I just started watching this Episode and I just had to comment on the fact that they would have never driven that tank right up to the building and let themselves be exposed to a bazooka. They would have fired the tank back where they had cover. I just get frustrated watching shows that don't depict as much reality as they can. And especially with all of the insubordination that didn't happen, they would have never stayed all of those. Like little John, he would have been run out of the Army put in the Stockade. That being said, I still love this. Show too and I, binge, watch It all the time. I'm 61. I come from Oklahoma, where Audie Murphy came from, one of the most decorated soldiers of World War 2 and a d*** good actor I love him in all of the westerns.
All you guys were fortunate to have your dads in your life. Unfortunately or fortunately I didn’t. But does anyone remember the movie “ What did You do in the War Daddy ? “. With Dick Shaun and Harry Morgan as the lost G2 major ? That’s one helluva fuckin funny movie 😅 !!! Just sayin …
Never saw an episode that had this much action. Well corriographed and bullets everywhere. Heros and cowards. This is why I became big fan at 8 years old.
@@michaelfountain1477 Same here. Them were the golden years of television and shows like 'Combat' were timeless. If I remember there was only a half dozen channels to watch on antenna tv only and always something fun and very entertaining to watch. Now a days you got 57 channels and nothing on. That's unless there is one of them shows on from back in those days.
@@michaelfountain1477, the drama here, is that these are all draftees, except for LT. Hanley, who was a Regular Army Platoon Sergeant, promoted to LT, on D-Day. Saunders fought in Northern Africa before that, which is why he is the only one with a camoflage helmet cover, and before the war, was a shoe salesman. And all the others, drafted into being Infantry riflemen. I have to tell you, having had Sgt. Saunders' job for 4 years, in a volunteer Army, I never heard the slightest peep of backtalk, like here. Nothing like this, and nothing to me, directly. Thus, drama, and why there should never be another American draft again.
My Dad was in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was drafted in 1943 at 18 years old and in the European Theater fighting in many battles including The Battle of the Bulge. He enjoyed the TV Show, "Combat" telling me that it was very close to the real thing. He's been gone for almost 30 years and I still miss him.
Technical Corporal My grandfather joined the Army at age 30.. he was a coal miner and he could have stayed out of the war as a coal miner, but he wanted to “get in the action”! Well, he did!!! he was in the battle of the Bulge as well... got hit in the chest, lost a lung.. survived by a miracle and the grace of God... it ruined his mining career tho! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
We the people working together as a team. At Bridgehead, fighting for the American dream. Thank you for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with life lessons to inspire us on ward and to not give up, no matter what the odds may be at this Bridgehead.
I'm 81 and have watched since 1962 ... was in the Air Force at the time. When I got out in 1965 I went home and continued watching with my dad. I was 22 0r 23 at the time.
Watching Memorial Day 2019 ….This would be an appropriate episode for anyone to see on this day …. I wished that someone like MeTv or so would run a marathon of this show on Memorial Day and Veterans Day …. Thank You for airing these
I'm old enough to remember watching this ,when it was first on TV. I'm encountering it again now and I see that the writing and acting are superb. Selfless people giving of themselves for the greater good. We need more of that now.
They had no choice but to fight. Remember, most Americans wanted nothign to do with ww2 until Pearl Harbor. Same people just different motivation. We have folks right now trying to stand up and do the right thing and millions are attacking their actions and supporting some of the same types of power hungry greedy folks trying to change our democracy. We need to be the greatest generation now.
I was born in 1977 and don't remember the year I got into combat, maybe 1985, 86? I even bought a couple series with like 8 cds. Still could watch them all day.
Nick Adams does a great job in this episode, he adds a lot of presence to the role, something which a lot of actors do not have. I just love the looks ole Sarge gives him when he receives 'advice' from Nick about listening to the melody. What a great show, nothing like it today.
I liked the acting in Band of Brothers. And We Were Soldiers. And Saving Prvt Ryan. Enemy at the Gate. Jarhead. Seal Team. Blackhawk Down. Letters From Iwo Jima. Flags of Our Fathers. Zero Dark Thirty. The movie about the bomb and mine defuser unit in Iraq. Mark Wahlberg as the soldier who was saved by an Afghan civilian during that war. There’s plenty of great and good war movies from every generation and unfortunately there’ll be future war movies about our grandkids generation if we live that long …
Brings back memories of my Dad and I watching reruns of these together at night. He was a Korean War Army Vet but never said anything about it Thank you for posting these
I watched Combat as a child and I never realized that there was so much drama until now. The drama gives an excellent insight to the psychological aspects that combat soldiers are confronted with.
Whoever posted all of these videos, I want to thank you so much. I have been watching them nonstop for several days now. This is the greatest TV series EVER!
I’m turning 70 and I remember I couldn’t wait for this to come on I believe it was on Saturday nights dad and I watch all the Friday night fights those were the days excellent Series
I’m turning 70 and I remember I couldn’t wait for this to come on I believe it was on Saturday nights dad and I watch all the Friday night fights those were the days excellent
I’m 65 and I did the same Saturday nights but this show made me fascinated with military history I read Naked and the Dead when I was 13 and The Thin Red Line when I was 15. Then I read Johnny Got His Gun when I was 17 and I was hooked
My father was in ww2.used to watch with him.he said best depiction of the war of any t.v. or movie.. God bless those who fought in that war and all the other wars.
