All commentators here should consider that this motion picture was produced for a young male Japanese audience. Call it propaganda or that ever you like. But watching Hollywood movies, I think until today all war movies from there are propaganda movies as well. Made for young male Americans...
I remember in the late 50's watching in a movie theater showing a Korean War flick when the U.S. bombers opened their bomb bay doors and the bombs started dropping, the audience (mainly young boys and teenage boys) went wild and started cheering!
4:18 Now that is a meaningful shot. All you want to be film makers, take note of it. Even without the rest of the film to add context, that shot in itself tells a story...
Not true. Once the allies learned not to dogfight the Zero, the P-40 and the Wildcat held their own quite well. In fact it was these two planes that gutted Japans Naval and Army air forces of their experienced pilots. The Hellcats, Corsairs, Lightning and Thunderbolts just mopped up the rookies. Very few of the pre war trained air cadre was still alive.
You are right but the kill rate greatly increased when the Hellcats and Corsairs came on the scene. Chennault figured out that a P40 should never try to turn with a Zero.The Japanese lost most of their experienced pilots at the Battle of Midway.
@@ual737ret You are wrong - Japanese lost most of their experienced pilots during the Guadalcanal Campaign and the single battle, when their aircrew losses were highest, was the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands.
@@jonadam5392 lulz, 109F and later had many more rounds of ammo and better guns at their disposal than the zero's ever did. Many IL2 where shot down. Why would you even bring up a machine that I believe to be below the survivability of the WW2 Grumans?
Coming back to the airfield, getting a 'turnaround' service and leaving on another sortie without stopping the engine was routine even when I served in the RAF. Weapons, fuel, some basic checks, all done in a minute or two, if called for before the plane arrived. In this movie, the enemy are so close that they could be strafing you as you landed, yet don't, marks this a the work of propaganda.
I had seen parts of this movie years ago. Think it’s a Japanese propaganda film near the wars end as the scene around 4:45 showing the ground crewmen reloading the A6M’s cockpit cannons is very rare and the allies destroyed all existing aircraft after the war or 99.9% of them and this one is running. Unless it’s a very well made stage prop. Great to watch and would love to see the entire movie. Thanks for posting.
It's from the 1944 film Raigekitai Shutshudo(Thunder Squad or Battle Troop in Japanese translation) it was filmed and released for the third anniversary of the Greater East Asia war. The plot revolves on Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service pilots deployed in Pacific(Papua New Guinea).
Actors were in a protected profession. Some volunteered anyway, of course. There are photos of the actor Toshiro Mifune in full Japanese pilot's outfit, standing with what appears to be a real WWII Japanese fighter. If he was in a movie made during the war, I have never seen it. Have seen a Kurosawa film with Tasuya Nakadai in it; 'The Men Who Twist The Monkey's Tail', which was made during WWII, so this is possible, timing-wise.
Funny how none of the fighting happened over Allied held territory. Not a good sign when your flight time to enemy contact is the same time it takes to reach the end of your runway. 🤔
Watched dvds of war time movies at my old hobby shop. Owner said got online from HK site that carried WW2 Japanese movies. Some Japanese Americans model builders would translate
Navy and Army had land bases. It depended on which service had been given the job of attacking which island. Both fought against the US during their bomber offensive. This movie has been called the fighting over New Britain, a set of islands in the South-West Pacific, but is probably Okinawa, judging by the heat, palm trees and presence of Japanese actors.
For all the glamor around the zero it could easily be shot down wants you put rounds into it ! US Marine shot one down with his 1903 Springfield 3006 with one shot at Pearl Harbor.
interesting observation here. seems there are few Japanese pilots who parachuted out. i think heavily influenced by culture in Japan. when they show US planes shot down same--no Chutes. but teh US planes all were armored and self seal tanks etc.
1944 Japanese film probably wouldn't go to the expense and risk of real parachuting. I mean, much of the air battle is stock footage, or models. - and that airfield cost very little to set up: tents, an a tower made of local wood.
