I was 7 in 1974 when we stumbled on this show on TV and I fell in love with it immediately. Me and my friends started our own war games and my country Nigeria 4 years earlier ended her civil war and there were still soldiers patrolling the streets as at that time. The show captured it all for little fellas like us that time. And for years I watched combat , bought different pocket WW2 comics , magazines until I was 11 and the show was cancelled on TV and thus ended my seeing it. Until now I had always imagined and prayed to see old episodes of Combat again . As an African this show got me interested in the history of WW2 and each day I read anything about the war I remember Combat and the smart Sgt. I could had given my arms to see the reruns until today when something told me to check UA-cam and voila here I am and at 55 years old I'm seeing what I had been craving for, for more than 44 years after I watched the last episode on TV . Its so incredible, unbelievable. I'm so, so happy seeing the episodes here again even if I can't remember as they went again except the faces most especially the Sgt , the Lt and Kirby. Thank you UA-cam as I'm reliving my youth again. Thank you again I'm so happy .
I was 21 in 1974 and I grew up watching Combat. Now I am 71, all of the actors on Combat but 1, are dead! And I am still here in this F'kd up world; And I asked myself WHY? All the good times are over.😢
Like most of us I watched this program growing. At the time I didn’t grasp the depth of the storyline nor appreciate the skill of the cast. Now at 67, what a joy to watch these episodes.
i'm 67 too and watched these when I was a kid. I'm with you I didn't appreciate the story line and depth of feeling the writers had. I bet the majority of writers for the show were ww2 veterans.
67 also and really appreciate what the actors went through. None of the actors of today did what these people did to prepare themselves for their roles 👍
I used to watch this show, with my dad, when it originally aired. You're so right. My dad was also part of the greatest generation.....he fought in WWII
The script is terrific. The scene between Dane and Saunders when Dane wants to see the priest is so well written and acted. All the secondary roles so well casted
Lots of Jeffery Hunter fans here yet no mention of the fact he was the first Captain of the Starship Enterprise for the shows pilot episode The Cage, only a few years after this . He was a fine actor at everything he played. A fine performance here & one great series i watched as kid in the early 60s. As good today as it was when it aired. As so many of these actors are gone now we remember them & give thanks to the super job they all did for this show.
My grandson was going off about how he would have hated to have grown up with B&W television and maybe only 3 stations available to watch. Then I showed him a couple of these episodes. Now he feels sorry for himself for growing up in these times. Thank God UA-cam is around to keep this show alive and available to yet another generation of kids. There were other great shows back then but this was the best and I think always will be the best show on TV. We're too woke to have shows like this today. How sad! R.I.P. Vic Marrow. You were one of the best. Miss you.
I started watching "Combat" when I was about 5 years old in the early '60s. And here I am, 64 now. I loved this show then and I truly appreciate being able to watch them again, now. My favorite show.
Vic Morrows best as Sgt Saunders he was great in TWLIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE WHERE HE WAS KILLED IN HELICOPTER ACCIDENT saving 2 child actors lives R I P VIC MORROW
I'm 60 and have binge watched this series twice in the last 6 years, and I am going to do the same now. It makes me better appreciate what our soldiers did for and sacrifice for us. God bless America!!
As a baby boomer, Vietnam Vet, 4th generation service member, and a military historian, I never tire of Combat, 12 O’clock High or Rat Patrol. And it’s not just because it’s about American G.I.s. No matter who’s military is being depicted, the fear and the bullets are all the same. A good example is the very authentic 1981 German film, Das Boot. A good storyline, good acting, excellent special effects, and attention to detail, makes Das Boot, Combat and others watchable time-after-time, and never gets old.
If you have not seen it, watch the 1969 film 'Battle of Britain' with an all British cast, and authentic WWII airplanes were flown in the film with real pilots. No special effects or CGI (which was not created yet in 1969) at all. I saw it in the theater when first released when I was 13. It is uploaded on UA-cam. And many thanks for your service in the military.
50 years later, now a 64 yr old, I loved this show when it was must see TV, I think it was on Tuesday night. Whole family watched, black and white didn’t matter. So well we’ll written, directed and acted. Vic Morrow was a hero, and so was his his Thompson Submachine gun. I’m gonna watch them all over again 😀
Black and White always matters. It’s a wonderful way to capture character and scenery; shape and form; along with the commonplace contrast within a dramatic setting.
I was in the 9th grade and somewhere around a D student. I ended up grounded and assigned to my bedroom from Sunday to Thursday nights and could only hear the Combat! theme song at a distance. Now, 70 years old Im going to watch the episodes I missed.
Combat was the sh*t, didn't miss a week. Was a big part of my teen years. The cast was cool and had good people acting the parts each week is a great show.
Great episode it shows how there's humanity left in a person even during the time of war.I would love to give thumbs up to everybody who made a comment but my finger would go numb truly a lot of good memories from everyone I loved this show as a kid and still do Sergeant saunders was one of my heroes along with Guy Williams from Zorro Lost in space and I can't forget about Roy Rogers when I was about three positive role models to look up to when you're a kid I don't think kids have people like that to look up to so much today
This show just blows my mind its so emotional. So much they bring into it. Nothing more can prove how great this show was, I just fall in love with it I don't get it. But its so touching and moving, tugs your heart string so much
My brother an I played combat when we're kids. My mother use to say better fill in those holes before your father gets home. An if they get any deeper you.ll end up in chinà. I did in 2017 . That's another story. I.ll post later on,
One of my favorite. I had just turned 11 when it debuted. With nine family members that served and all made it home and listening to them talk I had to watch. My Father n Law served making it 10 family members that served.