This Veteran finds himself during Combat subconsciously doing recognition on WWII weapons, defense structures, vehicles, sites from different approaches, an endless supply of stuff:) Some cases of pretty rare pieces, like command Zundapp motorcycles. Enough reality feel without the smell and screaming. Vic was like most real good sergeants I knew, inclusive and plain spoken. So he could teach you how to stay alive. While not having a person resent him for teaching you the rude things. Things you would never had learned in civilian life for sure:) He was this 71 year olds generations Humphrey Bogart and he is missed:)
this whole series was great in its day and I for one appreciate now as back then. No fake heroes or grandstanding from the troops. Too bad it didn't have more years.I watch them over and over.
My condolences to Pierre Jalbert's family upon his passing this past week at the age of 89. He was a solid cast member who played a character that the squad could always count on. I always feel an actor's role transcends to his real life and that Pierre's loyalty and trust was also a facet of his personal life - a life well lived.
Maybe in 1960. Today it's the ability to read a script and play someone other than yourself and has nothing whatsoever to do one's character and/or personal life.
A paradox, this second episode. The futility of war on the one hand, no doubt about it and yet Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow's portrayal) of what leadership really is. The new recruits in the squad do not believe in the war but through dint of watching the squad respecting (albeit not wholeheartedly) Sgt. Saunders and especially, leading by doing what he does not ask others to do they start to catch on. It is interesting to note the difference in the interpretation of this mission between Lieutenant Hanley (Rick Jason) who tries to justify it and Sgt. Saunder's (Vic Morrow) questioning the wisdom (evoking the futility) of it. There is a greater good and the sergeant so well played here by Vic Morrow underlines this paradox. Merci pour le téléchargement.
Muy buena la serie no se compara con las nuevas versiones me gusta mucho esta serie hermosos recuerdos me traen a la memoria de mi infancia felicitaciones y gracias por recibir esos recuerdos
Me too. We used to play Combat in the woods of Ft McClellan Alabama. My Dad at the time was an Army Major (Sanders). Guess who got to play Sgt Saunders during all of our play maneuvers in the woods? He later became a Lt. Col. (we used to get a lot of prank calls for 'buckets of chicken to go late at night). I loved this show and still watch it, better than most anything on the tube today.
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Me too .We used to play war game in my town.And US soliders were always good but German ones were always bad and so German Ambassador to Korea often protested this show to Korean government. Because West Germany lent much money for Korea to develop economy at that time ha ha.
Combat Bridge Head will prove beyond a doubt why Combat is the best ever made. Like all exceptional episodes of Combat like this one there are life sermons for all of us in them.
Yay, Kirby finally got the BAR. Thanks for uploading this unparalleled series. Glad they finally dumped Billy and Braddock. The squad, Saunders, Caje, Kirby, Little John and Doc were the best. Always happy to see Hadley on another assignment.
I have been re watching Combat the past year or so. Found DVD's at my local library. Started off with the last season, then went to season 1. The one year not in my library system is year two. So very glad to find them here.
I'm not here to pick holes in anything , I rate this episode as one of the best that I have seen yet . Lots of good action and enough drama to keep the show running well . Damn this is good viewing !
Every single member of the squad has been shot or injured. Just because the Sarg and the Lieutenant never beef it doesn't make it unrealistic in any way. There's some falsehood in the idea a main character always needs to die to be able to suspend disbelief.
n52nimbus - I disagree that there are "always things to criticize". One chooses to look for things to criticize or not to look for it. I have found generally if you are looking for something you're pretty much going to be able to find it - criticism or otherwise.............
@Lysander My dad and his team made it safe back home after WWII when they were in France and in Germany going towards the end of the war. Sure, three or four got wounded, but they went back at it again. When I was a kid in the 60's when I would spend some time at his house (he and my mom were no longer together) he would have some of his guys come over for barbeques, drink All American Beer and talk about what they did during WWII about their missions. Vey horrific what they did to the Nazies and to the Nazi women. He would get upset with me because I heard what they were talking about and what they did. He would tell me to get back inside the house, stay there and watch TV. I am not saying what my dad and his team was wrong. They hated Nazies for what they did.
@@701CPD The opening scene with the tank was so fake, it leaves a sour mark on the episode. Any tanker would have used it's firepower from range. It was common for infantry to walk behind a tank to get closer to the objective, but none were.
@@pizzafrenzyman OK, true enough. I guess the tank could have/should have blasted the house by the bridge the Germans ran into with it's main gun. On the other hand, the tank crew couldn't have known the Germans would have a Panzerfaust. Only a TV show.
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I loved this show, I watched it all the time when I was a kid. Also, The Rat Patrol with Christopher George.