These are late-model Mitsubishi A6Ms, probably A6M5s. This was known in Japan as the 'Zero-sentoki' or year / type zero fighter, due to it's manufacture in the first year of the new calendar ( see earlier planes called type 97, etc. ). A6M is A= fighter, 6 = 6th fighter accepted by the Navy, M = Mitsubishi. The -5 suffix is the equivalent of mark / model 5 of this design. It's official reporting name was 'Zeke', with the A6M3 version being called 'Hamp', but most called it the 'Zero'.
@@victorboucher675 yes the first combat victory for the hellcat was in Aug 43. They may have kept the F4F as a trainer in the US but it was out classed by the hellcat and the F4U corsair
@@kevinduffy80 You seem to not understand that the "escort" carriers where too small to operate both the Corsair and the Hellcat. Reading a book on the USMC Air Operations, written during and after the war by the guys that where there, aircraft of differing types were used together on missions at the altitude they were designed for. So (these were the actual mission reports) the P40s flew low, F4F low middle, F6F, F4U high middle, P38 top cover. Aircraft engines must compress the thinner air with superchargers and have designed operational altitude where that type performs best. The wing airfoil profile is also designed for specific air density as well as the control surfaces. In simple terms, one size can't fit everything. And every aircraft has a best altitude of operation. A sports car or jeep is not "outclassed" by each other, they drive on different surfaces.
There's a belief in Japan, sometimes seen in anime and movie, that the atom bomb had a parachute attached. It's because they saw an equipment package that sensed and radioed back measurements of the bomb's performance, dropped by another B-29. People near the actual bomb did not report the bomb had no parachute, due to being dead or concerned with other matters. The earlier weather flight flew over the targets ( Kokura and others ), then the target selection was made by the commanders of the B-29s involved. Sometimes there were other B-29s in the target area, observer - camera planes, but the small numbers did not activate the Japanese' warning system. Survivors reported the alarms sounded, then the all clear was given, then the bomb exploded, with some people actually seeing the B-29 or even the bomb falling ( see, parachute above ).
@@MrEjidorie I must respectfully disagree. The Wildcat could out dive the Zero and had more power, though the Zero had a better climb rate. The protection for the pilot and more importantly, the fuel, was better on the Wildcat and I'd take six .50 cal over two 20mm cannons and a pair of light machine guns.
Actually it was the pilot that made the Zero or the F4F superior. Each plane had their strength and weaknesses, and if the pilot played to the other's strengths, they were likely to lose. If an American pilot, either in a P-40 or an F4F tried to fight a "Zero" using Turn and Burn, they were likely setting themselves up to lose. If they tried to fight using Zoom and Boom tactics, they were setting them selves up to either win, or at least make it back to base.
映画「雷撃隊出動」だ、この映画は零戦、天山、一式陸攻の実物機が登場する迫力のある映画となっている。ラストで
村上隊長（河野秋武）天山に乗って出撃出撃するとき、三上隊長（藤田進）と川上参謀（森雅之）から、「貴様、早ま
るなよ」と、たしめられるシーンがある。この映画だけではないが、「土と兵隊」の映画の中で、池の水で体を洗って
いる軍曹役の小杉勇が池に浮かぶ睡蓮をじっと見ながら「生きているとは、有難い事だな」とつぶやいたり、当時の戦
意高揚映画では、命の大切さを訴える場面が、さりげなくチラっと挿入されている。国のため天皇のために死ぬことが
当然な気が狂った時代に。「命は大事なんだ」という、人間として当然である本音が見える。
映画｢雷撃隊出動｣の1場面ですね
当時現役のパイロットの操る現役の機体…見事な三点直陸や敵役のP-40など貴重な映像ですね
All commentators here should consider that this motion picture was produced for a young male Japanese audience. Call it propaganda or that ever you like.
But watching Hollywood movies, I think until today all war movies from there are propaganda movies as well. Made for young male Americans...
I remember in the late 50's watching in a movie theater showing a Korean War flick when the U.S. bombers opened their bomb bay doors and the bombs started dropping, the audience (mainly young boys and teenage boys) went wild and started cheering!
