Zeno’s Warbird Video Drive-In Big December 2014 Newsletter
Hello World War 2 & jet aircraft fans –
You are invited to drop by Zeno’s Warbird Video Drive-In http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com to view our December selection of eight exciting films streaming over the Web in broadband, including three premiers. And we’re releasing one of our favorite musicals from 1943, “This is the Army,” for your holiday enjoyment!
As always, all of the videos showing on our web site are for your free viewing pleasure. Please help “spread the word” by liking us on Facebook!
Now showing in December “At the Matinee” at Zeno’s Drive-In. Free admission!
http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/MATINEE.html
- Acrobatics for World War 2 Fighter Pilots featuring the Fairchild PT-19 NEW --digitally restored This Army Air Corps training film covers the basic acrobatic maneuvers every fighter pilot should master before heading into combat, including Immelmans, loops, snap, half & slow rolls, vertical reverses and more
*This is the Army NEW Restored Color - Holiday Special This wonderful film is a great example of the kind of the buoyant Hollywood musical shown at home & to troops around the World in the midst of World War 2. Directed by Michael Curtis, it features an all star musical cast headed by George Murphy, aided by Ronald Reagan, with a long list of memorable tunes that will have you singing them after it’s over.
- The Case of the Tremendous Trifle: Planning a World War 2 Bombing Mission NEW – digitally restored This fascinating film shows how intelligence sources, including spies, interrogations of refugees & POWs, aerial reconnaissance and seemingly innocuous sources like corporate parts catalogs were tied together and used in the strategic planning and execution of one of the epic missions of World War 2, the bombing of the ball bearing plants at Schweinfurt, Germany.
*416th BG 2-26 Invaders Attack! (Exclusive Documentary - Restored Color) Legendary SFP 186 Army Air Force combat cameramen rode along with 416th Bomb Group A-26 Invaders during March and April, 1945 with color film loaded in their cameras. The results are some of the most beautiful and dramatic footage to come out of the World War II. An added bonus is a cache of remarkable still pictures taken by 416th Group (668th, 669th, 670th and 671st Bomb Squadrons) staff photog “Sergeant Cachat” showing A-26s and their crews.
*Profile of a World War 2 Test Pilot Not only is this a great film about what it took to be a World War 2 test pilot, there’s rare shots of experimental aircraft at Wright Field, seen nowhere else.
- Clark Gables Combat America (Restored Color) “Combat America” was produced, written, directed, and narrated by Clark Gable while he was on assignment with the 8th Air Force, developing a gunnery training film. Though it packs plenty of very exciting color combat footage and doesn’t flinch in showing high cost of the war in the air, in many ways, it’s as much a warm home movie as a hard bitten, wartime “information” film.
- B-58 Hustler First Flight (Restored Color) On Veterans Day, Nov 11th, 1956 Convair’s revolutionary delta wing B-58 “Hustler” supersonic bomber took to the skies for the first time, piloted by B. A, Ericson. You’ll see both the low and high speed taxi testing, including front wheel lift off, that proceeded the B-58’s first flight, delivering excellent footage of the silvery prototype from a number of angles.
- Mastering the Thompson Submachine Gun: Marksmanship Everything you need to know to become a crack shot with a “Tommy Gun:” Blackening your sights using an open flame. Triangulating your sights for accuracy. Estimating range. Firing positions: Standing, kneeling, prone and seated. How to neutralize muzzle climb, even during extended bursts and more.
We also show 1940-45 vintage WWII Army & Navy films and pilot’s manuals on how to fly the F4U, F6F, P-38, P-39, P-40, P-47, P-51, P-61, TBF/TBM, AT-6/SNJ, B-17, B-24, B-25, A-20, A-26, B-26, B-29, and Stearman N2S. Alert! - don’t miss the F-86, B-47 & B-58!
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