BoP 1 TV

[bobbysocks]

Welcome to BoP TV 1 where movies about WW2 and the great aircraft that flew in that war are shown. Airing tonight 10/18 @ approx 9 pm GMT is feature lenght movie starring David Niven and Leslie Howard all without commercial interruption. So grab some pop corn and kick back the easy chair and turn that dial to BoP TV..

[bobbysocks]

Tonight's feature is "First of the Few". Made in 1942 it is a story about Supermarine and has some great footage from the time. It's not all fly around-n-shoot'em up...but gives a history of how things supposedly transpired. Of course this is the Hollywood...or the UK Hollywood take so you know they have to throw a chick in there for love interest. It's 1 hour and 54 minutes longand is best viewed in full screen. So with no further babble..on with the show...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ijTSenYJ-s&feature=relmfu

[Davedog74]

great idea bobby,a note on todays flick, leslie howard,actor and i think director of first of the few,was in a dutch dc3 which was shot down by a ju88,in 1943,no survivors

[McQ59]

1 channel. No crap. Brilliant man! :)

[WildBoar44]

Thanks for posting bobbysocks, i had not remembered just how good that film really was.... :)

[bobbysocks]

This week on BoP 1 TV is an amreican proganda flick The fight for the Sky: Our fighter pilots versus the Luftwaffe in Western Europe, 1945.

The description has it as: On the activities of the 8th Air Force Fighter Command in Europe. Shows a base near East Anglia, England. General Doolittle discusses a mission. Pilots are briefed for an escort mission over Germany. P-47's are relieved in flight by P-51's. German pilots rush to intercept U.S. planes. U.S. bombers and many German fighters are downed. Shows Gen. Kepner. Fighters destroy enemy planes, transportation and communication. Montage a series of still photos of U.S. fliers killed in action.

and on with the show...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEJa9iBPYb0&feature=fvw

[bobbysocks]

OK its not a "movie" per say.... but home movies . Stuart Sumner..son of Cahrles Sumner...C5-Z "Bat Cave" came up with this today. seems a couple of the guys from the 357th had 8mm cameras and filmed life in Leiston, Suffolk as they saw it back in 44/45....added to it is some gun camera footage. Look, these are home movies....boys being boys ( unless you are looking for certain things or people...sigh/yawn haha)...and some of film was transferred to the high tech media of VHS first ( probably on a blinding fast pentium 133)...then to DVD, so parts are sketchy (esp part 2). but you will see some interesting things if you hang through it. a 51 belly lands @ Leiston...a burning 17 makes an emergency landing there...a RAF spit visits...a 51 catches a Do335...some decent gun camera footage. there is some actual footage of the planes you may have only seen in the books and pics...and some of the men who flew them and crews who kept them in the air. at the 2.37 minute and 2.58 minute mark of the second part you will see a skinny ass boy, first wearing a hat with the brim flipped up and then in full flight gear and a crusher hat walk past with a $#!t eating grin....boys, meet my dad. if you can sit through it...its kinda worth it. if you get too bored...like i said they are home movies...next weeks episode is all about Blenheims. (edit...dont know why this didnt fix the images...???)

http://www.youtube.com/user/RebelandSon#p/u/3/VYXnWxhPe68

http://www.youtube.com/user/RebelandSon#p/u/2/TE2AGOUh0S8

http://www.youtube.com/user/RebelandSon#p/u/1/en4lxMsbzMg

http://www.youtube.com/user/RebelandSon#p/u/0/v3TbVGolb9Q

[bobbysocks]

This weeks episode is "The Legacy of the Blenheim Bomber".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLNoNGvdtEk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEiSwI1X584&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJLYO1LJYO8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_PH1EHZRoQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqk9pE7xrsc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlyFNXoJ1Hc&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

As an extra this week... a Halloween Special. Aviation Ghost Stories....tales that are strange but true???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zL5beb4ULE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu9zWf2jiWE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yo2-SJu1YM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p3ms0ULT8A&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZPy0dow7L8&feature=related

[MATALIEBRES]

Extremely grateful for these videos to see friends, encouragement and continues to offer these fabulous gifts. a big hello

[FOZ_1983]

Great finds mate!!

Love the one with the phantom lancaster!! That i would love to see :)

[bobbysocks]

this week we celebrate and give honor to the veterans who served, suffered, and sacrificed that we may enjoy our freedoms. this weeks movie reflects that. though its not an airwar flick it portrays the battle in the pacific that has images etched in our memories. And who better to exemplify this than John Wayne. so for Veteran's day i present to you....

THE SANDS OF IWO JIMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TOj0Bru3nk&feature=related

[scottyvt4]

Bobby, again i take my hat off to you again squire :D


Watched the story on the Bleny awesome watch very compelling and it must have been hearts in mouth any time they were spotted.