My friend Ralph show me episode of Combat, after school 🏫 and I was hooked. That was in 1986, now I am 50 I still love this show. I own all seasons of Combat on 📀 DVD 😁
My dad was career military, Army special forces. Served in WW2 , Korea, and Vietnam. He was wounded in Korea and Vietnam. He retired after 20 years in 1963. I remember him saying that this TV show was the most realistic of anything there was on TV. He liked watching it, which surprised me after all he had been through. He passed away 3years after retirement of a heart attack. He was 39 years old.
I'm sorry to hear about your dad, my condolences. As for the authenticity, it may well have been the most accurate thing on TV in the early 1960s but I expect that was a pretty low bar. One of my friends recently retired from the Canadian Armed Forces after a long career there and he told me that one of their activities when back at base and relaxing was to watch war movies and TV series about war and see how they present it. The vast majority of the time, they found huge errors and were rolling their eyes at how INACCURATE they were. One of the rare exceptions was Band of Brothers, which I loaned him. He rated the authenticity on that very high. (I don't think I ever asked him about Combat!) While most shows have technical advisers, directors frequently disregard what they have to say in the interests of the story. If the way something is really done is slow and involves lots of people, it's probably going to be very time-consuming and expensive to film so the director will devise a shortcut that lets one or two cast members do some alternative thing very quickly that appears to accomplish the same effect. It's not that they want to be deceptive, it's just that they've got to contain costs to stay within a budget and if that means sacrificing some accuracy, they usually will.
A great 1960’s show I never miss an episode. It didn’t glorify war. It showed it From a human Point of view . Jeffrey hunter was great in this episode. I always wished the episode had a more happy ending for him. But it was a message about him finding his Faith ... This show was very well written and acted by everyone. I have the dvd series. Jeffrey Hunter was a very good actor who perhaps didn’t get the credit he deserved.
Jeff Hunter.... gawd....it's great seeing old school stars from my childhood pop up in episodes of COMBAT ....we only had 4 channels then but there were some of the greatest American TV shows EVER on then ....
watched with my dad who was a tanker in ww2. Thank goodness he transferred out of the ronsons( shermans) and was put in a "priest" M7 modified as a tank destroyer. The 105 could really wreak havoc on panthers and tigers but relied on speed due to very little armor and could not absorb a direct hit. tradgedy surrounded this well acted and written show. Jeffrey Hunter died in 69 due to an onset accident. Vic Morrow of course died in the Twight Zone movie and Rick Jason committed suicide i believe around 2000. Such sadness from a much loved show from the 60s,never to be repeated.
Combat movie is the favorite of my passed away father, i always remember him when i was 8 years old watching this series movie wdout lapse. COMBAT by Vic Morrow n Ric Jason
It is amazing how much military gear, armament, personal soldier gear, and unfortunately human remains are out there still. War is a waste of humanity, I never served, I wanted to go into the U S Coast Guard, having grown up on Lake St. Claire, Lake Erie and the Detroit River, on our houseboat, and sailboat, that was docked at the Detroit Yacht Club. I was amazed how cool the Coast Guard boats and cutters were, and how professional the crews were.
I was very young boy when I was watching combat and I remember in my small town Guatemala I had to pay one cent to watch combat and at that time was 12" Black and white TV with an big antenna outside the house and it was a pain in the but when the wind was to strong the antenna move and somebody has to run to find the signal again and not body want to miss one second it was wonderful time to meet my friends and classmate at night because I have not TV in my house and Combat was the number one Episode for us. today at my 50 I still like Combat. It call my attention seen this beautiful lady Elsbeth Humphrey watching this Episode of Combat maybe she is a soldier too but she is funny and cute thanks for post.
So true. They were my two favorite shows as a little boy. For Christmas all I wanted was helmets, toy rifles and anything to do with soldiers!! Great memories!!
That opening sequence was pretty intense! 😳. To be honest. Never liked war shows but this particular episode is fascinating! Jeffrey adds to it no doubt.
Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd was simply brilliant! The former priest turned soldier felt bitterness at his circumstances. I can relate exactly as a former minister. L.A. Wood
Not exactly. Storyline is he was still a 6th yr. seminarian. 1917 Our Lady Of Fatima warned "...when you see a strange light illumine the sky, know that a second worse war will come..." My father -dad- saw that Jan25 1938. I recorded his talk before he RIP. Much of the press reported on this at the time including N.Y T. Today 'lost sheep sheperds' are wrecking the church and society with it, far more than any typical physical war. Similiarly, "What's their problem'? Them. They don't think they're good enough, so they hate, hate their Mother. Mea culpa with meaning - can be the most difficult words to say- confess. For many of us...
i can remember this one and Rat Patrol, we had a 13 in. B/W tv with an antenae ina closet in S.F. LOL im 61 now and these were the best days of my life even though we were poor af my mom was single and worked her ass off as a waitress 15th and south van ness wow
flash back watching Combat Lt Rick jason and sgt Vic Morrow still remember of the Ep i watch weekly show in GMA 7 local ch in Philippines on a Black and White TV :) miss the old days
The special effects are amazing, especially considering the technology of the time and the budget restraints they were under. Hard to find a war movie during the same era that was better.