Like TS-wh4ey says below, this is one of my favorite episodes, right up there with "One more for the road", "The Patrol", The Hill and "What are the bugles blowin' for?" When I was 11 or 12 years old I was a very studious, very polite and very skinny kid who wasn't exactly my fathers favorite, he was a lifer in the Army: Tough as boot-leather, stoic, not much of a talker and...well, he scared the shit out of me. My best bet, I discovered, was to simply stay out of his way, avoid drawing too much attention to myself and never, never, never get in any trouble. The potential problems came when Combat! first came on television and I immediately fell in love with it and whenever I heard the theme music come on I dropped whatever I was doing and headed for the living-room, where, to my great fortune and relief, my dad would be cranking his easy-chair back and getting comfortable because, you see, he enjoyed the hell out of Combat! too. Whatever bonding may have occurred when I was young occurred to the accompanying rattle of Sgt. Saunders Thompson and the chugging of Kirby's BAR and, of course, the return fire that ripped across everything else, the German MG42 and the ubiquitous Schmeisser submachine-gun. My dad was difficult to please and nearly impossible to impress but during the narrow 45 minute window that Combat! afforded me once a week I often managed to do both, naming off the various weapons and their calibers, commenting, occasionally, on tactics or blunders or military protocol while my father grinned or grunted his agreement or simply answered, "Yep". Nobody else in the house, not my brother or my sisters or my mother enjoyed Combat and on the occasion when someone did sit and watch a few minutes my father and I would end up with sneers on our faces, just waiting for them to say something stupid so we could both deride them and run them out of the living-room, away from the black-and-white glowing box that the two of us warmed our hearts in front of like it was an old, stone fireplace. Great times, the 60's, once a week, I'll never forget it and as weird as it sounds, when I hear all those German rounds ricocheting off of whatever cover the squad chose for themselves that episode and when I hear that cracking-sky sound that artillery-rounds made on the show and the perfectly timed and constructed explosions that followed and as the dauntless squad fired-and-maneuvered their way toward the enemy I get a lump in my throat and a melancholy feeling comes over me and I fuckin' miss my dad.
Saw the original series back in the 60's. First time I've seen it since. Considering the advances we've seen since they did I super job with this show.
We loved Combat! I had a couple of German exchange students friends and you bet your bottom D-Mark they were sat on my sofia every week and never missed an episode.
When i was 7 yrs old..i was watch this movie with my father and his friend...and now march 29,2020 as of 5:02 a.m... i watch it now..great film..starring vic morrow
Nothing like COMBAT!(!) - “H MAXH!”, as we called it. The whole kid population of our Greek mountain village would show up every Tuesday afternoon at the sole cafe/general store, to watch it on the sole (black-and-white) Grundig TV set, on the sole government channel. And then...for hours on end, we played ‘Combat!’ ourselves, until long after the sun had dipped behind Mount Parnassus and the gathering dusk obscured the ancient sanctuary of Apollo. Ah, those were the days...
Damn that was poetic andf, y'know, until this very moment and your post it never occurred to me that there were kids in other countries (and some pretty exotic countries, in my view) doing exactly the same thing I was doing, right down to heading out into the dark to spend the last hour or so of the night stalking each other through the tall grass...beautiful. Thank you for the wonderful images...
I’m not a violent person and I really shouldn’t be watching such a violent show but the reason why is I’m an empath and I feel everything that everybody is feeling so it’s really hard. But the show is so well written great acting and I have always enjoyed it. It was mine and my brothers favorite show. It’s so real and gritty at the same time. I never get tired of watching it. I found it shocking when I heard Vic morrow say he hated guns. I guess they can be useful for protection useful for hunting but then deadly if you get angry at someone. The show is still great!
Never knew combat actually showed a panzerfaust! I was just thinking "The tank wouldn't charge in real life, because the germans would use a ...whoa!" Thanks for the great episode.
OMG! A Combat! episode were they are not in that woods set, AND there's a tank in it! Amazing. And its got Nick Adams in it, straight after he was with Steve McQueen in Hell is for Heroes. Luckily the German soldiers went to the Stormtrooper school of riflery, lol.
My uncle Albert fell 8n the bulges near Bastogne on january 6 -1945 on de side of the libarators of my country Belguim . Never i go forget what the Americans did for our freedom Thank you to al of you Ronald Duyck
I remember watching this in the 80s reruns. To me it was a treat to watch. Later on may not have been an accident that i signed and my brother signed up. I served in a sub, brother in a destroyer.
Combat mode was my favorite show then it’s my favorite show now except for the three stooges it’s a great show. My favorite was always Vic Morrow so sad but we’re lucky. We still got all the reruns to watch. Brings back a lot of memories.❤
I always said believable characters are the #1 factor in making a good move, play, or tv show. The cast of Combat was top shelf. Vic Marrow was exceptional as the squad leader, he never laughs and he's all business. He was an actor I liked a lot. Sure was bummed when he got killed making the Twilight Zone the Movie
@@edwardcochran5060 the only thing Wong with the wardrobe in this series is the lack of unit patches. In ww2 all army & marines wore on it patches. I guess the director thought that putting the Squad in any given unit would restrict storyline in other following episodes.
i remember--somebody picked these actors right. ..they look all different but each is diff like u would really have....and guest stars..close or best show i watched growing uo...the personal stories and real looking scenery...and good sound ..can always hear each talking even with music...wish it was like that now... perfect director whoever?? sargeant perfect. actor...music.. everything... congrats...always wanted family bor and sis like that...better than most,,but not like this brotherhood...loved it... and even great titles for each show..congrats to writers...
