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Nightfighters: The True Story of the 332nd Fighter Group: The Tuskegee Airmen [VHS]

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This DVD covers the origins of the Tuskegee group through interviews of the pilots. How they were loved aircraft before WWII and the politics of black airmen at the time. The interviews started with Chief Charles Alfred Anderson interview while flying a cessna172RG. Harry Sheppard, Spann Watson, Woodrow Crockett, Luke Weathers, Louis Purnell, & DR. Brown were some of the others interviewed through out the DVD, starting with telling their feelings on Davis and expectation from Davis during the training period. The 99th went to North Africa for first deployment, then onto Italy and Cicely missions. Mostly showing P-51B's on the clips with once and awhile a P-40 with no regard to time frame. Next they talk about the addition of more aircraft and the beginning of the 332nd. Not many shots from P-47's and no story of the P-47 group that I was hoping for. They talked about the success of bomber protection and the disappointment of the end of the war to what they had to return to. Two big signs, colored this way, whites that way. This makes for a good PBS show.

This documentary is extraordinary in that it includes interviews from not only the fighter pilots but the bomber airmen they protected. Further, it highlights the talented, dedicated and successful black Americans who fervently wished to help win the war. I couldn't wait to share this video with my pilot friends. Well done.

THIS WAS AN AWESOME STORY. IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND HOPEFULLY HELPFUL IN REMEMBERING OUR HISTORY. THESE MEN FOUGHT WITH GREAT SKILL AND COURAGE.

This is great history about black pilot. Look at this and then The Tuskegee Airmen.

African Americans receive the opportunity to fly fighter planes in the Air Force. Night Fighters show how African Americans were on their own and that no one would cooperate with them. Some had to learn how to fly, without any help whatsoever. Still, whether they were trained or not, they were segregated from the whites in the Army. While watching this movie, I felt that this was unjust because any whites who would've asked, would have been granted these flying lessons. It also turned out that these African American flyers had more skill than their white counterparts. This movie is educational and informative in the history of America, and what our country went through during World War ll.
-Barry

The movie, Night Fighters, focuses on African Americans in the Air Force, during WWII. It also focuses on how the African American Air Force pilots faced segregation and humiliation during the war. They interviewed the pilots that were in this Air Force squadron. These African Americans were very brave and thoughtful. The African Americans acted bravely, because they wanted to gain respect from a country that didn't consider them before. The Black Air Force pilots were very heroic and honoring to their country. - Philip.

Being a WWII buff this is a great addition to my collection for its historical value. I knew a little about the Tuskeegee Airmen but it jumps to life when being told by the actual people.

The Tuskegee "Night fighters" documentary clearly displays the unfair treatment African Americans received during World War II. They were strictly segregated from the white air force, not being able to operate and fly airplanes. They worked as chefs and latrine cleaners, if they were to work in the air force at all. One of the most horrible acts against the African Americans, during World War II, was the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment.
The US Public Health Service (PHS) took 399 African Americans, from poor areas of Alabama, and conducted an experiment. They followed the state of syphilis in each African American. Even worse, the PHS lied to the victims, telling them they were being treated for bad blood. There was no intention of curing them of anything.
African Americans were prohibited from flying with the white pilots. They were separated from the whites during training, and treated "under" them. Plane trainers intentionally tried to fail the black pilots, so they wouldn't be able to enter the USAF. Watch Nightfighers and you will be taken into the harsh reality of what African Americans went through during WWII. - Pete

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Nightfighters

Night fighters was a compelling story of the racism between the African-Americans and whites. This movie taught the watchers about what the African-Americans had to go through in order to be a pilot. Some of the problems that the African-Americans had was that they were treated inferior then the whites. Since the whites were considered superior then the African-Americans at the time they did the best to get them out of the aviation school because they thought that were not smart enough or because they do not have what it takes to become a fighter pilot. But the African-Americans proved them wrong by flying their plans over Africa amd escorting the American bombers in Europe. In conclusion because of this movie us viewer can see what the African-Americans went through to become a pilot.

Nightfighters, narrated by Arthur Burghardt, is a story of the Tuskegee Airmen, who were assigned to fly planes despite the segragation that took place. The Tuskegee Airmen stayed in their unit and learned as much about airplanes as they possibly could, even though they were offended by the whites and discriminated by the public who knew about their unit. I think that the Tuskegee airmen were very brave, since they ignored what the public thought about them and went for what they believed in. Charles Alfred Anderson was the head of the unit and he taught himself and the other blacks how to fly the airplanes. In the end, many airmen lost their lives. Tuskegee airmen tried their hardest to overcome the prejudice against them. - Jasmine