Aviation video's, a selected range of aviation historical video from leading video publishers available from the Military Art Company.

Aviation videos of German Luftwaffe air force, Royal Air Force and videos on particular aircraft. For postage please add £3.00 for UK. For overseas orders add £8 plus £2 per video. All videos compatible with UK video systems.

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The Royal Air Force has defended Britain's skies and those of her Empire and allies for most of this century, following the tradition established by its predecessors, the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.

Spawned from both the British Army and the Royal Navy, the RAF fought hard to maintain its independence after the successes of the First World War. It was not until the Second World War, however, that the RAF was able to show its true worth. While Fighter Command defended Britain from the Luftwaffe, Bomber Command took the fight across the Channel into the war-torn skies over Germany. And while Coastal Command flew to all corners of the world supplying and reinforcing hard pressed ground forces.

Century of RAF combines rare and unseen film with newly-shot footage and expert opinion to tell the story of these momentous years for the Royal Air Force. See how the early pilots fought in their wire, wood and canvas aircraft; watch the aerial battles of Spitfire and Hurricane against Me109; experience the massed bomber raids over Germany; and follow the RAF through more than 50 years of the jet age from the first Meteors to the low level Tornado attacks of the Gulf War.

Black and white. Running time approx 55mins. Video Price £6.50.  order code PEG1152

Named after the 'Divine Wind' which twice intervened to prevent invasion by Kubla Khan's armies in the 13th Century, the Kamikaze pilots symbolised the lengths the Japanese Imperial Forces were prepared to go to when faced with defeat. Opposed by the might of the American Fleet rebuilt after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the Imperial seal of approval was given to suicide air attacks on the enemy stalking them in the Pacific.

Honoured for its purity, suicide was shrouded in ceremony and mysticism, capturing the Samurai spirit. It took several military forms when Japan withdrew from the League of Nations after occupying Manchuria in 1931. Ramming techniques were refined alongside the development of human bombs, bullets, torpedoes, flying bombs as the suicide tactics struck terror into the hearts of men fighting to live confronted by men determined to die. But it was the suicide pilots, dubbed 'Black Edged Cherry Blossoms' who were the central figures in this savage saga.

Rare archive action film captures the nightmare chaos of the Pacific War as the air becomes thick with tracer bullets and belching smoke as the sea foams with destruction. Defeat followed the gradual depletion of men and machines, as the Banzai tactics led to mass suicide, but not before the American Navy had been forced back by the Japanese onslaught, and the world had caught a glimpse of the Samurai mentality as a whole nation from the Emperor downwards were ready to die, and frequently did.

Colour. Running time 45mins approx.  Video Price £6.50 order code AT085

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was one of the largest and heaviest fighters to serve with the USAAF when it entered service in 1942, yet it was soon to become regarded as one of the finest USAAF fighter aircraft to be designed and developed by the US aviation industry during the Second World War.

With it's potent armament of six or eight 0.50 inch (12.7mm) machine guns, plus up to 2,000 lbs (907kgs) of bombs or 10.5 inch (127mm) rockets, the gigantic fighter proved itself to be robust and reliable, being able to absorb an enormous amount of punishment before being defeated by an enemy.

Though primarily designed as an interceptor, the role of the P-47 Thunderbolt was to evolve as a far ranging, hard hitting, ground attack aircraft - inflicting heavy damage upon enemy installations and transport as it patrolled the skies at low level.

This fascinating and unique footage provides the opportunity to witness this remarkable aircraft and the bravery and dedication of its pilots in action during the Italian campaign 'Operation Strangle' of 1944 in support of combined efforts of the US 5th Army and the British 8th Army.

De Havilland Mosquito - The Best British Multi-Role Combat Aircraft of the Second World War

Video run time 52 minutes. Order code PEG1220.    

Short Sunderland - The Legendary Flying Boat

Fighters of World War Two - Fighter Aircraft From Britain, Germany, USA and Japan

Video run time 55 minutes. Order code PEG1223.   

Air Battles of World War Two

Video run time 55 minutes. Order code PEG1230.       

RAF Coastal Command - The Maritime Air Battle of World War Two

The War in the Skies - The Decisive Air Battles of World War Two

Baron von Richtofen

World War I - The Fight for the Skies

World War One - German Aircraft

Post and packing for UK £3 per video, maximum charge £6. For overseas orders add £8 plus £2 per video.

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The History of the Helicopter