My uncle grew up waching these and he said not only did they show the horrors of war they also showed the humain side to a lesson to be learnd in every episode
Michel Petit played the kid Bijou, very good child actor along the lines of Kurt Russell. Beverly Hillbilly fans may remember him as Jethro's friend season 1 Armstrong Dueser (little Duesey). Very impressive to be that young and speak 3 languages in one episode.
Another moving episode .Every episode gives a message. Every episode is a gem of story telling portraying the human experience.Vic Morrow your name lives on.God bless you in heaven!
I''m with you there, however I was 7-8 and when ever they showed the opening and they showed the guns at the beginning, all my brothers and I would say GUNS!!! Great memory!
Thank you for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with life lessons and illustrated sermons to inspire us on ward and to not give up, in these perilous times.
Love all 3 of Vic's boys but Kirby is my favourite,but Vic always was my special and always will be.I just love him born on Feb 14th 1929 died on July 23 rd 1982 9years older than me
calforman . I agree . Look out for Adler21 , he is another troll who has posted snide remarks on these episodes . I've been in the Army and I found it a character building experience , even though it was only as a volunteer during National Military Service . I also watch WW2 documentaries and War is sheer carnage and a senseless waste of lives , but this series is very entertaining and it is stupid of people to post ridiculously negative comments .
I got that name wrong I think from memory it is adlen21 , these episodes are very entertaining and there are some good moral messages in them . I was born only five years after the end of WW 2 and we grew up reading all those War comics from Fleet St. in the U.K. i.e. " Commando " , Battler Briton " " Spy 13 " etc for the price of one shilling and threepence here in New Zealand . They are still on sale in Book shops , but they are much more expensive to buy these days . War Picture Library were the distributors .
Say what you will about Kirby, but he saw through the kid faster then anyone else. I hope his character went on to become a school principal, or maybe a warden at juvenile correction.
There are comments saying the series ran 5 years, but the battle for France only lasted about 4 months. Ok, but remember each episode was about 50 minutes, and usually covered about one - two days. Also, this one squad represented countless others, it should have run 20 years, except a helicopter crashed.
Agree Combat is the best WW 2 series ever made, love the action, and the history. Combat has been shown in Australia many time. Never get tired of the action
Not necessarily. Talented writers intensely research, research, research -- to make it as real as possible. Similarly, the Emmy-Award winning writers of "M*A*S*H" 1) visited South Korea and 2) interviewed dozens of Korean War vets 'who were 'there.'" Look how closely to real life "Saving Private Ryan"'s graphic 20-minute opening was -- courtesy of a dynamite, validated script and director Steven Spielberg's meticulous research and preparation.
This must be the antithesis to that ending scene of The Green Beret when the orphaned kid was looking for Spec. Peterson in the helicopters before John Wayne's character took the boy in. former GI here, love both Combat! and The Green Beret BTW.
This is was the first episode I seen as a 5 yr.old kid when I turned on the TV and distinctly remembered !! After that I started watching... especially when it was in color ! That was a big deal back then ! I loved Cage (my favorite) and nobody could play Sgt. Saunders better than Vic Morrow !!
You gotta remember that a little French kid in the Vichy portion of France wouldn't remember the "pre-German" France. He would see the Americans as bringing the war to the peaceful French countryside and would have no concept of being "liberated" by Americans. His allegiance would be either neutral or even pro German depending on who's bombs fell in his village. Playing "both sides" of the game would be perfectly natural and an important survival tool. Smart kid actually...
On the contrary. I know two elderly Dutch women (sisters) who grew up in a village of the Netherlands. The Germans were in their town for five years during WWII. The curfew was 8pm and you were shot if out after 8pm whether child or adult. Neighbors of the Jewish faith were taken overnight and never ever seen again. Germans took bicycle tires to prevent Dutch from using bikes to deliver information between towns. BUT, the Dutch cut pieces of their hoses and used in place of rubber tires. I asked them what they thought when they heard the Americans were coming to their town in May 1945. Their answer was, "We knew they were going to free us from the Germans, and the day the Americans rolled into one end of town with tanks, the Germans ran out the other end of town leaving their weapons and uniforms on the ground as they ran."
The Vichy regime governed the free zone, south of the demarcation line, until the end of '42. They had very little power in the Nazi occupied north, where the Combat series is set, post D-day. Despite Allied bombing, the allies were general welcomed as liberators.