Great show, it brings back memories. I watched all episodes when I was a kid in the 60's in TJ in Spanish. After the show, my friends & I would go to the field across the street & play soldiers with wooden sticks as rifles. I loved the theme music & the characters. I came to the states in 72 and joined the navy, wanted to play soldier, er, sailor. RIP Vic Morrow.
Interesting episode. Too much Jeffery Hunter and not enough about rescuing the townsfolk. But it wouldn't keep one from returning to the next episode. Great music (cymbals and all!). Thanks for posting.
Ok, Age 63 years old. I used to watch this show with my father when it aired first run. We used to play "Army", not war, "Army". Would play for hours. Bang, bang...who was Saunders, who were the Germans.. I remember being all dejected one afternoon, going home and telling my mother how I had, had to "surrender".. I don't remember too many kids playing army much after 1966.
... what an entire squad rides into an unknown village position openly exposed riding on top of the tank and not defensively crouched walking behind it and then the german gun emplacement open fires too early and then still continues to engage a positioned heavy tank point blank .... then the squad would rather carry a puppy in place of their weapons while at the same time combing the village/town for what is now confirmed enemy positions ... just gotta love it !
Lovely and Powerful Leonard Rosenman incidental musical score work for this episode. Outstanding performance from Jeffrey Hunter, too. Original Star Trek fans may enjoyably bask in the lighted contributions of both artists. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing with the upload!
I remember watching this show with my dad. I’m thinking mid-1960’s. From the happiness of a child to cynicism in old age. Now I watch this show and think, “the French countryside sure looks like Southern California!”
Jeffrey Hunter (Henry McKinies) was a close friend of my uncle. They went to school together in Whitebay Wi ( a suburb of Milwaukee). He turned down the lead role in Star Trek after making the pilot as Capt Pike. Died in his 40' s of a brain hemorage. A great actor.
Back in the 60's you had to have good scripts, with only three networks major competition in those days. Millions of people would be watching nightly for their favorite TV show. One bad script could majorly mess that up for you. Great time for great shows.
The mash-up of historical footage in the beginning is interesting. Some is prewar French tanks and Korean war Walker Bulldog tanks. Infantry really weren't sitting ducks for tanks unless they had there own infantry with them.
So many negative comments about the equipment used it was a TV show...the comments about tanks and machine guns..the germans still used alot of watercooled machine guns in WW2 as well as mg34s and mg42s. By the time of this series most Sherman's had been sold off to other nations or had been left for scrap in Europe and the far east. The US Military didnt ship alot of Heavy ordinance Machinery back after the war... the M4 Sherman's for all practical purposes were outmoded by the end of the war being replaced by the M26 Pershing
The tank in this episode was a M41 Walker Bulldog from Korean/VietNam era. This show was never about perfect historical accuracy. It was about poignant human interaction during time of war using beloved well known characters.
Nice catch. General McNair decided that the US only needed medium tanks, and not heavy tanks in Europe. He thought that SP AT weapons were enough. He was killed, but the damage he caused lasted through the war.
There must have been Shermans that they could have acquired for the show in the mid 60s. Big fan of the show but not a big fan of such inauthenticity.....
Always loved this show as a kid. Very gritty and real...with a few exceptions, which are the writers' fault. Apparently the only thing the writers knew about the war in Europe was that it was fought by the US Army! Because the unit portrayed in the series, the 361st Infantry, never fought in France! The 361st fought in Italy as part of the 91st Infantry Division! I am surprised the technical advisers let them get away with that. all in all...a great series!
Shure, this was supposed to be an Action Show as called nowdays. Had an influence on a lot of those Computer games - at least I have déjà vus watching this.
It bothers me the actors rarely aim their weapons. They are always firing from the hip, which any veteran will tell you is a recipe for never hitting anything.
the look on Saunders face at end; the respect that both saunders and hendly had says it all. - like I told before - WHY CAN'T TV SERIES BE LIKE THIS! And also what had happened to the actors and writers to do programs like this?
I was 9yrs old when this show came out, I hated war but my brother had to watch it. I'm loving it now that I understand it. What I don't understand is anyone wanting to be a fascist and glorify a dictator today, after coming this far! These men are the real Anti-Fa! Like my Grandpa.
In every episode in which it appears, LT Hanley's platoon always likes like one squad and SGT Saunders' squad is usually about the size of one fire team.
Likewise, Elsbeth. There have been only a few shows in T.V. history that could keep up with Combat! It would be impossible to produce today because of the expense. But explosions and M-1 magazines that never seemed to run out of ammo unless it was a plot point didn't constitute the important part of it. Guns and ammo were only background players on this show.
No apologies necessary. I will keep an eye out for the episodes that still haven't shown up on UA-cam: 119 The Chateau 126 Battle of the Roses 128 The Sniper Cheers
Sorry to hear about the bad news on COMBAT! Simply can't buy them on DVD for the Australian region. Your posts were enjoyable while they lasted. Thanks for trying.
Cant get enough of this show. I really wish they'd put subtitles for the languages other than english. I'd watch every one of them again. By the way, UA-cam has the worst subtitles of any. You never know what is gonna show up, including curse words. I never heard Marshal Dillon of Gunsmoke say the word "bitch" but the caption was there.
"I really wish they'd put subtitles for the languages other than english." Except that that would kill the experience. It's supposed to be strange, foreign, and jarring. You want to feel like you're at home.