The tank didn't have to get that close to blow the house to hell.Remember being devastated in 68 when Nick Adams died and in 82 when Vic Morrow was killed by sheer neglegence.
Co star Nick Adams aka Johnny Yuma from the Western the Rebel. He used to hang out with James Dean and Elvis. The three of them would party together :) Stay Safe everyone
i am 70 years old but i never get tired of watching this tv series i enjoy it so much it has a moral lesson love of once country and patriotism
I'm right there behind you at 67. I too never get tired of Combat ...
I just started watching this Episode and I just had to comment on the fact that they would have never driven that tank right up to the building and let themselves be exposed to a bazooka. They would have fired the tank back where they had cover. I just get frustrated watching shows that don't depict as much reality as they can. And especially with all of the insubordination that didn't happen, they would have never stayed all of those. Like little John, he would have been run out of the Army put in the Stockade. That being said, I still love this. Show too and I, binge, watch It all the time. I'm 61. I come from Oklahoma, where Audie Murphy came from, one of the most decorated soldiers of World War 2 and a d*** good actor I love him in all of the westerns.
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I am on the German side.
You turned Europe into a shithole.
I am 70 years old and used to watch this with my dad. Many happy memories🙂
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Same here for a 66-years man.
Me too, my dad only watched this and the news, Walter Cronkite CBS.....never talked about the war he was in, Korea.
Me too. Did he mention anything regarding his actual combat? If only I asked the right questions.
All you guys were fortunate to have your dads in your life. Unfortunately or fortunately I didn’t. But does anyone remember the movie “ What did You do in the War Daddy ? “. With Dick Shaun and Harry Morgan as the lost G2 major ? That’s one helluva fuckin funny movie 😅 !!! Just sayin …
Bridgehead is one of my favorite episodes. The whole cast is in this one and the action/drama is outstanding.
Long Live ' COMBAT ' 💥
Breakout is another great episode with guest star Fernando Lamas which I believe appeared in the show in more episodes than any other guest star.
The Invaders-bridgehead, check that out!
Never saw an episode that had this much action. Well corriographed and bullets everywhere. Heros and cowards. This is why I became big fan at 8 years old.
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Same here. Them were the golden years of television and shows like 'Combat' were timeless. If I remember there was only a half dozen channels to watch on antenna tv only and always something fun and very entertaining to watch. Now a days you got 57 channels and nothing on. That's unless there is one of them shows on from back in those days.
@@michaelfountain1477, the drama here, is that these are all draftees, except for LT. Hanley, who was a Regular Army Platoon Sergeant, promoted to LT, on D-Day. Saunders fought in Northern Africa before that, which is why he is the only one with a camoflage helmet cover, and before the war, was a shoe salesman. And all the others, drafted into being Infantry riflemen. I have to tell you, having had Sgt. Saunders' job for 4 years, in a volunteer Army, I never heard the slightest peep of backtalk, like here. Nothing like this, and nothing to me, directly. Thus, drama, and why there should never be another American draft again.
My lifelong fascination with WW 2 and gratitude to the "greatest generation" began with shows and films like COMBAT.
Agree. 100%
I bought the box set collection. I love this show. Morrow was awesome on this show! Love all the cast!
GORGEOUS TOO!!!
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My Dad was in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was drafted in 1943 at 18 years old and in the European Theater fighting in many battles including The Battle of the Bulge. He enjoyed the TV Show, "Combat" telling me that it was very close to the real thing. He's been gone for almost 30 years and I still miss him.
Technical Corporal My grandfather joined the Army at age 30.. he was a coal miner and he could have stayed out of the war as a coal miner, but he wanted to “get in the action”! Well, he did!!! he was in the battle of the Bulge as well... got hit in the chest, lost a lung.. survived by a miracle and the grace of God... it ruined his mining career tho! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Technical Corporal my uncle got captured in the Battle of the Bulge and ended up in an OFLAG (camp for officers)
@@nhmooytis7058 He got home all right?
bailey9r escaped!
he said Combat close real war ??
he mustv been in the rear then
We the people working together as a team. At Bridgehead, fighting for the American dream. Thank you for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with life lessons to inspire us on ward and to not give up, no matter what the odds may be at this Bridgehead.
Excellent words !! Thank you, Karen.
I'm 81 and have watched since 1962 ... was in the Air Force at the time. When I got out in 1965 I went home and continued watching with my dad. I was 22 0r 23 at the time.
Ha.ha.ha.. . Im back in my younger yrs... This is the show we love.....thanx a lot
Watching Memorial Day 2019 ….This would be an appropriate episode for anyone to see on this day …. I wished that someone like MeTv or so would run a marathon of this show on Memorial Day and Veterans Day …. Thank You for airing these
when i first started watching meTV they did have it on at 3 in the morning til 4, been waitin for awhile for them to bring it back
Violence don't your know, might hurt leftist feelings
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The last dying soldier is Nick Adams who is the leading actor in a TV series named “The rebel” -- Johnny Yuma.
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Yep Nick Adams was actually better in The Rebel/Johnny Yuma. Great show.
I don't believe he lived much past '64 as he had some personal issues.
Terrible tragedy he and Vic Morrow.
Liked Johnny Yuma. There were so many good westerns and war shows back then.
