Product Details

• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Arts Magic
• DVD Release Date: June 27, 2006
• Run Time: 55 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000FI8MKC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #87,037 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The assumption that the RAF’s long-range reconnaissance aircraft, the Mosquito, could continue to employ its high speed to range across Germany with impunity, was shattered on 25th July, 1944. A Mosquito, belonging to the No.544 squadron, barely escaped destruction after having been attacked in the first air-to-air encounter with the revolutionary new German fighter, the Messerschmitt Me-262. The Me-262 represented the cutting edge of a new generation of highly advanced combat types, employing jet and rocket propulsion. Paralleling these aircraft types in the spring of 1945 were the first of Hitler's revenge weapons, the V-1 Flying Bomb and the advanced V-2 Rocket, that were intended to turn the tide of the war.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Footage for both the novice and knowledgeable, February 16, 2010

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Yoda (Hadera, Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: German Jets & V-1 and V-2 Flying Bombs (DVD)

The video footage contained in this DVD is quite interesting. Footage covers the Komet, ME 262, VI and V2 and Arado jet bomber. With respect to the ME 262 there is footage from trial and prototype runs as well as footage from a training film. The training film is quite interesting in that it provides footage showing not only flight of aircraft but interior controls and how to handle. The footage for the V2's is quite similar. Footage is provided not only for experimental trial runs and live launching but also from a training film intended for crews handling these weapons. The training footage shows all aspects of a typical operation, from movement to assembly to final launching. Both the novice and those with considerable knowledge of this aircraft would find this footage quite interesting. The footage of the Komet, Arado and V2 is not as in-depth but still impressive in showing how these aircraft were launched and operated. Again, very interesting not only for the novice but also the expert.

The DVD not only contains very good video footage but also some analysis regarding strengths and weaknesses of aircraft, problems in production, etc. Although this knowledge is not in-depth and would be pretty well known by anyone with more than basic knowledge of this hardware it would be of interest to the novice. The analyses presented of the hardware is more in-depth than anything that would normally be found in documentaries found on the Histroy, Discovery or Military Channels.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars WWII Video, November 22, 2009

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Mr. Kenley C. Vogt "kcventures" (Penfield, New York 14526) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: German Jets & V-1 and V-2 Flying Bombs (DVD)

I love WWII "Victory" Weapons seeing how they are the genesis of our own US Space program. This video has some great footage of them.

4.0 out of 5 stars WWII German Jets & Rockets DVD, July 6, 2010

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K. Harmon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: German Jets & V-1 and V-2 Flying Bombs (DVD)

If you enjoyed Discovery Channels "Wings of the Luftwaffe" 15-20 years ago,
You will love this documentary. Much new/old newsreel, and propaganda footage
of the 'wonder weapons'. Very well done. A must for aircraft, or military
history enthusiasts.