Why is it that Jeffrey Hunter dies in WWII shows? He never left the Beach of Normandy in the movie the Longest Day, he plays a Sgt who was promoted to Lt, and in the episode he is making the push from Normandy and he is a Tank Sgt! Jeffrey Hunter never disappoints and he dies well!
grabit1 - One's sarcasm to this show is fun to read at times. A lot of peoples comments make me chuckle. Especially when they point out some of the small idiosyncrasies that don't always add up. However, when one starts to criticize every little detail to the point where there would no longer be story/show that is what gets me. I like sarcasm, makes me laugh, I'll look forward to your other comments along the way.
I was 7 in 1974 when we stumbled on this show on TV and I fell in love with it immediately. Me and my friends started our own war games and my country Nigeria 4 years earlier ended her civil war and there were still soldiers patrolling the streets as at that time. The show captured it all for little fellas like us that time. And for years I watched combat , bought different pocket WW2 comics , magazines until I was 11 and the show was cancelled on TV and thus ended my seeing it. Until now I had always imagined and prayed to see old episodes of Combat again . As an African this show got me interested in the history of WW2 and each day I read anything about the war I remember Combat and the smart Sgt. I could had given my arms to see the reruns until today when something told me to check UA-cam and voila here I am and at 55 years old I'm seeing what I had been craving for, for more than 44 years after I watched the last episode on TV . Its so incredible, unbelievable. I'm so, so happy seeing the episodes here again even if I can't remember as they went again except the faces most especially the Sgt , the Lt and Kirby. Thank you UA-cam as I'm reliving my youth again. Thank you again I'm so happy .
My favorite show it went off in 1967
I was 21 in 1974 and I grew up watching Combat. Now I am 71, all of the actors on Combat but 1, are dead! And I am still here in this F'kd up world; And I asked myself WHY? All the good times are over.😢
Like most of us I watched this program growing. At the time I didn’t grasp the depth of the storyline nor appreciate the skill of the cast. Now at 67, what a joy to watch these episodes.
i'm 67 too and watched these when I was a kid. I'm with you I didn't appreciate the story line and depth of feeling the writers had. I bet the majority of writers for the show were ww2 veterans.
Yep I watched it as a kid too. My father and many of my friends fathers were in WW2.
Same here. Just a little younger than you.
Me too, I am 67
67 also and really appreciate what the actors went through. None of the actors of today did what these people did to prepare themselves for their roles 👍
Watching this TV show with your Dad, who twenty years earlier had done for real.
A generation who were the real deal.
I used to watch this show, with my dad, when it originally aired. You're so right. My dad was also part of the greatest generation.....he fought in WWII
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The script is terrific. The scene between Dane and Saunders when Dane wants to see the priest is so well written and acted. All the secondary roles so well casted
Lots of Jeffery Hunter fans here yet no mention of the fact he was the first Captain of the Starship Enterprise for the shows pilot episode The Cage, only a few years after this . He was a fine actor at everything he played. A fine performance here & one great series i watched as kid in the early 60s. As good today as it was when it aired. As so many of these actors are gone now we remember them & give thanks to the super job they all did for this show.
Captain Christopher Pike. Indeed.
He also played Jesus but I can’t remember the movie’s name …
@@manuelbermudez211 _King of Kings_
@@bad-people6510 thanks 🙏 for answering my post
His best role playing Jesus Christ in King of Kings
Phenomenal levels of acting for a weekly series. We were so lucky to be around during the golden age of television.
My grandson was going off about how he would have hated to have grown up with B&W television and maybe only 3 stations available to watch. Then I showed him a couple of these episodes. Now he feels sorry for himself for growing up in these times. Thank God UA-cam is around to keep this show alive and available to yet another generation of kids. There were other great shows back then but this was the best and I think always will be the best show on TV. We're too woke to have shows like this today. How sad!
R.I.P. Vic Marrow. You were one of the best. Miss you.
thats all the tv we had in the 50s-60s.........what cable?
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I rember
I started watching "Combat" when I was about 5 years old in the early '60s. And here I am, 64 now. I loved this show then and I truly appreciate being able to watch them again, now. My favorite show.
Vic Morrows best as Sgt Saunders
he was great in TWLIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE
WHERE HE WAS KILLED IN HELICOPTER ACCIDENT saving 2 child actors lives
R I P VIC MORROW
I'm 60 and have binge watched this series twice in the last 6 years, and I am going to do the same now. It makes me better appreciate what our soldiers did for and sacrifice for us. God bless America!!
I'm 18 and I just started this series and I'm loving it
As a baby boomer, Vietnam Vet, 4th generation service member, and a military historian, I never tire of Combat, 12 O’clock High or Rat Patrol. And it’s not just because it’s about American G.I.s. No matter who’s military is being depicted, the fear and the bullets are all the same. A good example is the very authentic 1981 German film, Das Boot. A good storyline, good acting, excellent special effects, and attention to detail, makes Das Boot, Combat and others watchable time-after-time, and never gets old.
I want to thank you for your service. It is inexcusable how Vietnam Vets were treated upon their return. You deserved so much better.
If you have not seen it, watch the 1969 film 'Battle of Britain' with an all British cast, and authentic WWII airplanes were flown in the film with real pilots. No special effects or CGI (which was not created yet in 1969) at all. I saw it in the theater when first released when I was 13. It is uploaded on UA-cam. And many thanks for your service in the military.
