ME 109 Flight Instruction Film?

[Blackdog_kt]

I seem to recall reading an article on a local military history magazine and part of the reason for the lack of such films might also be the vast amounts of destroyed film during the bombing of Dresden. Film canisters measuring dozens of kilometers of celluloid strips where kept in the basement of a church in Dresden, i think it was actually part of the luftwaffe archives.

During the bombing the church didn't receive a direct hit, but the use of incendiary bombs on the city for 2 days straight had created a lot of massive fires. Since celluloid is flammable, most of the films ignited due to the increase in the ambient air temperature destroying both the archives and the church in the process. I think the church has since been rebuilt as a memorial to the civilians who died in the raids.

Now i don't know what kind of footage they kept there, it could have been reels of guncam films and not instructional videos, but it would be nice to have access to them nevertheless. Especially since the Germans are always so crazy about documenting everything, it would be a museum in its own right if it had survived

[Porsche]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzQ8N...095D22FCC2FA0E

Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-3 aerial reconnaissance in WWII

This is all I could find...

[Royraiden]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

I seem to recall reading an article on a local military history magazine and part of the reason for the lack of such films might also be the vast amounts of destroyed film during the bombing of Dresden. Film canisters measuring dozens of kilometers of celluloid strips where kept in the basement of a church in Dresden, i think it was actually part of the luftwaffe archives.

During the bombing the church didn't receive a direct hit, but the use of incendiary bombs on the city for 2 days straight had created a lot of massive fires. Since celluloid is flammable, most of the films ignited due to the increase in the ambient air temperature destroying both the archives and the church in the process. I think the church has since been rebuilt as a memorial to the civilians who died in the raids.

Now i don't know what kind of footage they kept there, it could have been reels of guncam films and not instructional videos, but it would be nice to have access to them nevertheless. Especially since the Germans are always so crazy about documenting everything, it would be a museum in its own right if it had survived

Makes sense,although I do believe that a lot of german films may have been destroyed on purpose by the allies after the end of the war.

Originally Posted by Porsche

Messerschmitt Bf 110 G-3 aerial reconnaissance in WWII

This is all I could find...

Great find!Thanks.

[Royraiden]

Found this but cant play the vids on the website can any one see if they work?
http://109lair.hobbyvista.com/index1024.htm

[Crossfade]

Originally Posted by Royraiden

Found this but cant play the vids on the website can any one see if they work?
http://109lair.hobbyvista.com/index1024.htm

just get ca codec pack for wmv get then you can watch them

[Royraiden]

Originally Posted by Crossfade

just get ca codec pack for wmv get then you can watch them

Thanks, I had one but uninstalled it, my wmp is screwed up for some reason.I got the k-lite codec pack.

[Porsche]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqqwp...eature=related

I thought this video was good as well. Hope you guys like....

[Royraiden]

Originally Posted by Porsche

I thought this video was good as well. Hope you guys like....

Great stuff again, I had seen this one some time ago but I liked it a lot.The guncam footage on this one is great.

[Royraiden]

Found something from the Luftwaffe I had not seen before,better yet it is translated to English.ME 262 training flim:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...2302692103060#

[Sauf]

Found this one for the sturmovk, booklet not film, would be nice to have something like this for the 109

http://www.allworldwars.com/IL-2-Ill...ht-Manual.html