Smart can get you killed. As an Infantry sergeant, an actual Sergeant Saunders, I would have had that kid bound, gagged and tied shoulders to knees facefirst to a tree, the second time after he was warned off from following. Kirby wasn't wrong. The kid WAS playing both sides. And please forgive my predudice. I have a daughter his age, already a victim of bullying by boys. To the point where it was the school's decision that my daughter had to be transferred out, not the boys. Loud, ignorant, dirty pigs, they are.
I began watching Combat around 1963-64, and still find it the best war series I've ever seen. Seen lots of war movies, but my favorite is and always has been Combat. Nothing to compare.
L.A. Wood COMBAT! is the greatest war show ever made, including the movies. Every aspect from acting to directing is great! I watched it religiously when I was a kid & it's even better now. I'll never forget, my Dad got me a pair of those 2-strap boots like the squad wears when I was 8 yrs old. I finally got the 1 other thing I always wanted after I grew up; an M1 Garand. I sure wish I could get another pair of those boots............
@@exjazzer I agree, I was 10. We used to go play "war" in the fields around our apartment. Everyone wanted to be Saunders... no one wanted to be Little John!
"izsafe1," And when Sanders handed him his 1911 A1 pistol with the remark, "Know how to use this?" Nelson answered in the affirmative. Yet when we see him holding the pistol, 'ready for action, he has the hammer is down -- not 'cocked and locked,' ready to fire in a tenth of a second.
At 21:03, what other show ever have you seen that lines up the characters, keeps them all visible, all doing something, yet the focus is still on the speaker. I love the directing and cinematography of this show! Always something new and interesting.
These young americans were afraid as the young boy, only they had the American army, the little kid had no one, but he sure was a little man by the time this episode was over! Americans must have seen this a lot, kids with no parents, I sure hope the red cross or the church got them through a terrible war.
joseph weaver Yeah right..... i have talked to people who were in Germany when it was defeated.... The red cross may have helped some, and church even fewer. Many starved to death, many died of diseases for want of medicine. Many fled. The ones I have spoken with were children and fled. THat's why they are alive today.
I was 10 in '64 going to Catholic school so everyday religion. On Combat night I was told we have to go to church and I was so pissed I was going to miss combat. Well there was this traveling priest and he said tongues are for today and my mother said no they aren't and the Holy Spirit said 'yes they are' I'll never forget that.
Normally the boy would be handed over to the Red Cross to take care of. In Normandy, my father entered a town (He was in the REME, General Horrocks XXX Corps, British Army) after a battle. Whilst there a boy approached him and kept pointing at my father's medical kit . My dad went with him to found his mother lying dead behind a garden wall. Not knowing what to do he just stood there. Eventually an officer took the boy away in a jeep and he was handed over to some Red Cross workers who took care of him. My father very rarely spoke about the war, he is dead now.
When I was a kid watching Combat!, it was the episodes with the French kids that always got to me. Was very hard for me as a kid to fathom what it would be really like to be in the middle of a war when one loses their parents, siblings, grandparents or any other family members. No one there for you. Even today with the current wars going on in our world the children really suffer. I do remember watching this episode, parts of it. Just have to wait and see how it ends. That I do not remember.
Children are the most innocent ones in any war locations. They have no political affiliation and like us are totally dependent on their families. So many children and other innocents suffering around the world …
A fuel depot that large would have been vital for a 100mile sector. It's loss would have limited any armoured response & crippled all strategic defensive options. Lucky the krauts placed minimum value & resources into protection detail.
Richard Marchant listen asshole, this show is quite accurate, and people that watch it love any information they can get about these types of situations. We appreciate the extra information Scott gave us, so why don’t you shut the fuck up, idiot, and get a life.
Watching COMBAT was my motivation to take German language classes during all three years of High School in Davenport IOWA (1967-1970) a skill set that served me well during my cold war tour of duty in Nuremberg [1976-1979]
3 years German in high school 69-71, then Ft Hoodlum 72-74, FRG 74-75. Thanks to my excellent German teacher I could pass for Comrade if I borrowed some euro-clothing from my landlord. That was important in the RossMarkt because Comrade"s price was WAY better than the eye-poking GIs got.
If our Combat live free or die patriotic spirits are not in high gear soon, the Little Jewel shows how most of us will soon be living. And when it comes to dealing with the Nazis, we had better be as aware and combat keen as the Little Jewel was.
"wheelinthesky300," The kid was tipping off the Germans -- apparently NOT. We can envision Bijou got his precious, oh-so-necessary pair ofboots and lighter from the dead soldiers after the fire fight with Saunders' squad.