THIS WAS MY FAVORITE SHOW I AM 79 YEARS OLD NOW AND STILL WATCH THE SHOWS ON YOU TUBE....
That's nothing I am 88 and still watching Combat.
I watch it to; But I am 71, and NOT going to make it to 79; The good times are long gone.😥
well said
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50 years later, now a 64 yr old, I loved this show when it was must see TV, I think it was on Tuesday night. Whole family watched, black and white didn’t matter. So well we’ll written, directed and acted. Vic Morrow was a hero, and so was his his Thompson Submachine gun. I’m gonna watch them all over again 😀
keep it up
Black and White always matters. It’s a wonderful way to capture character and scenery; shape and form; along with the commonplace contrast within a dramatic setting.
What I don't understand is why Sanders wearing a camouflage helmet when those intended for Pacific not in Europe?
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I remember Combat being on Tuesday too.
I was in the 9th grade and somewhere around a D student. I ended up grounded and assigned to my bedroom from Sunday to Thursday nights and could only hear the Combat! theme song at a distance. Now, 70 years old Im going to watch the episodes I missed.
Great. Happy for you.
Combat was the sh*t, didn't miss a week. Was a big part of my teen years. The cast was cool and had good people acting the parts each week is a great show.
@@johnsimpson7404 soo... how’d you turn out? With the D student stuff?..... what did you do?
2021 still watching, Sir? me too
You waited this long, don’t screw up & get in trouble again, haha. Love this, my new Favorite Show
I was one of these little boys playing army and still watching these episodes
Combat, twelve o'clock high, and rat patrol were 3 shows I never missed as a kid
Great episode it shows how there's humanity left in a person even during the time of war.I would love to give thumbs up to everybody who made a comment but my finger would go numb truly a lot of good memories from everyone I loved this show as a kid and still do Sergeant saunders was one of my heroes along with Guy Williams from Zorro Lost in space and I can't forget about Roy Rogers when I was about three positive role models to look up to when you're a kid I don't think kids have people like that to look up to so much today
My mother is alive again and we're watching Combat. Hands down best depiction of humanity at war.
I was 13 when this aired. Watched it with my dad. This will be the first time I watched it again.
This show just blows my mind its so emotional. So much they bring into it. Nothing more can prove how great this show was, I just fall in love with it I don't get it. But its so touching and moving, tugs your heart string so much
My brother an I played combat when we're kids. My mother use to say better fill in those holes before your father gets home. An if they get any deeper you.ll end up in chinà. I did in 2017 . That's another story. I.ll post later on,
In 2017 I went to china. I'll post it later on.
A perfect description
One of my favorite. I had just turned 11 when it debuted. With nine family members that served and all made it home and listening to them talk I had to watch.
My Father n Law served making it 10 family members that served.
My friend Ralph show me episode of Combat, after school 🏫 and I was hooked.
That was in 1986, now I am 50 I still love this show. I own all seasons of Combat on 📀 DVD 😁
My dad was career military, Army special forces. Served in WW2 , Korea, and Vietnam. He was wounded in Korea and Vietnam. He retired after 20 years in 1963. I remember him saying that this TV show was the most realistic of anything there was on TV. He liked watching it, which surprised me after all he had been through. He passed away 3years after retirement of a heart attack. He was 39 years old.
My deepest sympathy for the loss of your brave Father. I hope the passage of the years has lessened your sorrow
OMG 39! God bless.
I am shocked and surprised that your. father died at age 39.!
I'm sorry to hear about your dad, my condolences. As for the authenticity, it may well have been the most accurate thing on TV in the early 1960s but I expect that was a pretty low bar. One of my friends recently retired from the Canadian Armed Forces after a long career there and he told me that one of their activities when back at base and relaxing was to watch war movies and TV series about war and see how they present it. The vast majority of the time, they found huge errors and were rolling their eyes at how INACCURATE they were. One of the rare exceptions was Band of Brothers, which I loaned him. He rated the authenticity on that very high. (I don't think I ever asked him about Combat!) While most shows have technical advisers, directors frequently disregard what they have to say in the interests of the story. If the way something is really done is slow and involves lots of people, it's probably going to be very time-consuming and expensive to film so the director will devise a shortcut that lets one or two cast members do some alternative thing very quickly that appears to accomplish the same effect. It's not that they want to be deceptive, it's just that they've got to contain costs to stay within a budget and if that means sacrificing some accuracy, they usually will.
God bless your father, Steve.
A great 1960’s show I never miss an episode. It didn’t glorify war. It showed it From a human Point of view . Jeffrey hunter was great in this episode. I always wished the episode had a more happy ending for him. But it was a message about him finding his Faith ... This show was very well written and acted by everyone. I have the dvd series. Jeffrey Hunter was a very good actor who perhaps didn’t get the credit he deserved.
Best Jesus ever! ❤️
COMBAT WILL NEVER BE OLD....VIC MORROW A STAR....NEVER TO FORGET....I WAS IN VIETNAM WHEN THEY WERE FILMING THESE,,,,
As a kid I of course didn't realize how good Vic Morrow was in this role.
To bad we cant find any good actors now like when back in 60's were they really look and act the part.
They we're all good, including the guest actors! You can learn a lot from these shows!
