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The Air Force Story

January 2006 •English

The fascinating history of the U.S. Air Force comes to life via vintage footage culled from official Air Force newsreels that were created to educate the public during wartime. Formed in World War I as a tiny airborne offshoot of the Army's American Expeditionary Force, the division subsequently grew into its own armed services branch and became the largest modern air force in the world.

Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag

December 2004 •English

Fighter Pilot: Operation Red Flag follows American F-15 Eagle pilot John Stratton as he trains with some of the world’s best pilots. The movie depicts Stratton’s progression through the challenging and dangerous exercises of Operation Red Flag, the international training program for air forces of allied countries.

Falklands' Most Daring Raid

March 2012 •English

Documentary film about the then longest range bombing mission in history, which changed the outcome of the Falklands War.

Fighter Wing

January 1956 •English

Fred Davis introduces us to Canadian Air Force operations in Zweibrucken, West Germany. Follow Green Section as they perform drills and explain what it takes to be a fighter pilot.

Reconnaissance Pilot

January 1943 •English

Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enemy-held islands.

Sentinels in the Air

February 1956 •English

This short shows the important role played by members of the U.S. Air Force Reserve in the USA's defense against enemy attack.

24 Hour Alert

December 1955 •English

This short film looks at the purpose and methods of the U.S. Air Force, and the difficulties of getting along with civilian neighbors. The story involves members of an Air Force base proving their worth to the mayor of a nearby town who would like to see them gone due to noise pollution.

The Red Baron - Manfred von Richthofen

March 2016 •German

A documentary of early airplane pilot and WW1 fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, famously known as The Red Baron.

Hunters and Bombers

January 1991 •English

The hunters are the Innu people and the bombers are the air forces of several NATO countries, which conduct low-level flights over the Innu's hunting terrain. The impact of the jets is hotly debated by peace groups, Indigenous people, environmentalists and the military. But what is often overlooked are the many complex changes underway in Innu society, as social and technological changes confront a traditional hunting culture.

Battalion 418

October 2015 •Arabic

An Egyptian movie revolving around the war between Egypt and Israel, focusing on the efforts of the Egyptian air force and battalion 418 efforts in the period between 1967-1973 and October war.

Hello! West Indies

January 1943 •English

About the war effort in the West Indies.

The Silly Bastard Next to the Bed

April 2014 •English

In 1963, President Kennedy recorded one of the most foul mouthed telephone calls ever made from the White House. This is the story of that phone call and the silly bastard who started it all.

Ice Hornet

June 2006 •English

This new atmospheric documentary by Lionel Charlet plunges us into the world of an exceptional plane - the F/A-18 Hornet. For six months, in Switzerland, Norway and Sardinia, Lionel has shot original footage of this fighter jet in action. The feeling of flying is real, the missions are varied, the poetry of the lights is enthralling... A powerful, finely worked soundtrack adds to the richness of these extraordinary high-definition images. Ice Hornet will delight all aviation fans. It will enchant nature-lovers who will fly through landscapes in unbelievable 3-D.

Hitler's 9/11

January 2013 •English

Adolf Hitler's Nazi megalomania knew no limits. The most daring of his plans World War II involved German fighter planes crashing into Manhattan's skyscrapers as living bombs, like the Japanese kamikazes. Hitler understood the huge symbolic power of Manhattan's skyscrapers. He believed suicide bombing would have a devastating psychological impact on the American people and the U.S. war effort.

Top Gun Over Moscow

October 2006 •English

Nova visits Russia for Nova: Top Gun Over Moscow, a thorough look at the sleekest and most powerful Russian jets. In a word, they are tough. These jets are engineered quite differently from their American counterparts. They function well in adverse conditions, able to take off from open dirt fields, and their continuous operation doesn't depend on regular maintenance. The U.S. jet is finely tuned, requiring more frequent upkeep, but definitely having a high-tech edge, particularly in the areas of radar and missile guidance. Interviews with pilots reveal a very different outlook between the two countries on training goals.

MACH 3 XB-70 Valkyrie

January 2005 •English

Born of the cold war, and eclipsed by success in rocketry, the XB-70 Valkyrie was conceived as a Mach 3 high-altitude bomber and became a valuable high-speed research aircraft. Although only two were produced, and one was destroyed in an accident, the Valkyrie built an impressive databank of high-speed flight invaluable to aviation development. This DVD, with nearly 4 hours of rare footage of the XB-70, newly transferred on modern telecines, brings you the flight test program of the XB-70 as never before. Contains rare progress reports, footage from rollout, extensive footage of test flights, and footage from the A/V-2 accident. All footage is color. Some footage is silent.

The Starfighters

January 1964 •English

A young Air Force lieutenant falls in love with fighter planes while his father, a Congressman and war hero, yearns for him to fly heavy bombers.

Príťažlivosť výšky

January 1985 •Slovak

Fail Safe

April 2000 •English

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.

Blue Sky

April 2006 •Korean

In 1920, a combat flight training school named "Willows" is founded in California. People who want to fight for Korea’s independence from Japan gather at the school. Their mission is to bomb the palace of the Japanese emperor. The pilots’ ardent desire for Korea’s independence grows, but as they prepare for their mission, a spy in the school ruins their plans. However, KIM Ja-jung and the other pilots manage to get on board for what will most likely be their last flight.