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WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT & HISTORY

For a description of each video and its price, click on the cover or the title.

New this month!

Bargain prices on remainder videos!


WINGS OF GLORY - The Air Force Story, 1914-1945

  • "The AAF FIGHTS BACK - 1939-1943", Marathon Music & Video, 85 minutes B&W, 43vid613.....$8.95

  • "Maximum Effort" - 1943 -1945", Marathon Music & Video, 85 minutes, B&W, 43vid614.....$8.95

  • "Victory In Europe - 1944-45", Marathon Music & Video, 85 minutes, 43vid615.....$8.95


"THE ROAD TO VICTORY"

Hosted with a personal commentary by John S. D. Eisenhower, Brigdier General, A,US, Ret.

  • "Rattling the Saber".....43vid610.....$8.95

  • "We Strike back".....43vid611.....$8.95

  • "Hitting "Em Harder".....43vid612.....$8.95


HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS - MATINEE DOUBLE FEATURE

Frank Capra's

"Divide & Conquer/ War Comes to America"

43vid 609.....$8.95

 


AVRO LANCASTER video cover AVRO LANCASTER AVRO LANCASTER ...Story of the RCAF Lancaster

RCAF/RAF video cover RCAF/RAF Aircraft at War ...Original WWII Colour Film Featuring 20 Aircraft



THE MOSQUITO video cover THE MOSQUITO ... de Havilland's Wooden Wonder









REMEMBER THE STIRLING video cover REMEMBER THE STIRLING



SPITFIRE video cover SPITFIRE over Australia

 

KITTYHAWK video cover KITTYHAWK ... Curtiss P-40

 

 


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MISSION TO RABAUL

NF VIDEO, 90 minutes

Thrilling air action against the Japanese in the Pacific......P-38's, P-40's, B-17's and B-25's bomb and strafe shipping and island bases

#43vid166.....$23.95 (CDN)



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B-17 ACTION TRILOGY

NF VIDEO, 57 minutes

contains 3 shorts: "Conquest By Air", "Mission Accomplished" and "Bombers Over North Africa"

43vid164.....$23.95 (CDN)


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THE MOSQUITO STORY

DD VIDEO, 50 minutes colour and B&W

The definitive history, from the first test flights of early prototypes, to it's decommissioning in 1963

43vid168.....$19.95 (CDN)



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LEST WE FORGET

NF VIDEO, 84 minutes

The film the US ARMY didn't want you to see! A fine documentary of WW2 foot soldiers...but due to harrowing and negative scenes, Eisenhower ordered all copies destroyed....but, obviously some survived!

43vid165.....$23.95 (CDN)



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SPITFIRE DIAMOND JUBILEE AIRSHOW

Leisure View Video, 75 minutes

The official Video! In 1996 at Duxford, the largest postwar gathering of Spitfires was assembled...21 different Spitfires!

43vid167.....$19.95 (CDN)



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"THE WAR BEHIND THE WIRE"

BBC, 2000, 120 minutes

The true stories of THE GREAT ESCAPE and THE ROAD TO COLDITZ...told by the men who were there.

43vid232.....$29.95


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"LANCASTER" the worlds greatest bomber

Canal Plus Images, 2000, 52 minutes

The complete story, lots of wartime footage and behind the scenes stuff

43vid162.....$22.95 (CDN)


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"THE DEHAVILLAND MOSQUITO"

Castle Home Video, 199, 55 minutes

How the so-called "Wooden Wonder" progressed in recored time from one of the war's most unlikely projects to helping the RAF win it.

43vid161.......$22.95


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THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN

documentary, 1997,Classic Pictures, 55 minutes

The full story of this historic period.....

# V224.....$21.95 (CDN)


 

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ROYAL AIR FORCE - BURMA

DD VIDEO, 64 minutes, B&W

The definitive collection of "GEN" newsreel reports of this campaign

43vid159.....$24.95 (CDN)


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BRITAIN AT WAR IN COLOUR

CARLTON, (2 volumes), 163 minutes

Recent research has unearthed a trove of previously unknown colour footage of Britain during the Second World War...see what it was REALLY like!

43vid155.....$44.95 (CDN)


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THE TRUE GLORY

NF VIDEO, 85 minutes

The best and most comprehensive documentary covering land sea and air. A superb production.

# V136........$27.95 (CDN)


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THE V-2 ROCKET

NF VIDEO, 40 minutes

Chronicles the story of Hitler's last weapon.