Jeff Hunter.... gawd....it's great seeing old school stars from my childhood pop up in episodes of COMBAT ....we only had 4 channels then but there were some of the greatest American TV shows EVER on then ....
watched with my dad who was a tanker in ww2. Thank goodness he transferred out of the ronsons( shermans) and was put in a "priest" M7 modified as a tank destroyer. The 105 could really wreak havoc on panthers and tigers but relied on speed due to very little armor and could not absorb a direct hit. tradgedy surrounded this well acted and written show. Jeffrey Hunter died in 69 due to an onset accident. Vic Morrow of course died in the Twight Zone movie and Rick Jason committed suicide i believe around 2000. Such sadness from a much loved show from the 60s,never to be repeated.
Combat series., Way back went I was a young kid.!,My fovarite to watch always on TV.! , Here in the Philippines.!
Poignant story. A tale of a man fighting his own personal war.
Combat movie is the favorite of my passed away father, i always remember him when i was 8 years old watching this series movie wdout lapse. COMBAT by Vic Morrow n Ric Jason
I hadn't seen this chapter although I watched Combat when I was a kid. I loved it! Thanks a lot for sharing Combat!
It is amazing how much military gear, armament, personal soldier gear, and unfortunately human remains are out there still. War is a waste of humanity, I never served, I wanted to go into the U S Coast Guard, having grown up on Lake St. Claire, Lake Erie and the Detroit River, on our houseboat, and sailboat, that was docked at the Detroit Yacht Club. I was amazed how cool the Coast Guard boats and cutters were, and how professional the crews were.
I am so pleased to find video such as this, vs the garbage on broadcast today.
My dad and I would watch this when I was 7. He was stationed in Frankfurt for two years and would translate the German for me.
I was very young boy when I was watching combat and I remember in my small town Guatemala I had to pay one cent to watch combat and at that time was 12" Black and white TV with an big antenna outside the house and it was a pain in the but when the wind was to strong the antenna move and somebody has to run to find the signal again and not body want to miss one second it was wonderful time to meet my friends and classmate at night because I have not TV in my house and Combat was the number one Episode for us. today at my 50 I still like Combat. It call my attention seen this beautiful lady Elsbeth Humphrey watching this Episode of Combat maybe she is a soldier too but she is funny and cute thanks for post.
Man! These sure bring back memories. I was nine when this episode came out, thank you!
great show, still holds up, I'm 63 and recall it from the 60s--I was so young then
Me too.
same here
Me too
I'm 62 and I can't remember much Vic the Sarg is about it
Ditto
I have watch this episode since I was a kid but didn't understand it...Now I'm 64 it got into so much !!!The drama was something unforgettable!!!
great musical score Vic Morrow strikes just the right balance adds a lot of depth and authenticity
Rick Jason, today May 21, 2017 would be turning 94 years old.
Rip, my dear Lt. Hanley ...
Sorry for my english.
Alicia Todaro Conz ;
ive used his initials for almost 15 years by now
Your English is excellent. No worries!
Your English was just fine my dear. We all share your sentiments.
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Combat! and Rat Patrol were the reason little American boys grew up playing Army.
i loved rat patrol
Combat! was a bit after my time but I discovered it during the 90s. Was one of my favorite TV shows as a young teenager.
I did. I was a kid in the 1960’s, before the feminists tried to turn boys more into girls.
Garrisons gorillas .and 12 o clock high as well
So true. They were my two favorite shows as a little boy. For Christmas all I wanted was helmets, toy rifles and anything to do with soldiers!! Great memories!!
What a remembrance show in my life ,when I watch this program at the age of 7 yrs but now 61 yrs
Combat, rat patrol and band of brothers....my favorites for military tv shows...
Jeffrey Hunter was made for this role. One of my favorites.
Especially after playing Jesus! Lol
That opening sequence was pretty intense! 😳. To be honest. Never liked war shows but this particular episode is fascinating! Jeffrey adds to it no doubt.
Lost Sheep, Lost Shepherd was simply brilliant! The former priest turned soldier felt bitterness at his circumstances. I can relate exactly as a former minister. L.A. Wood
Yes a. Brilliant episode with fantastic acting and writing. Scene between Hunter and Morrow about living with killing, takes you there.
Not exactly. Storyline is he was still a 6th yr. seminarian. 1917 Our Lady Of Fatima warned "...when you see a strange light illumine the sky, know that a second worse war will come..." My father -dad- saw that Jan25 1938. I recorded his talk before he RIP. Much of the press reported on this at the time including N.Y T. Today 'lost sheep sheperds' are wrecking the church and society with it, far more than any typical physical war. Similiarly, "What's their problem'?
Them. They don't think they're good enough, so they hate, hate their Mother. Mea culpa with meaning - can be the most difficult words to say- confess. For many of us...
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FATHER is calling you back. Repent and be obedient . . . or don’t, you choose.
Read the Bible.
Remember this show as a kid - mid - 1960's. Time flies, technology, even faster ! 🇺🇸
Me and my dad would watch this show back then together
Ahem, grammar police here. My Dad and I...
I remember watching this episode with my Dad and family, the last time I saw it was in Okinawa in 1976.👍👍👍👍👍❤🇺🇸
LOL I WAS IN Camp Schwab IN 77 FOR A YEAR
I wasen't even born in that time lol
I used to enjoy this when I was 10, 11, 12 about 1964. "Combat" and Vic Morrow was very popular here in the Philippines.
Excellent Plausible Storylines: I am glad to be able to watch Combat.
i can remember this one and Rat Patrol, we had a 13 in. B/W tv with an antenae ina closet in S.F. LOL im 61 now and these were the best days of my life even though we were poor af my mom was single and worked her ass off as a waitress 15th and south van ness wow
I wondered if anyone else would remeber Rat Patrol, thanks ,these two shows were my daddys favorites.And we watched sitting around the small t.v.