I'm old enough to remember watching this ,when it was first on TV. I'm encountering it again now and I see that the writing and acting are superb. Selfless people giving of themselves for the greater good. We need more of that now.
They had no choice but to fight. Remember, most Americans wanted nothign to do with ww2 until Pearl Harbor. Same people just different motivation. We have folks right now trying to stand up and do the right thing and millions are attacking their actions and supporting some of the same types of power hungry greedy folks trying to change our democracy. We need to be the greatest generation now.
I was born in 1977 and don't remember the year I got into combat, maybe 1985, 86? I even bought a couple series with like 8 cds. Still could watch them all day.
Nick Adams does a great job in this episode, he adds a lot of presence to the role, something which a lot of actors do not have. I just love the looks ole Sarge gives him when he receives 'advice' from Nick about listening to the melody. What a great show, nothing like it today.
Best acting ever in a TV war show.
Amen. Nothing like it today!!!! What a shame!!!!
@@charleswilson7371 YUP!!!
@@worldchampion8888 My God, I miss these guys. Never again!!!!
I liked the acting in Band of Brothers. And We Were Soldiers. And Saving Prvt Ryan. Enemy at the Gate. Jarhead. Seal Team. Blackhawk Down. Letters From Iwo Jima. Flags of Our Fathers. Zero Dark Thirty. The movie about the bomb and mine defuser unit in Iraq. Mark Wahlberg as the soldier who was saved by an Afghan civilian during that war. There’s plenty of great and good war movies from every generation and unfortunately there’ll be future war movies about our grandkids generation if we live that long …
Brings back memories of my Dad and I watching reruns of these together at night. He was a Korean War Army Vet but never said anything about it Thank you for posting these
Not every Vet shot it out at a Bridge Head...Or stormed Beaches...There are hundreds of MOS in the Military ...USMC 70-74
I watched Combat as a child and I never realized that there was so much drama until now. The drama gives an excellent insight to the psychological aspects that combat soldiers are confronted with.
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Even as a teenager I loved combat loved and married a soldier was in army myself this is one of the best episodes!
Whoever posted all of these videos, I want to thank you so much. I have been watching them nonstop for several days now. This is the greatest TV series EVER!
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I’m turning 70 and I remember I couldn’t wait for this to come on I believe it was on Saturday nights dad and I watch all the Friday night fights those were the days excellent Series
I’m turning 70 and I remember I couldn’t wait for this to come on I believe it was on Saturday nights dad and I watch all the Friday night fights those were the days excellent
I don't know weather to thank them or curse them I'm addicted been going for days.
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I’m 65 and I did the same Saturday nights but this show made me fascinated with military history I read Naked and the Dead when I was 13 and The Thin Red Line when I was 15. Then I read Johnny Got His Gun when I was 17 and I was hooked
This was a great episode. Lots of action. A truly desperate battle.
Best action/drama of all time.
Long Live ' COMBAT ' 💥
These are still good shows. Thanks
My father was in ww2.used to watch with him.he said best depiction of the war of any t.v. or movie..
God bless those who fought in that war and all the other wars.
This Veteran finds himself during Combat subconsciously doing recognition on WWII weapons, defense structures, vehicles, sites from different approaches, an endless supply of stuff:) Some cases of pretty rare pieces, like command Zundapp motorcycles. Enough reality feel without the smell and screaming. Vic was like most real good sergeants I knew, inclusive and plain spoken. So he could teach you how to stay alive. While not having a person resent him for teaching you the rude things. Things you would never had learned in civilian life for sure:) He was this 71 year olds generations Humphrey Bogart and he is missed:)
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Yes Vic and the guys are sorely missed!!!
this whole series was great in its day and I for one appreciate now as back then. No fake heroes or grandstanding from the troops. Too bad it didn't have more years.I watch them over and over.
Same here!
IT SHOULD HAVE HAD ALOT MORE YEARS!!!!
Fantastic episode. Best WWII series by far.12 oclock high no.2. These are priceless pieces of history.
Rat Patrol and Garrison's Guerillas for the third and fourth
12 o'clock high 😮
My favorite TV show ever!! Thanks!!
My condolences to Pierre Jalbert's family upon his passing this past week at the age of 89. He was a solid cast member who played a character that the squad could always count on. I always feel an actor's role transcends to his real life and that Pierre's loyalty and trust was also a facet of his personal life - a life well lived.
James Horan outstanding.. said.
Caje and Sarge were always my favorites .
Rest In Peace, Pierre.
Maybe in 1960. Today it's the ability to read a script and play someone other than yourself and has nothing whatsoever to do one's character and/or personal life.
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This show is definitely the winner in rounds fired per episode category. ;-)
Loved it back in the day, and still do. Thanks for the upload.
A paradox, this second episode. The futility of war on the one hand, no doubt about it and yet Sgt. Saunders (Vic Morrow's portrayal) of what leadership really is. The new recruits in the squad do not believe in the war but through dint of watching the squad respecting (albeit not wholeheartedly) Sgt. Saunders and especially, leading by doing what he does not ask others to do they start to catch on. It is interesting to note the difference in the interpretation of this mission between Lieutenant Hanley (Rick Jason) who tries to justify it and Sgt. Saunder's (Vic Morrow) questioning the wisdom (evoking the futility) of it. There is a greater good and the sergeant so well played here by Vic Morrow underlines this paradox. Merci pour le téléchargement.