Agree with your opinion, American movies are for Americans, Japan was made for Japanese people, I think the world is
4:18 Now that is a meaningful shot. All you want to be film makers, take note of it. Even without the rest of the film to add context, that shot in itself tells a story...
0:45
This is the Japanese naval air officer in the ‘’Midway Is East’’
episode of «Victory At Sea»
1:28
The Japanese at the left looks like colonel Ichikawa commanding on Guadalcanal.
I thought it was General Tso of General Tso’s five star chicken!
I like how there are people judging 80 year old WW2 propaganda
Nice Zero fighter from WW2 Era. 零式 👍 😎🇸🇬🇯🇵🇳🇿
А кабина не закрывалась?
Where's Godzillra?
Not born until 10 years later.
All right people...I'm sorry the aspect ratio is incorrect. If I can figure out a way to fix it I will, but I hope people will enjoy what is here.
Do you have any more of this?
The Zeros had their way until the Hellcats and Corsairs showed up and then it was lights out for Zero san.
Not true. Once the allies learned not to dogfight the Zero, the P-40 and the Wildcat held their own quite well. In fact it was these two planes that gutted Japans Naval and Army air forces of their experienced pilots. The Hellcats, Corsairs, Lightning and Thunderbolts just mopped up the rookies. Very few of the pre war trained air cadre was still alive.
You are right but the kill rate greatly increased when the Hellcats and Corsairs came on the scene. Chennault figured out that a P40 should never try to turn with a Zero.The Japanese lost most of their experienced pilots at the Battle of Midway.
@@ual737ret You are wrong - Japanese lost most of their experienced pilots during the Guadalcanal Campaign and the single battle, when their aircrew losses were highest, was the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands.
3:13 ->
On the left of the screen 📺
the 💀 head-shaped cloud.
Amazing clip. I m looking for for that movie.
It is a ＜RAIGEKITAI SYUTSUDOU＞.
I don't remember the full title,but look for the words :Hyabusa Kentai
This is the origin of the "Ultraman" special effects team.
Really good movie of zero zen.
Classic scene from The Battle of (New) Britian!
lol.....dude running with like 64 rounds of bullets over his shoulder - good for 1/10th of a second burst
That's all Erich Hartmann needed lol.
@@jonadam5392 yes, but that's against English and Russian planes. Not Grumans.
@@robertlemaster7525 oh ok. Tell that to the IL-2 Shturmovik pilots he shot down. All planes have weaknesses.
@@jonadam5392 lulz, 109F and later had many more rounds of ammo and better guns at their disposal than the zero's ever did. Many IL2 where shot down. Why would you even bring up a machine that I believe to be below the survivability of the WW2 Grumans?
Coming back to the airfield, getting a 'turnaround' service and leaving on another sortie without stopping the engine was routine even when I served in the RAF. Weapons, fuel, some basic checks, all done in a minute or two, if called for before the plane arrived.
In this movie, the enemy are so close that they could be strafing you as you landed, yet don't, marks this a the work of propaganda.
I had seen parts of this movie years ago. Think it’s a Japanese propaganda film near the wars end as the scene around 4:45 showing the ground crewmen reloading the A6M’s cockpit cannons is very rare and the allies destroyed all existing aircraft after the war or 99.9% of them and this one is running. Unless it’s a very well made stage prop. Great to watch and would love to see the entire movie. Thanks for posting.
could this have been filmed in New Guinea, I am thinking Nabzad strip in the dry season.
It's from the 1944 film Raigekitai Shutshudo(Thunder Squad or Battle Troop in Japanese translation) it was filmed and released for the third anniversary of the Greater East Asia war. The plot revolves on Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service pilots deployed in Pacific(Papua New Guinea).
Most of the Japanese in the movie probably never saw 1946.
Actors were in a protected profession. Some volunteered anyway, of course.
There are photos of the actor Toshiro Mifune in full Japanese pilot's outfit, standing with what appears to be a real WWII Japanese fighter. If he was in a movie made during the war, I have never seen it.
