Title from container. Originally broadcast on television on the History Channel. Includes the complete seasons 1 and 2, plus extra feature Dogfights of the future. Bonus features: feature-length pilot episode: Dogfights: the greatest air battles, behind-the-scenes featurette: Dogfights: the planes, additional scenes. Narrator, Phil Crowley.
Contents:
Disc 4. Dogfights in the Middle East. Air ambush -- Disc 2. Flying tigers ; Guadalcanal ; Hell over Hanoi -- Disc 3. The zero killer ; The last gunfighter ; Death of the Japanese navy -- Disc 4. Hunt for the Bismarck ; Long odds ; Dogfights in the Middle East. Disc 4. Secret weapons. Jet vs. jet ; Thunderbolt ; Gun kills of Vietnam -- Disc 2. Desert aces ; The first dogfighters ; Luftwaffe's deadliest mission ; No room for error -- Disc 3. Night fighters ; The bloodiest day ; P-51 Mustang -- Disc 4. Dogfights of Desert Storm ; Tuskegee airmen ; MiG killers of the Midway -- Disc 4. Supersonic ; Death of the Luftwaffe ; Secret weapons. Bonus disc. Dogfights of the future.
Summary:
Witness some of the most celebrated dogfights in modern history as the pilots strap back in and recall their memories of these historic engagements, from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, North Korea to the Solomon Islands, and Vietnam to the Middle East. Mixes archival footage, CGI graphics and narration from the original pilots.
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