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I remember when I was 9 years old I liked to watch war movies played by these actors. Very good movie
This show is what's happening l was 12 yes old at the time l grow up watching it now lm 68; and still watc hing it. Samson stokes.
flash back watching Combat Lt Rick jason and sgt Vic Morrow still remember of the Ep i watch weekly show in GMA 7 local ch in Philippines on a Black and White TV :) miss the old days
Thanks for sharing. Watching from European Union, Lithuania.
The special effects are amazing, especially considering the technology of the time and the budget restraints they were under. Hard to find a war movie during the same era that was better.
I watched combat in the 70s as a kid and now watching it again in 2022 as adult...
Great show, it brings back memories. I watched all episodes when I was a kid in the 60's in TJ in Spanish. After the show, my friends & I would go to the field across the street & play soldiers with wooden sticks as rifles. I loved the theme music & the characters. I came to the states in 72 and joined the navy, wanted to play soldier, er, sailor. RIP Vic Morrow.
Interesting episode. Too much Jeffery Hunter and not enough about rescuing the townsfolk. But it wouldn't keep one from returning to the next episode. Great music (cymbals and all!). Thanks for posting.
I think directors used soundtrack a lot more effectively in these earlier episodes. Ther are actually scenes with no music. The silence is effective.
I was only 11 years in 62 but I can still remember the music it was so catcey
Ok, Age 63 years old. I used to watch this show with my father when it aired first run. We used to play "Army", not war, "Army". Would play for hours. Bang, bang...who was Saunders, who were the Germans.. I remember being all dejected one afternoon, going home and telling my mother how I had, had to "surrender".. I don't remember too many kids playing army much after 1966.
I did see this episode on October 16,1962 in Worcester,Mass.I liked Jeff Hunter in KING OF KINGS,THE LONGEST DAY,and CUSTER OF THE WEST.
What about "Sgt. Rutledge" with Woody Strode?
Lowell Goodyear I did not see "Sgt.Rutledge"at the theater in 1960,John Wayne's,THE ALAMO,I saw.
+Alfred G. Laverty Don't forget Star Trek as Christopher Pike in the pilot.
+Claude “Reviews4U” Rains Yes! I did see him in The Menagerie"with Susan Oliver!Our you related to the late actor I saw in Lawrence of Arabia?
I am not at all related to the late actor,Claude Rains,I also saw in Lawrence of Arabia.Laverty Family from Lisburn,Northern Ireland,December 9,1790.
The music while the guys are searching areas adds to the intensity
Thanks for posting. Loved Jeffrey Hunter.
my fav tv show..im 10yrs old that time
Very good acting all around bur Sgt. Dane (Jeffrey Hunter) was the best!
Sorry, but he overdid it a bit.
... what an entire squad rides into an unknown village position openly exposed riding on top of the tank and not defensively crouched walking behind it and then the german gun emplacement open fires too early and then still continues to engage a positioned heavy tank point blank .... then the squad would rather carry a puppy in place of their weapons while at the same time combing the village/town for what is now confirmed enemy positions ... just gotta love it !
Wearing your officer rank on your helmet is a good idea
Lovely and Powerful Leonard Rosenman incidental musical score work for this episode. Outstanding performance from Jeffrey Hunter, too. Original Star Trek fans may enjoyably bask in the lighted contributions of both artists. Great stuff. Thanks for sharing with the upload!
The Director of this ep. Butt Kennedy went on to direct some pretty good movies🙂
A special time in my life 50 yrs ago *
put the SPIRIT BACK IN ME WATCHING THIS SHOW " NOW " !
MOVE OUT *
The only thing that could make this better is if I could play it through a 61' black and white motorola console - with rabbit ears.
great show you to watch when I was kid, brings back a lot of memories
Lol
I remember watching this show with my dad. I’m thinking mid-1960’s. From the happiness of a child to cynicism in old age. Now I watch this show and think, “the French countryside sure looks like Southern California!”
Jeffrey Hunter (Henry McKinies) was a close friend of my uncle. They went to school together in Whitebay Wi ( a suburb of Milwaukee). He turned down the lead role in Star Trek after making the pilot as Capt Pike. Died in his 40' s of a brain hemorage. A great actor.
Heard he listened to his wife who poo- pood it. Beatch.
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Heard the same thing.
Back in the 60's you had to have good scripts, with only three networks major competition in those days. Millions of people would be watching nightly for their favorite TV show. One bad script could majorly mess that up for you. Great time for great shows.
You're right, and he did a little more than that on top of it. He was a very fine actor.
The mash-up of historical footage in the beginning is interesting. Some is prewar French tanks and Korean war Walker Bulldog tanks. Infantry really weren't sitting ducks for tanks unless they had there own infantry with them.
So many negative comments about the equipment used it was a TV show...the comments about tanks and machine guns..the germans still used alot of watercooled machine guns in
WW2 as well as mg34s and mg42s.
By the time of this series most Sherman's had been sold off to other nations or had been left for scrap in Europe and the far east.
The US Military didnt ship alot of Heavy ordinance Machinery back after the war... the M4 Sherman's for all practical purposes were outmoded by the end of the war being replaced by the M26 Pershing
Jeffrey, Vic, and Rick had a violent death. An explosive, copter crash beheaded, and suicide. So sad.
