Pantelleria was small island in the Mediterranean sea between Tunisia and Siciily. One single aircraft had an engine problem and landed on it's airstrip as it couldn't get back to it's RN carrier. The pilot got out of his aircraft and the small garrison surrendered to him. I know this from someone who was there on the aircraft carrier. I was blessed to help Jack at 100 years of age to celebrate his Birthday with one of his favourite football players.
Get these "The Gen" Newreels & many more on our "RAF Aviation News" DVD bit.ly/1Um6vpw Our mission is to preserve these historic films for future generations. Your DVD purchases at our store make this channel possible. www.zenosflightshop.com We need your support! We have 100s of films in our library. We have licensed footage to major TV networks and cable channels. For more info see ua-cam.com/users/ZenosWarbirdsabout Zeno
My Father is flying in one of the Boston aircraft shown in this newsreel footage, it was October 3rd 1943, the target a Power Station just outside of Paris at Chevilly Larue, what the newsreel doesn't mention is the fact that 6 aircraft were lost during the course of this Op., 2 from the section of 4 my Fathers aircraft was flying in, others being among the fighters covering the Op. The tragedy of this Op. remained with my Father throughout the rest of his life, he was 18 years old at the time.
This was filmed before Cultural Marxism was introduced to make us all hate each other, we were busy fighting against another form of Socialism at the time.
My father flew Spitfires in North Africa, Malta and Italy with 243 Squadron RAF. Part of his duties was ferrying new aircraft around. I wonder if he or his squadron are in this film somewhere.
Thanks for the work that you have done, so that we can see these old films with ease, and I am glad that you didn’t put your logo right through the middle of the picture, like some have done, because it does spoil the picture, please stay safe, and carry on carrying on. Jon.......... I do wish that I had found you a year ago.............
Ground attack superiority of the allies air forces was absolutely devastating to the Werhmacht. Amateurs talk tactics while Generals talk logistics. The Luftwaffe was woefully deficient in several areas & although they tried to develop certain aircraft, it was all too late & ultimately futile.
The Germans' inability to destroy or even interrupt Allied means of production was a major flaw in their plans. They did relatively little against the UK, and had no answer whatsoever for American manufacturing. The Luftwaffe's lack of a dedicated, long range, four engine bomber and the ability to reach American and British centers of production was a huge oversight.
Thanks ZENO War birds. There was some excellent camera footage in this video. Actually, I was surprised at the quality of the end product from the equipment of the day. Anytime there Warbirds involved, I'll be watching. Stan
Thanks Stan! I digitally restored these videos. Surviving Copies were often under or over exposed. For examples of what I do see: zenoswarbirdvideos.com/BeforeandAfter1.html
@@ZenosWarbirds; You did an awesome job in restoring these old films. I take my hat off to you. To preserve these copies for future generations, I thank you. Any film or photographs of WW 2, is fascinating to me. I'm a War Baby, and I grew up hearing stories about the war and the sacrifices of that generation. Stan
Well taken 35mm slides, scanned to digital, are still better than 1080p. That is, 1080p resolution isn’t quite getting all a scan could do at higher resolution than that.
At 4:08 "Gibraltar proves, once again, the vital part she is playing against the war against bestiality." Omg, I knew the Nazis were bad but were they really THAT bad ?
Classic footage and another great video. However I did laugh when the narrator at the end of the Gibraltar report said " so ends another day in the war against 'bestiality'! 😁
They hit someplace or something or someone in Germany so all is good.1 dead Germany , 1 destroyed building or house is good. Germany civilians supported Nazi goverment. So they were targets also
Ahh yes the Germans never bombed civilian areas but in WW1 London , Spain 1936 to 1939 , Poland , France , Netherlands,Belgium,Greece, Am I leaving anyone out -- asshole
The bulgy intake of the Vokes airfilter underneath the engines on the "tropical" modfied Spitfires probably threw you off. Those were badly needed in the MTO/ATO, to prevent the sand and dust of the region to reduce the lifespan of the engines from years to weeks. Otherwise there's not much similarity between Spitfires and Typhoons/Tempests. There was one airworthy surviving Mk. Vc/Trop: ua-cam.com/video/RJKVMfkD7OA/v-deo.html It has changed owner several times after this footage was taken. During this time it was repainted to standard ETO colour scheme, had her wings clipped and also somewhere along the line lost the Vokes filter. After a minor incident it finally received the much needed TLC, regained her wingtips and tropical colour scheme. It's flying again now, but unfortunately the filter seems to be lost for posterity. :'-(
Pantelleria was small island in the Mediterranean sea between Tunisia and Siciily. One single aircraft had an engine problem and landed on it's airstrip as it couldn't get back to it's RN carrier. The pilot got out of his aircraft and the small garrison surrendered to him. I know this from someone who was there on the aircraft carrier. I was blessed to help Jack at 100 years of age to celebrate his Birthday with one of his favourite football players.
Get these "The Gen" Newreels & many more on our "RAF Aviation News" DVD bit.ly/1Um6vpw
Our mission is to preserve these historic films for future generations. Your DVD purchases at our store make this channel possible. www.zenosflightshop.com We need your support!
