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Gun Camera

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I own dozens of war and aviation related documentaries, many of which are boring and monotonous. This is not one of them.

"Gun Camera" is a very interesting compilation of actual gun camera footage from World War Two, Korea, Vietnam, and the Gulf Wars. Historians, analysts, and pilots provide commentary for the footage, which includes strafing trains and bombing ships in WW2, aerial dogfights in Korea, bombing jungles in Vietnam, and using smart bombs to take out strategic targets in Iraq.

My only complaints with the production are, 1) the repetitive aircraft information, which, although interesting, doesn't have a lot to do with the footage (many of the deleted scenes are more interesting), and, 2) the realism that is lost when sound effects (guns firing and explosions) are added to the normally silent footage, with no acknowledgment made.

Regardless of whether those two things bother you or not, I would recommend this DVD. It kept me entertained for its entire 135 minutes.

Overall I liked the DVD, the interview with the pilots who did the combat was good, lots of footage, and new information. However, they made errors in aircraft identification on several occasions. The directors identified large double engined aircraft that in reality were single engined fighters, etc. Seems a shame to go through all that trouble to make this and then cannot figure out the type and general dimensions of the targets. Is this from a lack of reading skills?