[McQ59]

Just saw the legacy of the Blenheim vids... Thanks Dale. Beautiful :)

[bobbysocks]

welcome to this weeks episode of BoP TV1. when i was a kid movies often started with a cartoon or a short feature. i have yet to find a suitable cartoon ( tho i will ) but i did find a very nice short new reel to kick off this weeks show....a clip of the RAAF in P40s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=BNYuq67uf4E

and now for the main event...and to keep you thirsty for Birds of Steel... a movie VERY, VERY loosely based on Pappy Boyington and the squad he flew with. Facts go down in flames faster than Jap Zeros....BUT it is entertaining. So i give you...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AS3i1YgdpwQ&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

This week we have a foreign film...well foreign for most of us anyways. Its a movie loosely based on the first Yugoslav Partizan air force unit. i have yet to view this but I am sure the acting is top notch and special effects will dazzle.... so without any further distractions...

Battle of the Eagles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vv48SbHXLA&feature=related

[McQ59]

Brilliant Dale. Awesome plane-casting and use of pyrotechnics! A true historic footprint of the 70's there :)

[bobbysocks]

its funny to watch some of that stuff years later...what we thought was so cool is pretty hokie....and like you said some of the details are dead give aways for that era.

[bobbysocks]

This week’s episode has numerous interruptions but is worthwhile watching. The B 25 is one of the bombers i would love to see in BoS...just so we could recreate the Doolittle Raid scenario.... when I was in Ida, Louisiana at the 357th Museum over Veteran's day they had a celebration which included a catfish diner. There were 3 pilots from the 357th there and among the other veterans was a gentleman who flew with Doolittle on this famous raid. It was an honor to see him in person.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww58PQ2_LVY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr7xXqtP4Bc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktLtgJCYWL8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HnsE8fQ3iI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaLgSlbS1lk&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

INTERMISSION...refuel with popcorn, soda, and chocolate...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOEu8F3tgUM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1egXDvSwV4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LG9z_-NW00&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3a4lPWIPYw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtdxarsf6BM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1hGiR7to0A&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ-NqdpUlt4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjnW9BvFJa4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okXP7IEfOsg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzaYnJK1JWU&feature=related

epilogue: actual footage and Jimmy Doolittle talks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f25-FnGkiwo&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlFAk0NAJko&feature=related

[McQ59]

Once again you hit the nails head Dale. Never saw this version but it bring back memories as Spencer Tracy was my first hero of american actors from "Captains Courageous" - together with Mickey Rooney. Think I was about 8 when I saw it... Can still feel the lump in my throat. No happy ending. Still don't need them ;-)

[bobbysocks]

Glad you enjoyed it, Ottar. Tracy was one of my favorite actors as well when i was growing up...

[bobbysocks]

something vintage for this week...also some sappy moments....but has Steve McQueen....McQs older brother i assume :grin: . its a story that shows a different kind of flyer ( ugly american stereotype somewhat psychotic ) and his adventures in england during the war. has some decent "12 o'clock high" footage....black and white makes it all the better. enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmtkPNfRWbk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F_lWYEvOPk&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewi-bPXFo_M&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpHPG-SwCbI&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4L4Kdy0y4E&feature=relmfu

[bobbysocks]

Its not as good as the orignal movie...but still worth it just to see the mossies fly. its a good example of the special effects of the time...my how things have gotten way better! so with a few breaks in the action...

633 Squadron

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3Yfe9oMY_Q&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RhFtzsnxOM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0IreXSX8hc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSYfhbMG0mU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDo67WsIkyY&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

trivia... a little about Cliff Robertson.

As a boy, Cliff Robertson was fascinated with airplanes, and would often hang around the hangers at a small airport nearby, where he traded odd jobs for an occasional quick flight. As a young man, he tried to enlist as a Navy flyer but with less than perfect vision he joined the Merchant Marine instead, serving during World War II. He saw action in the South Pacific, Mediterranean, North Atlantic and France. After the war Robertson became a reporter. He wrote for the Springfield Daily News in Ohio...

Robertson was a collector of airplanes, and an avid pilot, who held single-engine land and sea, multi-engine, commercial, instrument, balloon and glider ratings. Aviation was, he said, more of a passion to him than acting. He was a close friend of Burt Rutan, designer of the Voyager airplane and SpaceShipOne. In 1969, as Nigeria was ravaged by civil war, Robertson helped organize flights bringing food and medicine into the area. And in 1978, when Ethiopia was hit by famine, Robertson again organized incoming supply flights for charity.

