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Never Before Seen World War II Film Video
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Posted: Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 04:19 PM UTC
An early P-51D flying alongside a C-47 with gear down; an MP on a captured Kettenkrad; A downed P-47C fuselage being carried off in a truck...

...about 8 minutes, 30 seconds into it, a convoy of 4 deuce-and-a-halves roll by. They look like they have the big water-cooled .50 cal. mounted in the beds.

About 10 minutes into the video, air-to-air and strafing action. A P-51 shooting up a parked HE 177; some good air-to-air, including almost taking out of herd of cattle while gunning down a low Me 109.



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Here is remarkable raw footage of combat over and across the French and German countryside during World War II following the D-Day Invasion in June 1944. The film was shot by Albert Fagler who lived through those days as an Army Combat Photographer. The film was found by his grandchildren in the basement of his home in Colorado following his recent death. The film is silent but dramatic as it shows a taste of what those brave Americans experienced to preserve freedom for our nation, and give freedom to millions in Europe.

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Posted: Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 05:29 PM UTC
Wow Fred
There is some good stuff there, the best being the aerial footage. Those bovines were lucky!
The tighter right turn gave the pilot a good view to a kill... Amazing watching the fire rip through the paddock as the ME109 began its turn...
How about near the end when the train was shot up? Wowsers..
Brad
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Posted: Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 08:44 PM UTC
Awesome stuff, you never get tired of that gun camera footage.

At 10:54 a sheet of metal passes above the aircraft, amazing!

And during the attack on the flying boat at 14:14, a round appears to rebound off the water to the left!

Thanks Fred,
Chas