# V153......$27.95


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CLASSIC BOMBERS OF THE LUFTWAFFE

(Two tape set) DD VIDEO, colour & B&W, 200 minutes

The complete definitive story...featuring the Junkers JU 87 Stuka, The Junkers, JU 88, the Heinkel HE 111, the Arado Ar234 Blitz.

# V220......$43.95 (CDN)


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CLASSIC FIGHTERS OF THE LUFTWAFFE

(two tape set) DD VIDEO, colour/ B&W, 250 minutes

Three years in the making....the definitive work. Features Messerschmitt Bf 109, Focke Wulf 190, Messerschmitt Bf 110, the Messerschmitt Me262, and the Messerschmitt Me163 Komet

# V221......$43.95 (CDN)


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"FINEST HOUR"-the complete BBC TV Series

(Two tape set) DD VIDEO, colour/B&W, 200 minutes

This superb series tells the complete story of the year 1940......Dunkirk, the North Atlantic, the Battle of Britain......how England's darkest moments became her finest hour....told in the words of those who were there.

43vid154.....$44.95 (CDN)


 

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VICKERS WELLINGTON

CASTLE HOME VIDEO, colour, 55 minutes

The story of this famous twin engined bomber...one of the great aircraft of the war.

43vid158.....$22.95 (CDN)


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THEIR FINEST HOUR ....a tribute to "The Few"

# V231......$21.95 (CDN)


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DROP ZONE NORMANDY

NF VIDEO, 78 minutes

The epic story of the planes, gliders and the macho men of the 82nd and 101st Airborne.

# V 150....$27.95


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LONDON AT WAR

Labyrinth Video, 60 minutes

Produced in association with the Imperial War Museum. The story of the blitz and the price Londoners paid.

# V227......$21.95 (CDN)


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THE ROYAL FAMILY AT WAR

MTM Enterprises, colour, 90 minutes

A remarkable glance inside the Royal household during these historic times.

# V071.......$19.95 (CDN)


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CLASSIC FIGHTER

The story of the great piston engined fighters of World War 2 and a tribute to the men who flew them.

ARP VIDEOS, 60 minutes, colour

#V101....$36.95 (CDN)


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THE LUCKY ONES

The harrowing story of a group of Allied airmen prisoners who were sent to the Buuchenwald death camp instead of the usual P.O.W. camp. 50 years later, these men, incredibly scarred by their ordeals, recall the atrocities they were witness to.

National Film Board, 47 minutes

# V024.....$19.95 (CDN)


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THE WAR THAT CHANGED WAR (collector set)

The four tapes in this collector set are 1) Secret Weapons, 2) Carriers, 3) Aircraft, and 4) Weapons. This series documents how, in the six years of World War 2, the world's fighting forces shed centuries of conventinal wisdom, adopting technology and tactics that dominate the battlefield to this day.

(1997) The Military Channel

# V041......$49.95 (CDN)


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 "NIGHT AND FOG"

1955, colour and B&W, 30 minutes, Morningstar Entertainment

Hailed as one of the word's greatest documentaries......a devastating record of Nazi concentration camps.

# V109.....$19.95 (CDN)


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"CANADA REMEMBERS" ....3 video set

NFB, (1995)

1) "TURNING THE TIDE"...1939 to D-day

2)"THE LIBERATORS"...D-day to the Rhine

3)"ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS"...1945

# V055.....$49.95 (CDN)


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CANADA REMEMBERS - "TURNING THE TIDE"

(1995) NFB, 53 minutes

Takes us from the outbreak of war to June 1944, when the allies landed in Normandy foe history's largest seaborne invasion....including the Battle of Britain, Dieppe, the Landing in Sicily, and the battle for Ortona.

# V053....$19.95 (CDN)


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"D-DAY PLUS 50"

(1994), CBC, colour, 60 minutes

The story of D-day....then and fifty years later

#V026.....$14.95 (CDN)


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"FIGHTING ACES OF THE RAF"

matinee classics

# V205......$44.95


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"FLAK, JUGS AND COBRAS"

matinee classics

# V208.....$44.95 (CDN)


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"GUNS FOR MALTA"

(1999) Castle Home Video, colour, 87minutes

The emotive story of the greatest seige of World War 2....and how it changed the course of history.

# V222.....$21.95 (CDN)


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"THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - THE FIGHT FOR THE SKY"

Pegasas, B&W and colour, 60 minutes

Featuring rare archival footage of this turning point of the war

# V223.....$21.95 (CDN)


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"AIR WAR- THE SMASHING OF THE REICH"

(1986), NFV, 84 minutes

The most powerful pictures ever assembled....gathered from top secret sources, from Normandy to the Rhine!