Muy buena la serie no se compara con las nuevas versiones me gusta mucho esta serie hermosos recuerdos me traen a la memoria de mi infancia felicitaciones y gracias por recibir esos recuerdos
"Bridgehead" is indeed one of the best "Combat!" episodes. Its one of the shows I remembered from viewing the series as a kid, when it first aired.
I agree. One of the better episodes.
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As a kid, never missed an episode!
Me neither !
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Thanks for posting Combat, one of my favorite war series. I've been enjoying the action, great scripts and of course the actors 😀👍
When I was in the army I watched this ln the 80"s and still love watching it never gets old
I use to watch this when I was a kid aged 9, front and center every day, loved it, never missed an episode, Sgt Saunders was my hero.
Me too. We used to play Combat in the woods of Ft McClellan Alabama. My Dad at the time was an Army Major (Sanders). Guess who got to play Sgt Saunders during all of our play maneuvers in the woods? He later became a Lt. Col. (we used to get a lot of prank calls for 'buckets of chicken to go late at night). I loved this show and still watch it, better than most anything on the tube today.
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me too...but it was shown every Saturday...
Me too .We used to play war game in my town.And US soliders were always good but German ones were always bad and so German Ambassador to Korea often protested this show to Korean government.
Because West Germany lent much money for Korea to develop economy at that time
ha ha.
Love this series
Combat Bridge Head will prove beyond a doubt why Combat is the best ever made. Like all exceptional episodes of Combat like this one there are life sermons for all of us in them.
Bridge Head is one of my favorite episodes of one of my favorite TV series of all time. Second to none !
Thanks U=TUBE FOR THIS CHANNEL.....SURE APPRECIATE THESE...COMBAT IS FOREVER.....VIC MORROW..WILL ALWAYS BE MY FAV....
As a young child this was a family favorite. 👍
Combat always opens with a great action scenes and this is another exception.
Now i'm 59yrs old but i still love this film.Tq.
Superb script in this episode. Intense ideas here...one of the best episodes of the show.
Ironically in real life, Nick Adams committed suicide! Sad.
So did Ric Jason. Sad also
Very well done. Much more realistic than the sudden "change of heart" that most episodes show. Thanks for uploading this series.
Thanks Melanie Erwin for uploading this classic combat, it reminds me when my younger days. Thanks
Long Live ' COMBAT ' 💥
Yay, Kirby finally got the BAR. Thanks for uploading this unparalleled series. Glad they finally dumped Billy and Braddock. The squad, Saunders, Caje, Kirby, Little John and Doc were the best. Always happy to see Hadley on another assignment.
About half way thru season 1, Braddock went.....Missing in Action.
What was wrong with Billy? I thought he was a good character.
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Hanley
This episode is memorable because the whole cast is present and the action/drama was and still is outstanding to this day.
Long Live ' COMBAT ' 💥
The combat kept pace with the head games, and the combat won by a hair. Best episode I have seen yet.
I have been re watching Combat the past year or so. Found DVD's at my local library. Started off with the last season, then went to season 1. The one year not in my library system is year two. So very glad to find them here.
This episode is in volume 1,
Season 2
I'm not here to pick holes in anything , I rate this episode as one of the best that I have seen yet . Lots of good action and enough drama to keep the show running well . Damn this is good viewing !
Every single member of the squad has been shot or injured. Just because the Sarg and the Lieutenant never beef it doesn't make it unrealistic in any way. There's some falsehood in the idea a main character always needs to die to be able to suspend disbelief.
n52nimbus - I disagree that there are "always things to criticize". One chooses to look for things to criticize or not to look for it. I have found generally if you are looking for something you're pretty much going to be able to find it - criticism or otherwise.............
@Lysander My dad and his team made it safe back home after WWII when they were in France and in Germany going towards the end of the war. Sure, three or four got wounded, but they went back at it again. When I was a kid in the 60's when I would spend some time at his house (he and my mom were no longer together) he would have some of his guys come over for barbeques, drink All American Beer and talk about what they did during WWII about their missions. Vey horrific what they did to the Nazies and to the Nazi women. He would get upset with me because I heard what they were talking about and what they did. He would tell me to get back inside the house, stay there and watch TV. I am not saying what my dad and his team was wrong. They hated Nazies for what they did.
I like the dialogue is well written
@Matrox One the little carousel was outstanding episode really cut to the heart of the tragedy of necessary wars and the depth human pathos .
One of the best "Combat!" episodes.
As long as you can get past the tank YOLO at the beginning.
@@pizzafrenzyman "Get past the tank YOLO ("You Only Live Once") at the beginning" ? Huh? Don't get your meaning.
@@701CPD The opening scene with the tank was so fake, it leaves a sour mark on the episode. Any tanker would have used it's firepower from range. It was common for infantry to walk behind a tank to get closer to the objective, but none were.
@@pizzafrenzyman OK, true enough. I guess the tank could have/should have blasted the house by the bridge the Germans ran into with it's main gun. On the other hand, the tank crew couldn't have known the Germans would have a Panzerfaust. Only a TV show.