That is sad. I never knew about the suicide.
Jeffrey died of head injuries in an accident
The tank in this episode was a M41 Walker Bulldog from Korean/VietNam era. This show was never about perfect historical accuracy. It was about poignant human interaction during time of war using beloved well known characters.
Nice catch. General McNair decided that the US only needed medium tanks, and not heavy tanks in Europe. He thought that SP AT weapons were enough. He was killed, but the damage he caused lasted through the war.
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@@karlsummers8010 Yeah, at first I thought it was a Panzer 4 with U.S. markings and some bondo. Lol.
Most of combat German armored and vehicles where U.S. I like when they made M41 look like Panzer 4's. With the Side skirts. Lol!
There must have been Shermans that they could have acquired for the show in the mid 60s. Big fan of the show but not a big fan of such inauthenticity.....
Always loved this show as a kid. Very gritty and real...with a few exceptions, which are the writers' fault. Apparently the only thing the writers knew about the war in Europe was that it was fought by the US Army! Because the unit portrayed in the series, the 361st Infantry, never fought in France! The 361st fought in Italy as part of the 91st Infantry Division! I am surprised the technical advisers let them get away with that. all in all...a great series!
Shure, this was supposed to be an Action Show as called nowdays. Had an influence on a lot of those Computer games - at least I have déjà vus watching this.
Many of the writers and actors were WW2 vets.
It bothers me the actors rarely aim their weapons. They are always firing from the hip, which any veteran will tell you is a recipe for never hitting anything.
Robert Pirosh created the show, he saw action in WW II in Europe
I love watching war movies very real n fascinating at tlme where there is no technolgy real hard work
the look on Saunders face at end; the respect that both saunders and hendly had says it all. - like I told before - WHY CAN'T TV SERIES BE LIKE THIS! And also what had happened to the actors and writers to do programs like this?
Hendly??? Hanley.
Best TV show ever
I was 9yrs old when this show came out, I hated war but my brother had to watch it. I'm loving it now that I understand it. What I don't understand is anyone wanting to be a fascist and glorify a dictator today, after coming this far! These men are the real Anti-Fa! Like my Grandpa.
Watch these series with my oldman, hhe even let me stay late past my bedtime!
Same here
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This was such a great show. Back when tv was good.
Back when TV was the best!
Combat meets Oddball, and 4 gallons to the mile, I want one, it would save me fuel compared to what my kids drive.
My thoughts exactly !
Donald Sutherland was great, in "Kelly's Heroes"!
Vic would be 90on February 14..RIP Vic
In every episode in which it appears, LT Hanley's platoon always likes like one squad and SGT Saunders' squad is usually about the size of one fire team.
Jeffery Hunter died a sad and early death at 42.
So many actors die after the stunts people screw up the special effects.
@@MikeKye200 Vic Morrow, too.
Likewise, Elsbeth. There have been only a few shows in T.V. history that could keep up with Combat! It would be impossible to produce today because of the expense. But explosions and M-1 magazines that never seemed to run out of ammo unless it was a plot point didn't constitute the important part of it. Guns and ammo were only background players on this show.
No apologies necessary. I will keep an eye out for the episodes that still haven't shown up on UA-cam:
119 The Chateau
126 Battle of the Roses
128 The Sniper
Cheers
The Sniper already there, let's check with keyword "Combat! s.1 ep.28"
Sorry to hear about the bad news on COMBAT! Simply can't buy them on DVD for the Australian region. Your posts were enjoyable while they lasted. Thanks for trying.
Cant get enough of this show. I really wish they'd put subtitles for the languages other than english. I'd watch every one of them again. By the way, UA-cam has the worst subtitles of any. You never know what is gonna show up, including curse words. I never heard Marshal Dillon of Gunsmoke say the word "bitch" but the caption was there.
"I really wish they'd put subtitles for the languages other than english."
Except that that would kill the experience. It's supposed to be strange, foreign, and jarring. You want to feel like you're at home.
Just for the record, he never said that, it wouldn't have passed the censorship of the time.
Why is it that Jeffrey Hunter dies in WWII shows? He never left the Beach of Normandy in the movie the Longest Day, he plays a Sgt who was promoted to Lt, and in the episode he is making the push from Normandy and he is a Tank Sgt! Jeffrey Hunter never disappoints and he dies well!
That so funny dying must be fun dramatic you know. Gotta die good by the cross. He was so beautiful, Jeffrey Hunter.
Jack Hogan who played Kirby just passed away age 94
This was one of the last shows to have foreign languages as a part of the dialogue. I think it was done in respect to the film, 'The Longest Day.'
grabit1 - Ah, where was our friend Caje in this when they needed him to translate?
Where's Caje when you most need him?hahahaha
grabit1 - One's sarcasm to this show is fun to read at times. A lot of peoples comments make me chuckle. Especially when they point out some of the small idiosyncrasies that don't always add up. However, when one starts to criticize every little detail to the point where there would no longer be story/show that is what gets me.
I like sarcasm, makes me laugh, I'll look forward to your other comments along the way.
i never lost 1 episode at nights in my childhood 8-9 or 10 years old in my homeland Nicaragua...
In real life Rick Jason speaks perfect French
I was not aware of Rick Jason being bilingual but I did know Pierre Jalbert spoke French fluently because he was a Cajun.
@@MountainCruzerPierre was Canadian