Have seen a Kurosawa film with Tasuya Nakadai in it; 'The Men Who Twist The Monkey's Tail', which was made during WWII, so this is possible, timing-wise.
Funny how none of the fighting happened over Allied held territory.
Not a good sign when your flight time to enemy contact is the same time it takes to reach the end of your runway.
🤔
Ghost,you are walking point man with that statement.
Cool video!
"Oh, boy, reload my nose guns. Won't be needing any fuel." BS.
tsmgguy they just fly over their own runway so didnt need much fuel
Why need fueling just fighting over own field ?? Dude !
F4Fs would have short range. What would they be doing escorting B-24s?
The bombers are usually based out of range from enemy fighters, most likely rendezvous closer to their targets was the plan.
Watched dvds of war time movies at my old hobby shop. Owner said got online from HK site that carried WW2 Japanese movies. Some Japanese Americans model builders would translate
F4F or F2M ?
At 3:15 we can clearly see how strong the Japanese aircraft guns were, cus they literally compressed that P-40 into F4F, lol.
I don't think those are Zeros. They look like Oscars to me.
That is a zero not the oscar
They look like 2-seaters. I believe only the IJN used Zeros, the Army didn’t have them!!!
Mal from OZ
This is the origin of Toho Godzilla movie.
Really interesting to an ex U.S. Navy guy!
They are naval aviation. Where are the Japanese carriers ?? Under the sea since Midway??
Navy and Army had land bases. It depended on which service had been given the job of attacking which island.
Both fought against the US during their bomber offensive.
This movie has been called the fighting over New Britain, a set of islands in the South-West Pacific, but is probably Okinawa, judging by the heat, palm trees and presence of Japanese actors.
usmc ace marion carl said it best. "don't be afraid to fight the zero. when you hit 'em, they burn"
Not when , if!
For all the glamor around the zero it could easily be shot down wants you put rounds into it ! US Marine shot one down with his 1903 Springfield 3006 with one shot at Pearl Harbor.
interesting observation here. seems there are few Japanese pilots who parachuted out. i think heavily influenced by culture in Japan. when they show US planes shot down same--no Chutes. but teh US planes all were armored and self seal tanks etc.
unlikely to be a culture issue and more likely the pilots were not wearing chutes or that they were too injured to get out
no - shows models with no ability to eject a tiny parachuted doll
1944 Japanese film probably wouldn't go to the expense and risk of real parachuting. I mean, much of the air battle is stock footage, or models. - and that airfield cost very little to set up: tents, an a tower made of local wood.
A Zero shooting down a Lightning? Maybe but very rare.
It kinda translates to " Look Iso, That basterd Hijiro is out of formation again ".
日本兵A：零戦はマッチと言われてるんだ……
日本兵B：なんでマッチなんだよ……
日本兵A：マッチみたいにすぐに燃えて落ちるからだよ……
History & films depend on who's telling the "story" & $$$$$$.
5:29 ->
Not zeros....
A6M5
These are late-model Mitsubishi A6Ms, probably A6M5s.
This was known in Japan as the 'Zero-sentoki' or year / type zero fighter, due to it's manufacture in the first year of the new calendar ( see earlier planes called type 97, etc. ).
A6M is A= fighter,
6 = 6th fighter accepted by the Navy,
M = Mitsubishi.
The -5 suffix is the equivalent of mark / model 5 of this design.
It's official reporting name was 'Zeke', with the A6M3 version being called 'Hamp', but most called it the 'Zero'.
By 1944 all the f4f had been replaced with the more advanced F6F (the hellcat)
Really? Uh ... like ... so the escort carriers were flying the F6F?
