.
@@spaddriver1957 That sounds right for the opening narrator, but the other narrator definitely sounds like Lloyd Bridges to me! Can anyone verify? Well, for what it's worth, Wikipedia lists Lloyd Bridges and Eugene Kern as the narrators, with Jimmy Stewart giving the opening prologue. All I know is I grew up watching "Sea Hunt," and then later "Airplane" and "Seinfeld," and I know Lloyd Bridges distinctive voice!
@@spaddriver1957 ...no, Jose Ferrer was a defense attorney in the Caine Mutiny- as I recall, E.G. Marshall was the prosecutor.
Thanks.
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They’ve shown both in fuselage and bubble canopies in this one !
Fabulous and amazing film. Love seeing these P47s in colour. Brave men doing their service.
Total war. Still troubling how any target - military, civilian, armed or not, has become fair game, even for the "good" side. Once a war is started by some evil aggresor and millions of atrocities committed, this seems almost inevitable. We're seeing yet another evil aggresor start the circle in 2022 again sadly.
I always remember the WW2 fighter pilot who said you'd stand next to a P-51 for a photo to send home to your girlfriend, but if you wanted to get home you'd climb into a P-47.
Depends on how far you were flying from base. ;)
@@primmakinsofis614
Actual fighter pilot who flew his plane and survived the war: *says literally anything*
The internet who obviously always knows better: "wElL AkQTUaLly"
Great film
27:30 "Somebody in that field. Wonder who they are. No friends of mine." Saw this for the first time when I was around 8 and it made me laugh heartily. Years later, after my conscience activated, a bunch of us were talking about funny movies we'd seen. Upon first remembering this, my reaction was to laugh again; but before I could my conscience spoke up. "Yeah, but those people probably aren't soldiers. They could've been the real life equivalent of Marge Simpson and her mom: ua-cam.com/video/CxL31QM_Zk0/v-deo.html in the cornfield. Probably shouldn't laugh at this anymore."
I thought about the poor souls who had a burst of 50 calibre hitting their houses
yup - now it's a war crime and rightly so
Same here.
I have heard from not less european eyewithnesses that these pilots have killed many civilians and farmers on the fields.
No reason to be proud for.
Nope can't help it I still bust out laughin but not for the perforated fella on the other end.
I thought all color film in the 40s was 3-strip technicolor, yet these tiny cameras film in color. Anyone know how?
There not tiny cameras - they weigh over 5 lbs, but yes they're portable handheld - best used on a tripod. The US Army used the Swiss Bolex H16 released in 1935 - it could use Kodachrome 16mm colour film [single strip] which was available in the late 1930s.
@@nightjarflying Thanks, I had no idea Kodachrome was out back then.
This movie was kept from public until 1947.
Brilliant.
That horse at 18:50 didn't seem to mind two 18 cylinder unmuffled Pratt and Whitney powerplants roaring 100 ft. over it's head. A cool customer.
But the sheep did!
Oh no ! The poor old man in the lighthouse !
And the Brazilian P-47??? 445 missions; 5465 flying hours
Que tem isso a ver? A história nâo é sobre eles, e sim sobre as unidades da Córsega. Quando esse filme foi feito, a FAB ainda nem tinha começado a operar na Itália. Foi só meses depois. Se acha ruim, o Grupo era parte do 350th FS, e não há nada filmado do 350th em documentários americanos também.
The black and white film is different. What is the story of two versions?
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It's not different.
What a mess.the whole country lost its infrastructure. No wonder that the FIAT 500 was so popular after the war. It gave super cheap mobility.
Advanced engineering on P-47!
Most late ww2 fighters were advanced engineering .
The P 47 was no exception to the rule !!)
19:55 which castle is that?
The narrator sounds like the father of the guy that played 'the dude' in 'The Big Lebowski' ...can't remember his or his father's name, the father had his own show called 'Sea Hunt' back in the 60's.
Jeff Bridges, father's name = Lloyd Bridges. Who remembers 'Sea Hunt'?
In which film, Germans say : « when it’s a white plane it’s an American, when it’s a black one it’s an English and when there’s nothing it’s the luftwaffe! » ??
Catch-22?
500mph…Think about that for just a second…in a prop Thunderbolt ! Thats across all of Pennsylvania and more than half of Ohio -> East to West
Proper airplane
I’m sure the narrator was just joshing…How could the colonel or the crew chief be upset with flak damage ?
Now juxtapose those men HAVING to read year old news Vs. right now in your hand where we cannot keep up with the firehose of news coming at us each second.
LOL..my Dad was in the South African 8th Army invasion force in Italy..he said when the German planes came over the English would run and hide, when the English planes came over the Germans would run and hide. When the American planes came over everybody would run and hide...hahaha
Somewhere down there, lie Frank Sheerans' first victims. I just watched the Irishman, don't judge me.
Didn’t Germans have fighter aircraft in the area?
I'm sure they did. Is that all you wanted this mini documentary about the USAAF thunderbolt to be?
The enemy?
This is Spring 1945 so there's very little Luftwaffe in the theatre. And these are ground attack role P-47s not set up to engage the Luftwaffe, there were hundreds of Mustangs, Spitfires & Seafires patrolling at higher altitude to bounce any German planes that came out of hiding.
My wife’s uncle did 50 fighter-bomber missions from April 1944 thru July 1944 and never saw a German aircraft.
In Corsega, in 1944? No longer.
@@nightjarflying This was filmed IN 1944.
43:83 "The things you really want." WOMEN!!! After the mission first comes the de-briefing. After that, the flight surgeon handed out a lot of condoms. That 'donut girl' must have seen plenty of action too.
That timer is very annoying.
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Os Pilotos Brasileiros fizeram História com essa máquina na Itália, pesquisem! FAB... "Senta Pua". 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Cara... é "senta A pua!"
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Wow...not the Greatest Generation in every way. Was this narration really so unremarkable to people back then? Yes, it was war, but there was no need to be so purposefully callous in off-handed brutality. Another reminder there is no black and white, just shades of gray.
What would you rather them say?
@@koc988 I would rather they not go and so casually kill who knows who in strafing random houses, etc. in such a jocular way.
@@turndommagnieran174 The harsh reality is that the enemy uses civilian infrastructure to further the genocide of millions... i think the strafe is negligible regarding the scale of plan.
THE GREATEST GENERATION TURD MAGNIERAN
WWII was TOTAL WAR, Italy was part of the Axis powers and occupied with Axis troops, all infrastructure was fair game except for hospitals.