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After I started working on "Audio from the Past", I decided to see if I could do anything similar with videos. I found enough footage that is both rare and extremely interesting from a historical standpoint. So here it is: a brand new youtube series featuring historical figures like fighter aces Douglas Bader and Johnnie Johnson, Supermarine test pilots Alex Henshaw and Jeffrey Quill, aircraft & engine engineers like Cyril Lovesey and Sir Stanley Hooker and family members of the original Spitfire designer Reginald J. Mitchell. I hope you folks enjoy it!

 

Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKdzkcZMiPY&index=1&list=PLMZJbpYtQsUaVHNxPJLazkKGPkV4XYzM9

 

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Video from the Past [01] Spitfire! Part 1 - Two Seconds to Kill (1976)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKdzkcZMiPY

 

Video from the Past [02] Spitfire! Part 2 - Forty Years On (1976)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THY4BnMs8-U

 

Video from the Past [03] - Man Alive -The Few (1969)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4npOv7yUlec

 

Video from the Past [04] - Douglas Bader on This is your Life (1982)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi1gcPw9rWw

 

Video from the Past [05] - Inside Story - The Spitfire (1987)

 

Video from the Past [06] - Churchill's Few - Battle Of Britain Pilots Documentary (1985)

 

Video from the Past [07] - Sir Stanley Hooker, Rolls-Royce & Bristol Engineer

 

Video from the Past [08] - Hanna Reitsch Interview (1976)

 

Video from the Past [09] - Interview with Fritz Boost, a Luftwaffe Pilot

 

Video from the Past [10] - Late Night with Douglas Bader

 

Video from the Past [11] - Günther Rall - Luftwaffe Ace Interview

 

Video from the Past [12] - James "Jimmy" Doolittle

 

Video from the Past [13] - No. 75 Squadron's Defence of Port Moresby

 

Video from the Past [14] - Eric "Winkle" Brown

 

Video from the Past [15] - The Lancaster - Night Bombers (1943)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7rTFKUprbo

 

Video from the Past [16] - Thomas Sopwith Documentary (1984)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y0rBfJ8VGw

 

Video from the Past [17] - Russian Ace Aleksandr Pokryshkin (English) (1985)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIOpBVqUAAE

 

Video from the Past [18] - Willy Messerschmitt (English)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhkPehytF7E

 

Video from the Past [19] - Airscrew Manufacturing (1940)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY8oQ3XNreY

 

Video from the Past [20] - Piston Aero Engine Overhaul (1945)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGNAw3U9ZZI

 

Video from the Past [21] - The B-17 in Color - Memphis Belle (1944)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t_cWechK0A

 

Video from the Past [22] - B-17 Turbo-Supercharger Operation (1943)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j9GhOnUn2I

 

Video from the Past [23] - The Dambusters with Martin Shaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp1iFFshkGw

 

Video from the Past [24] - Rolls-Royce Merlin Engine - Contribution to Victory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAY2VNYcw9Y

 

Video from the Past [25] - Packard Merlin Engine - Men Bet Their Lives on It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoRDzzM9b78

 

Video from the Past [26] - USS Yorktown Aircraft Carrier - The Fighting Lady - (1945)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqGL3ujjVDQ

 

Video from the Past [27] - Normandie-Niemen - Jacques de St-Phalle (French)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0ED6KC6qbQ

 

Video from the Past [28] - Republic P-47 Thunderbolt Squadron (1945)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-aFc7DAJBE

 

Video from the Past [29] - F-86 Sabre - The Fighting 51st with Gabby Gabreski (1953)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qhltlRVhhY

 

Video from the Past [30] - Rolls Royce - How To Build A Jumbo Jet Engine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vns2LJdAX34

 

Video from the Past [31] - Building a Bomber (1941)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-WvTJZ1_G4

 

Video from the Past [32] - WW2 Aircraft Instruments (1943)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqFSIkeyxSA

 

Video from the Past [33] - Bob Hoover - American Test Pilot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoHjAKuj2oY

 

Video from the Past [34] - Bud Anderson - American Ace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9sQg3XkGLg

 

Video from the Past [35] - David Lee Tex Hill - A Flying Tiger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUDFzZFNudQ

 

Video from the Past [36] - Robert "Shorty" Rankin - Ace in a Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJF1hr10Lsk

 

Video from the Past [37] - Robin Olds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amkpXBVvQh0

 

Video from the Past [38] - Bombers over North Africa (1942)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THY8Fin0mCo

 

Video from the Past [39] - CF-105 Avro Arrow Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHGlvMg_B8

Edited by Charly_Owl
Posted

Excellent.

 

During the '80s I used to get kicked out of my bedroom so Raymond Baxter could stay. Naturally I didn't at that point have a clue who he was.

 

Hood

Posted

Seeing all that videos brings tears to my eyes trying to imagine what they all went through

and the enormous courage and strength they must have had.

 

Thanks for posting the videos Chuck Owl.

335th_GREros

 

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All right, folks. Most of the stuff I have is now online.

 

Only 2 remaining videos in the pipeline are the one with Messerschmitt engineers and another one with russian ace Alexander Pokryshkin.

 

Both will take quite a while because they need proper translation. I have some (very generous) fellas helping me with it, but it will take time.

  • 2 weeks later...
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A whole new bunch of videos have been uploaded. This time, we explore more about the maintenance, manufacturing and fabrication side of aviation history.

 

The next batch will be very interesting, especially for the Yanks among us. Interviews with Bob Hoover, Shorty Rankin (who flew with Hub Zemke's wolfpack), Robin Olds, Bud Anderson and Flying Tiger Tex Hill. We will also have some interesting stuff about bomber fabrication, aircraft instruments and jet-related stuff (including a special episode on jumbo jet engines a la "How is it made?")

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