@@victorboucher675 yes the first combat victory for the hellcat was in Aug 43. They may have kept the F4F as a trainer in the US but it was out classed by the hellcat and the F4U corsair
@@kevinduffy80 You seem to not understand that the "escort" carriers where too small to operate both the Corsair and the Hellcat. Reading a book on the USMC Air Operations, written during and after the war by the guys that where there, aircraft of differing types were used together on missions at the altitude they were designed for. So (these were the actual mission reports) the P40s flew low, F4F low middle, F6F, F4U high middle, P38 top cover. Aircraft engines must compress the thinner air with superchargers and have designed operational altitude where that type performs best. The wing airfoil profile is also designed for specific air density as well as the control surfaces. In simple terms, one size can't fit everything. And every aircraft has a best altitude of operation. A sports car or jeep is not "outclassed" by each other, they drive on different surfaces.
Victor
Good point well made
Kevin
So Sooorry Nipponese !!! The F4F Wildcat had a 7 to 1 Kill ratio !!!!
Bull shit!
beware of kill ratios. they are usually concocted in favor of who is writing the report
ironic the Japanese couldnt shoot down the famous Enola gay b 29 while they were smiling my thought
There only a few aircraft in that flight. They thought it was a weather flight. Then the Enola Gay crew dropped the atomic bomb.
There's a belief in Japan, sometimes seen in anime and movie, that the atom bomb had a parachute attached.
It's because they saw an equipment package that sensed and radioed back measurements of the bomb's performance, dropped by another B-29.
People near the actual bomb did not report the bomb had no parachute, due to being dead or concerned with other matters.
The earlier weather flight flew over the targets ( Kokura and others ), then the target selection was made by the commanders of the B-29s involved.
Sometimes there were other B-29s in the target area, observer - camera planes, but the small numbers did not activate the Japanese' warning system.
Survivors reported the alarms sounded, then the all clear was given, then the bomb exploded, with some people actually seeing the B-29 or even the bomb falling ( see, parachute above ).
Makes sense...
Litterally shot down 1of every type of American aircraft in 5 minutes. How did they ever lose the war?!?!? HA!
I very like this video
Hey progX, the ratio is very wrong. It's Amechang propaganda ! U just don't know it, Dude !
映画だったのかい
Zero.
Seu pior pesadelo .o mustang P51
Ah.........
God zeewrah!
This is tragic and sad shit.
They sure were cheap with ammo resupply...🤣
Too much hilarious footage right out of a bad Godzilla Movie.😝
この映像が1944年に作成されたのであれば、明らかに戦意高揚のものだったのでしょうね。
1944には、日本海軍航空隊は戦局を好転できる見込みが全くない状況でした。レイテ決戦も1944年です。
唯一の正規空母瑞鶴を囮に使用した上で、米空母の飛行甲板を使用不能にするために航空特攻が開始されたのが1944年の10月です。
レイテの前には、台湾沖航空戦があり、大戦果が報告されましたが、全くの誤認でした。
そのような時節故に、戦意高揚が必要だったのでしょう。
悪意はありませんが、これが戦争のプロパガンダの実態なのでしょう。
FUNNY! sorta!
Don't think I could stomach much more of this bullshit crap.
I hate le wwf
Nice propaganda. 🇯🇵👍
F4f was superior to the zero in every way this video is propaganda
Maybe...but the good guys have to prevail.
@@johnchalleen3278 Wildcat couldn't turn with a Zero or outclimb it early when the pilots were evenly matched. Later models perhaps.
F4F was inferior to Zero Fighter in ever aspect. Probably you`re talking about F6F which was successor to F4F.
@@MrEjidorie I must respectfully disagree. The Wildcat could out dive the Zero and had more power, though the Zero had a better climb rate. The protection for the pilot and more importantly, the fuel, was better on the Wildcat and I'd take six .50 cal over two 20mm cannons and a pair of light machine guns.
Actually it was the pilot that made the Zero or the F4F superior. Each plane had their strength and weaknesses, and if the pilot played to the other's strengths, they were likely to lose. If an American pilot, either in a P-40 or an F4F tried to fight a "Zero" using Turn and Burn, they were likely setting themselves up to lose. If they tried to fight using Zoom and Boom tactics, they were setting them selves up to either win, or at least make it back to base.
7,7miriで落ち落とせる米軍機なんて無いぞ。20miriもジャムるし体当たりしかないだろう。
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