I loved this show, I watched it all the time when I was a kid. Also, The Rat Patrol with Christopher George.
Love the action episodes the best! Thanks for all the high quality uploads!
My favorite when I was young, RIP Vic 🙏
Another magnificent episode, nothing to compare with Combat the tv series, been watching it since 1963
Ilovo your combat
Long Live ' COMBAT ' 💥
Like TS-wh4ey says below, this is one of my favorite episodes, right up there with "One more for the road", "The Patrol", The Hill and "What are the bugles blowin' for?"
When I was 11 or 12 years old I was a very studious, very polite and very skinny kid who wasn't exactly my fathers favorite, he was a lifer in the Army: Tough as boot-leather, stoic, not much of a talker and...well, he scared the shit out of me. My best bet, I discovered, was to simply stay out of his way, avoid drawing too much attention to myself and never, never, never get in any trouble. The potential problems came when Combat! first came on television and I immediately fell in love with it and whenever I heard the theme music come on I dropped whatever I was doing and headed for the living-room, where, to my great fortune and relief, my dad would be cranking his easy-chair back and getting comfortable because, you see, he enjoyed the hell out of Combat! too.
Whatever bonding may have occurred when I was young occurred to the accompanying rattle of Sgt. Saunders Thompson and the chugging of Kirby's BAR and, of course, the return fire that ripped across everything else, the German MG42 and the ubiquitous Schmeisser submachine-gun. My dad was difficult to please and nearly impossible to impress but during the narrow 45 minute window that Combat! afforded me once a week I often managed to do both, naming off the various weapons and their calibers, commenting, occasionally, on tactics or blunders or military protocol while my father grinned or grunted his agreement or simply answered, "Yep". Nobody else in the house, not my brother or my sisters or my mother enjoyed Combat and on the occasion when someone did sit and watch a few minutes my father and I would end up with sneers on our faces, just waiting for them to say something stupid so we could both deride them and run them out of the living-room, away from the black-and-white glowing box that the two of us warmed our hearts in front of like it was an old, stone fireplace. Great times, the 60's, once a week, I'll never forget it and as weird as it sounds, when I hear all those German rounds ricocheting off of whatever cover the squad chose for themselves that episode and when I hear that cracking-sky sound that artillery-rounds made on the show and the perfectly timed and constructed explosions that followed and as the dauntless squad fired-and-maneuvered their way toward the enemy I get a lump in my throat and a melancholy feeling comes over me and I fuckin' miss my dad.
Watching Combat, it's like WW2 never ends.
I don't think it ever did for those that fought it or their kids like me.
Watch combat when a kid now 64 and still watch it !! Cool!
I enjoyed a lot watching ...RIP Vic Morrow.
I love to watch this series when I was a kid. I was not able to watch all and thanks that it is now in UA-cam.
The "top soil" bit they carried thru this was classic....don't know they ever did that in any other episode. That's thinking outside the box.
Saw the original series back in the 60's. First time I've seen it since. Considering the advances we've seen since they did I super job with this show.
lik
Back in the 60s 😮 good old days 😮😂
We loved Combat! I had a couple of German exchange students friends and you bet your bottom D-Mark they were sat on my sofia every week and never missed an episode.
The producers did a fantastic job with the budget they had. Excellent writers and directors. Numerous guest stars who would go on to big careers.
The best in television, they don’t make great shows like this anymore
I used to love this show still love it now
I remember this as a young kid. My parents, relatives, all were WW11 generation. I’m 62’ years old.
I love this show!
watched these as a kid with my mom.......a lot of great actors came up through these ranks...................
A very effective one liner: "Me, I'm a south bound fellow in a north bound world". Nick Adams (Heller) was great in his own show too -- The Rebel.
He played a few characters in Combat .
Speed Racer I haven’t seen him again in Combat!
Dindin Private Not sure what that phrase means !
@@Msnando09 A natural rebel - one who doesn't go along with the crowd but as he sees fit. Re Frank Sinatra "I did it my way."
She is very beautibfullythis time 6
Nick Adams in the show "Johnny Yuma" was a southern soldier with a wise cracking Yankee voice and manner!
Nick Adams was a very good actor, did a part in the Outer Limits, one of my favorite episodes.
one of my top OL...
He was good with Boris Karloff in Die Monster Die!
Very emotional ending indeed
I cried.
When i was 7 yrs old..i was watch this movie with my father and his friend...and now march 29,2020 as of 5:02 a.m... i watch it now..great film..starring vic morrow
Little John 😮
amazing show, never missed it as a kid, Vic Morrow and the cast were great actors
Nothing like COMBAT!(!) - “H MAXH!”, as we called it. The whole kid population of our Greek mountain village would show up every Tuesday afternoon at the sole cafe/general store, to watch it on the sole (black-and-white) Grundig TV set, on the sole government channel. And then...for hours on end, we played ‘Combat!’ ourselves, until long after the sun had dipped behind Mount Parnassus and the gathering dusk obscured the ancient sanctuary of Apollo. Ah, those were the days...
Damn that was poetic andf, y'know, until this very moment and your post it never occurred to me that there were kids in other countries (and some pretty exotic countries, in my view) doing exactly the same thing I was doing, right down to heading out into the dark to spend the last hour or so of the night stalking each other through the tall grass...beautiful. Thank you for the wonderful images...