The aircraft Robertson once owned but has since sold include:

Supermarine Spitfire Mark IX - The most famous military aircraft of all time and one of the most beautiful ever built. It went up against the vaunted Messerschmitt during World War II and beat back the German threat in the Battle of Britain. By the time production ceased in 1949, over 22,000 Spitfires (and Seafires) had been made. Robertson sold his after getting "an offer I couldn't refuse."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWERDEx9t9Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78YXe85YhFQ&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

this week we go back to a little history and this time about my favorite crate....the P 51 Mustang. when i was a kid...movies always started with a short cartoon....so this week's episode will as well...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOIL0-Lst1M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2i5RZLQ3xg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MluFgIFD_5A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nmoURzhDZw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsvXltkghrE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOMRyT_wrUM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTp-2LUTG8U&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHPw8GIBwe0&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

We have seen video/movies of allied operations etc. This week its all about the "Hun"....The Luftwaffe. And a Russian propaganda cartoon starts the show ( with english subtitles ). And with an added feature....A German news reel of the "Luftwaffe Fighters Against Allied Bombers". This is how Germany portarayed the war to it's citizens...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ssX7NNKUug&feature=related



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7fRM2Qh6uI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khNvYK5zfa8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2s0bsQR-2s&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhRaEcdMhiA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD192kMILm8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plZr-nQTDLE&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

Up coming episodes....

The Hurricane...a pilots view.

The DeHavilland Mosquito

The Thunderbolt in italy and france

The Italian airforce ( in italian ..no subtitles..yet )

The Luftwaffe in 40, 41 ,42, etc in German ( no subtitles...yet )

The Fw 190

The Me 109

And much more.... so stay tuned.

[bobbysocks]

a christmas season special....since the russian planes for BoS were just announced....a russian film about the transfer of P39s from the us to the ussr using the alaskan route. its in russian with english subtitles....and now

TRANSIT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FeOn7ZiQqw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHh94NtOK7I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56sIq-egr1E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INpoZFWnCmg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e85Zk7V_j3E&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPpRfqfJhpc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP7os9wJ_kw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83p8gisqpO0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiioysy3VKE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrTYk7rGjtY&feature=related

[MATALIEBRES]

Very good video friend, waiting for the next. a big hello

[bobbysocks]

as promised....this one is for Foz and bucket especially. We read about the planes and maybe see them fly but to hear veterans talk about them is somethign special altogether....so without further verbal banter...

The Hawker Hurricane: the Pilot's View.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg7Dxy7GBsI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MACbgf4xF2g&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe_mHveCsos&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMz5wz3Mtow&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIpCqvysaaU&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

Ok, that was the new....here's some vintage Hurri history...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ojlMU9AN0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1sAEeu6uvk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGQjVymKmuk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaALrUjdKkQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UAKAs4TMF8&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

this week a double feature all about Jugs....( sorry boys, the kind of Jugs we are allowed to show here )....the P47. First, well start in France and Italy then a Warbirds episode on the beast.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3juQiY4ocPg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGBSh4peQ8o&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfd8bANNgJY&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

it has come classic scenes you have watched before but still good...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtvMbCsffV8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_809hThvh0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j0iKBypLbI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVA-paYPwUM&feature=related

[FOZ_1983]

Bobby, keep them coming!!! Its my first time on here in a few days (had some issues to address offline) but my good to see that Hurricane :D

Its strange, i see the Spitfire and Hurricane at the airport and the Hurricane is clearly bigger than the Spitfire, then along comes the P47... Bloody thing is huge.

Great plane though.

You should please Olife by getting him some Hellcat clips. You think we have it bad for the Hurricane? His poison is the Hellcat, the guys obsessed haha.

[bobbysocks]

knew you wold love the hurri story....will see if i can find a hellcat flick....there is a couple john wayne movies with them but that is a redirect to another site...

[bobbysocks]

A little foreign adventure...sorry no subtitles but if you know italian or have a friend who you may understand this a little better. get a glimpse of the italian crates you will have a chance to fly or fight in BoS. play you favorite music and watch the action...its all about:

The Italian Air Force

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE0i34ByVt4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19tk33yWDtw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdGKDydDIOM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jrtRr3hNdQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW325Ig4cyw&feature=related

added extras...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmSjeufbbAA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxicbKMvG3E&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

A BoP TV1 Special Presentation: Bombing Hitler's Dams

well ok it was broadcast on public television here in the US...it gives the history of the "Dam Busters" but also they try to recreate the scenario and show how difficult it was...and what an amazing feat those boys did. Hope you can all enjoy...

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/military/bombing-hitler-dams.html

[bobbysocks]

its hard to compete with some of the comedy and drama that has been going on for the past week. the histroy channel had a "Worlds Deadliest Aircraft" series...here is an episode about the P 40. enjoy


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRkdkgmGXx8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr8qQFx52Tw&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFLhlon0MuU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnLjAtNHc7M

added feature...cockpit views, etc..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl4BCNqecJ8&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

another added feature...this one is for our bud olife.

The F6F Hellcat...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r9I--M7owE

maybe they will have this battle later on in BoS..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYzkhEZBAUM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEW98fZP4Dg&feature=related

[bobbysocks]

BoP 1 TV has moved....

you can catch all the new episodes on the all new

BOS 1 TV

http://forum.gaijinent.com/index.php?/topic/5499-bos-1-tv/