# V132.....$27.95 (CDN)


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"AIR WAR - FLYING THE STEARMAN N2-S" (volume 2)

NFV, 

Primary flight instruction.....a great refresher for any taildragger pilot

# V133.....$27.95 (CDN)


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"BATTLE DIARY - A DAY IN THE LIFE OF CHARLIE MARTIN"

(1994) CBC, colour, 45 minutes

An intensely personal account of D-day with Company Sargeant-Major Charlie Martin of THE QUEEN'S OWN RIFLES.

#V108.....$14.95 (CDN)


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"VE-DAY REMEMBERED"

(1995), CBC, colour, 90 minutes

Fifty years after VE Day, the world remembers

#V025.....$19.95 (CDN)


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"AIR WAR- WORLD WAR 2 EUROPEAN THEATRE"

(1985) NFV, 90 minutes

"TARGET FOR TODAY", "RAF IN ACTION", "INTO THE BLUE", "YOU MUST GET CLOSE TO HIT"

#V131.....$27.95 (CDN)


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"AIR WAR - PACIFIC & EUROPEAN THEATRES"

(1985), NFV, 120 minutes

"THUNDERBOLT", "TARGET TOKYO", "TARGET FOR TONIGHT"

# V143.....$27.95 (CDN)


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"AIR WAR - KAMIKAZE"

(1994) NFV, 84 minutes

suicide of a nation.....uncut raw realism, filmed by combat cameras in the heat of battle

# V142.....$27.95 (CDN)


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"AIR WAR - The Memphis Belle- The Battle of Britain"

(1996) NFV, 92 minutes, colour and B&W

The original "Memphis Belle"  directed by Billy Wilder has gripping footage shot on the actual last flight of the most famous B-17. "The Battle of Britain" is directed by Frank Capra...from the acclaimed "Why We Fight" series.

#V129.....$27.95 (CDN)


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"AIR WAR - THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE STORY"

(1997), NFV, two hours

The whole story.....also includes are two RAF newsreels loaded with aerial action

#V147.....$27.95 (CDN)


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THE STORY OF THE SPITFIRE

(1996) Castle Communications, B&W/Colour, 55 minutes

The definitive story of the most famous fighter of all.....combines wartime film with modern colour footage of surviving Spitfires in flight.

# V225....$31.95 (CDN)


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THE LAST SUNDERLAND

(1993) Patrick Kemp Flying Videos, 55 minutes

An appreciation of ML814- Islander....from the WW2 career of this aircraft to its present home in the Weeks collection in Florida.

# V217...$21.95 (CDN)


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CANADA AT WAR.... "BLITZKRIEG"

NFB, 24 minutes

(April- November, 1940) Britain and Canada accept Churchill's challenge of "Blood, Sweat, and Tears"

# V032....$9.95 (CDN)


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CANADA AT WAR.... "TURN OF THE TIDE"

NFB, 24 minutes

(October 1942 - July,1943) The RCAF Strikes back

# V050....$9.95 (CDN)


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CANADA AT WAR...."NEW DIRECTIONS"

NFB, 24 minutes

(December, 1943 - June 1944) Canadians cross the Gustav and Hitler Lines

# V036....$9.95 (CDN)


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CANADA AT WAR.... "THE NORMAN SUMMER"

NFB, 24 minutes

(June-September, 1944) D-Day...the victorious return to Europe

# V037.....$9.95 (CDN)


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CANADA AT WAR.... "CINDERELLA ON THE LEFT"

NFB, 24 minutes

(June- December, 1944) Canadians return to Flanders and Vimy Ridge

# V052....$9.95 (CDN)


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CANADA AT WAR..."CRISIS ON THE HILL"

NFB, 24 minutes

(September, 1944- March, 1945) Conscription threatens national unity

# V038....$9.95 (CDN)


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CANADA AT WAR.... "THE CLOUDED DAWN"

NFB, 24 minutes

(August 1945-1946) Japan surrenders...the cold war begins

# V031.....$9.95 (CDN)


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THE WAR THAT CHANGED WAR - "AIRCRAFT"

Aviation Videos, 60minutes

How the role of aircraft changed in WW2...how todays highly adaptable air forces were born in the skies over Europe.

# V042.....$17.95 (CDN)


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GREAT FIGHTING MACHINES OF WW2- "ALLIED FIGHTERS"

Questar Video, 60 minutes

From Spitfires in the Battle of Britain to Corsairs, Mustangs and Lightnings in the Pacific....this video looks at all major U.S., British and Russian fighters and how they turned the tables on the enemy.

# V102....$29.95 (CDN)


 

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