@@waynemyers2469 - You’re welcome, mate - thanks for yours! 👍
I’m not a violent person and I really shouldn’t be watching such a violent show but the reason why is I’m an empath and I feel everything that everybody is feeling so it’s really hard. But the show is so well written great acting and I have always enjoyed it. It was mine and my brothers favorite show. It’s so real and gritty at the same time. I never get tired of watching it. I found it shocking when I heard Vic morrow say he hated guns. I guess they can be useful for protection useful for hunting but then deadly if you get angry at someone. The show is still great!
Never knew combat actually showed a panzerfaust! I was just thinking "The tank wouldn't charge in real life, because the germans would use a ...whoa!" Thanks for the great episode.
Heh, and then Hanley describing it as a "new" weapon. Germans started making them in 1943.
Legion 57 Yea, seemed like the tank was going to Bulldoze the house .
Good memory of the old day. Thank u
The old days 😂
Great writing. Just great writing
OMG! A Combat! episode were they are not in that woods set, AND there's a tank in it! Amazing. And its got Nick Adams in it, straight after he was with Steve McQueen in Hell is for Heroes. Luckily the German soldiers went to the Stormtrooper school of riflery, lol.
My uncle Albert fell 8n the bulges near Bastogne on january 6 -1945 on de side of the libarators of my country Belguim .
Never i go forget what the Americans did for our freedom
Thank you to al of you
Ronald Duyck
We Americans are forever one with the people of Bastogne in particular and the Belgian people in general!🇧🇪🇺🇸
Thanking your uncle for his service!
I remember watching this in the 80s reruns. To me it was a treat to watch. Later on may not have been an accident that i signed and my brother signed up. I served in a sub, brother in a destroyer.
Vic Morrow also served in the Navy in real life.
Bring back memories.😍
Exelente capítulo de la serie COMBATE, recuerdo mi niñez, cuando con mis amiguitos tratábamos de emular las acciones que veíamos en la teve
One of the few times I ever recall Sarge showing annoyance with orders.
My favorite show as a kid me and the guys in the neighborhood had play this all day long
The "new" squad members never seen before are the equivalent of the unknown red shirted Star Trek crewmen. Last about as long also.
Combat was before Star Trek, so the red shirts are like the new squad members. :)
True
Exactly....you know those guys are going down......
勇士們，這頻段，非常，非常的，好看😅😅幾十年前的版，一看，最讚！😅😅😅😅😅
Nick Adams is a guest star--great actor--miss him
Combat mode was my favorite show then it’s my favorite show now except for the three stooges it’s a great show. My favorite was always Vic Morrow so sad but we’re lucky. We still got all the reruns to watch. Brings back a lot of memories.❤
Little John, Lt. Hanley, Cage, Doc, Kirby, and Sgt. Saunders, Love them all!!
I like Vic Morrow he is a good actor.
My Dad, and Uncles fought in WWll, any American Soldiers, that look like them in this Series. Just asking, curious minds want to know....
Wan
I always said believable characters are the #1 factor in making a good move, play, or tv show. The cast of Combat was top shelf. Vic Marrow was exceptional as the squad leader, he never laughs and he's all business. He was an actor I liked a lot. Sure was bummed when he got killed making the Twilight Zone the Movie
@@edwardcochran5060 the only thing Wong with the wardrobe in this series is the lack of unit patches. In ww2 all army & marines wore on it patches.
I guess the director thought that putting the Squad in any given unit would restrict storyline in other following episodes.
Yep, this is one of the action-packed episodes! 😎👍🏼
Dont think for one minute that this is what war is really like. Take it from a 70 yr. Old veteran.
Johnny Yuma...greatest yankee accent on a southern boy ever!
Also one of Nick Adam's greatest roles ever!
i remember--somebody picked these actors right.
..they look all different but each is diff like u would really have....and guest stars..close or best show i watched growing uo...the personal
stories and real looking scenery...and good sound ..can always
hear each talking even with music...wish it was like that now...
perfect director whoever?? sargeant perfect. actor...music..
everything... congrats...always wanted family bor and sis like
that...better than most,,but not like this brotherhood...loved it...
and even great titles for each show..congrats to writers...
Wow i remember this my Generation, i'm watching before when i was in 5 year old, my favorite two guys Vic Morrow and Rick Jason. COMBAT.
VIC WAS COMBAT!!!
Good old days 😌
The tank didn't have to get that close to blow the house to hell.Remember being devastated in 68 when Nick Adams died and in 82 when Vic Morrow was killed by sheer neglegence.
Vic and those two children were murdered not killed!!!
More realistic than many Hollywood WW2 films! Pace of battle
best show ever!!!Kirby loves his BAR
Vic Morrow playing the Thompson. I recall this show clearly. Especially the intro.
K
😊,I to remember watching this with my dad ,I was a lil boy seating in his lap.
Good old days 😌
Co star Nick Adams aka Johnny Yuma from the Western the Rebel. He used to hang out with James Dean and Elvis. The three of them would party together :) Stay Safe everyone
Didn't know nick Adam's hung out with elvis stay safe
una buena serie la veia desde niño y me encantaba verla y por eso la veo para recordar