We have 100s of films in our library. We have licensed footage to major TV networks and cable channels. For more info see ua-cam.com/users/ZenosWarbirdsabout
Zeno
Awesome stuff.
Great restoration, thank you.
You're welcome!
Zeno
My Father is flying in one of the Boston aircraft shown in this newsreel footage, it was October 3rd 1943, the target a Power Station just outside of Paris at Chevilly Larue, what the newsreel doesn't mention is the fact that 6 aircraft were lost during the course of this Op., 2 from the section of 4 my Fathers aircraft was flying in, others being among the fighters covering the Op.
The tragedy of this Op. remained with my Father throughout the rest of his life, he was 18 years old at the time.
How cool that a Brit film ended with a tribute to the French and playing Le Marseillaise.
This was filmed before Cultural Marxism was introduced to make us all hate each other, we were busy fighting against another form of Socialism at the time.
Always a pleasure when you post! Thanks for keeping the past alive
My father flew Spitfires in North Africa, Malta and Italy with 243 Squadron RAF. Part of his duties was ferrying new aircraft around. I wonder if he or his squadron are in this film somewhere.
Has he written down his experiences yet?
@@Padre5623 Hi Ed - he passed away around 20 years ago. I am currently scanning his logbook - it's all there.
Thanks for the work that you have done, so that we can see these old films with ease, and I am glad that you didn’t put your logo right through the middle of the picture, like some have done, because it does spoil the picture, please stay safe, and carry on carrying on. Jon..........
I do wish that I had found you a year ago.............
" spot " he was the only one that the pilots could express their true hopes and fears to with confidence .
Ground attack superiority of the allies air forces was absolutely devastating to the Werhmacht. Amateurs talk tactics while Generals talk logistics. The Luftwaffe was woefully deficient in several areas & although they tried to develop certain aircraft, it was all too late & ultimately futile.
The Germans' inability to destroy or even interrupt Allied means of production was a major flaw in their plans. They did relatively little against the UK, and had no answer whatsoever for American manufacturing. The Luftwaffe's lack of a dedicated, long range, four engine bomber and the ability to reach American and British centers of production was a huge oversight.
Yeah, the Stuka was highly effective for the Germans. When they lost air superiority no more Stuka.
Awesome history videos, thanks for posting
Cool.! Never knew of the Hurricane tank buster. Very interesting.
40mm!
I'v never heard the story of "Spot". Great video.
Thanks ZENO War birds. There was some excellent camera footage in this video. Actually, I was surprised at the quality of the end product from the equipment of the day.
Anytime there Warbirds involved, I'll be watching.
Stan
Thanks Stan! I digitally restored these videos. Surviving Copies were often under or over exposed. For examples of what I do see: zenoswarbirdvideos.com/BeforeandAfter1.html
@@ZenosWarbirds; You did an awesome job in restoring these old films. I take my hat off to you. To preserve these copies for future generations, I thank you.
Any film or photographs of WW 2, is fascinating to me. I'm a War Baby, and I grew up hearing stories about the war and the sacrifices of that generation.
Stan
Well taken 35mm slides, scanned to digital, are still better than 1080p. That is, 1080p resolution isn’t quite getting all a scan could do at higher resolution than that.
Formation flying in turbulence. Just the thought of it gives me ulcers.
Thank you very interesting and informative.
Nice.!
Thanks for this 👍🇳🇿
Oh my god a bomber crew dog
I wonder what happened to poor Chappy?
At 4:08 "Gibraltar proves, once again, the vital part she is playing against the war against bestiality." Omg, I knew the Nazis were bad but were they really THAT bad ?
Yep.
Classic footage and another great video.
However I did laugh when the narrator at the end of the Gibraltar report said " so ends another day in the war against 'bestiality'!
😁
No laughing matter in fact
I believe he was using a broader definition....
I bet they'd definitely let you take your dog on a modern bomber...
Those frenchmen did he say that their "quisling" government had condemned them?
How did that dog survive with at height without oxygen?
Looks pukka!
👍
Great examples of British bombs hitting nothing or civilian areas.
They hit someplace or something or someone in Germany so all is good.1 dead Germany , 1 destroyed building or house is good. Germany civilians supported Nazi goverment. So they were targets also
Ahh yes the Germans never bombed civilian areas but in WW1 London , Spain 1936 to 1939 , Poland , France , Netherlands,Belgium,Greece, Am I leaving anyone out -- asshole
Piss off you moron.
@@Schaneification Yes Serbia with Tornadoes.
look like typoons or tempests instead of spits
The bulgy intake of the Vokes airfilter underneath the engines on the "tropical" modfied Spitfires probably threw you off.
Those were badly needed in the MTO/ATO, to prevent the sand and dust of the region to reduce the lifespan of the engines from years to weeks.
Otherwise there's not much similarity between Spitfires and Typhoons/Tempests.
There was one airworthy surviving Mk. Vc/Trop: ua-cam.com/video/RJKVMfkD7OA/v-deo.html It has changed owner several times after this footage was taken. During this time it was repainted to standard ETO colour scheme, had her wings clipped and also somewhere along the line lost the Vokes filter. After a minor incident it finally received the much needed TLC, regained her wingtips and tropical colour scheme. It's flying again now, but unfortunately the filter seems to be lost for posterity. :'-(