Hello World War 2 & jet aircraft fans --
You are invited to drop by Zeno's Drive-In http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/ for this month's flight of six exciting aviation & combat documentary films playing over the Internet. This month, we're showing two new premiers, including the feature length World War 2 documentary, "Tunisian Victory," and four more returning aviation classics.
As always, all of the videos showing on our web site are for your free viewing pleasure. The movies playing at the Matinee are viewable in both RealVideo and Windows Media Player streaming video formats.
Now showing "At the Matinee" at Zeno's Drive-In
"The 362nd Fighter Group- On the prowl over Germany" Color Exclusive original documentary -- some of the most exciting color air action sequences to come out of World War 2! Select 362nd Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolt fighter/bombers were especially equipped with color movie cameras to capture thrilling ground and air attacks as they happened. These squadrons were tasked with striking targets inside Nazi Germany as the war against the Third Reich entered it's final act in Spring, 1945. The result is unique from the cockpit views putting you in the middle of attacks on tanks, airfields, trucks, rail yards, bridges, trains, fighters, and more. You'll even see antiaircraft fire arcing up from the ground, bursting around the big Thunderbolts as they make their low level strikes.
"Airplane 11 The First B-58 Hustler Trainer" NEW Color. Premier. The first trainer version of the Hustler, the TB-58, was delivered by General Dynamics to the US Air Force in August, 1960, the first of eight R&D aircraft (this was "aircraft 11" in the test series) converted for that purpose. The biggest change involved converting the Bomber/Navigator station (2nd seat aft) to a pilot/instructors compartment with instrumentation and controls. Highlights include great footage of the colorfully painted TB 58 training version in operation, a tour of the mock up of the converted crew section, and unique in flight footage shot from inside the aircraft.
"The Story of the Black Cat PBYs" New revised edition with exclusive content. The identities of the previously undisclosed secret PBY bomber base shown in this World War 2 film and the men who flew from it are now revealed for the first time. What was that mysterious plane swooping down out of the night sky on unsuspecting Japanese ships and bases, hundreds of miles from any known American airstrip? The answer was, as you'll see in this good humored, affectionate film, the slow, ungainly, but deadly "Black Cat" PBY. Originally designed primarily as a reconnaissance and antisubmarine amphibious patrol plane, the big twin engined Catalina's super long range, all weather capability, capacity to lug both bombs and radar, ability to loiter for hours hunting convoys and operate from anywhere in the Pacific Ocean, made it an ideal naval night attack bomber. One of the least known stories of the war in the Pacific, these black painted PBYs spread destruction and chaos far out of proportion to their relatively small numbers.
"Tunisian Victory"