When I was young living in Los Angles California there was a large fire in town destroying several buildings. The Local paper ran and article about the weekly show Combat! was moving into the location within a week to start filming another episode before the building cleanup would start. It was my favorite TV show at the time so I read the article a couple of times.
Pragmatic caution. An orphan, a street urchin whatever, the human reaction would to take pity on him. This Cage (Pierre Jalbert) does immediately while Kirby (Jack Hogan) smells a rat somewhere. Sergeant Saunders (Vic Morrow) swings one way and then to the other all the while going by his gut feelings. Sgt. Saunders knows he can be wrong and adapts immediately to new information. An interesting portrayal by a child actor, "Bijou" , Michel Petit who has had a rather up and down career throughout the years. It would appear that Michel Petit now lives in France although his last bit of acting goes back to 2002. He must be nearing 60 by now. Merci pour le téléchargement.
The child was fighting to survive in the wort possible circumstances. No food, no adult protector/guide, no one to care if he lived or died. Yet he preferred the Americans and did everything he possibly could to help them.
Was this entire series done on the MGM studio lot? If so, kudos for the 1,000 or so French villages they put up, then destroyed. Like Saving Private Ryan. Excellent sets and scenes. It would have been cool to have a Pacific "COMBAT", but 90% of it would have been jungle, scrubland, or Pacific rural farming stuff.
I talked to Jack Hogan once (Kirby) he said there were plans to follow Sgt Saunders younger brother chip (a Marine) into the pacific, but plans for the show were canceled
Honestly it appears that it’s all the same set, shot from different angles, different shop signs put up etc. I’ve recognized the same town in the first and second season, both described as different French villages. The village that has the picturesque canal running right through the middle of it for example, with all the sailboats. I have been binge watching these and have actually noticed they’ve not only reused the set, and angles, but have actually just reused the same footage in different episodes. Doesn’t matter, the show is incredible
The production company leased MGM's "village" set. In the contract, they agreed to rebuild/repair all the damage they caused doing demo on the set. The contractor for the construction probably got VERY fat!
man 1st Sgt Ward is my idol. I remember I was a recruit almost 4 years ago and he was the one that motivated me not to give up when I was giving up on myself. He literally ran right next to me when my platoon was doing the 3 miles. Til I got dropped due to a stress fracture in my left tibia he was still there for me to motivate me. I ended up getting better
There's a channel called WW2 History Hunter by a German guy. He finds all sorts of stuff, including unexploded mines from WW2, so I'd say they're still cleaning up. It's been about 20 years ago since I read a story about tunnels dug during WW1 collapsing and causing problems for buildings constructed after that war.
I knew some guys stationed in Germany in the mid 1960's and said that you rarely saw any bomb damage at all. Even with 10 years, West Germany was thriving.
@@pep590 I was passing through Dresden in 1993 in the center you still could see where bullets hit a couple buildings from WW2. Maybe they left them there as a reminder
Yes, topacepete, you are correct. The Vichy was the French government in France during WWII. It was headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain and collaborated with the Germans. Petain was sentanced to death for treason after the war, but it was commuted to life in prison. Spunkychk555 go read some history.
I believe Jack Hogan (Kirby) was right in mistrusting the kid. Most probably the brat had been getting advantage of the Germans until he realised the Yanks were the winning side. Good episode anyway. Regards
excelente serie Combate ese niño d la pelicula representa a los niños abandonados en las guerras , cmo esta pasando en Ucrania , cmo esta pasando en Afrika o en Siria
My uncle grew up waching these and he said not only did they show the horrors of war they also showed the humain side to a lesson to be learnd in every episode
I still love the theme tune they play throughout the episodes. Very upbeat and optimistic.
I love how Kirby grabs the kid turns him upside down and shakes him and a bunch of crap falls out. Like something you'd see in a cartoon. LOL
Sal Mineo did that exact thing to a young woman in The Gene Krupa Story movie--that came out in 1959 or so.
This episode has so many moments. When Bijou rips off the boots, my heart explodes with sadness. When Kirby takes his hand! I CAN'T EVEN FIND WORDS
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Those two scenes caused tears in my eyes!!!
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God zegen heeft u
I’ve become addicted to these.
Michel Petit played the kid Bijou, very good child actor along the lines of Kurt Russell. Beverly Hillbilly fans may remember him as Jethro's friend season 1 Armstrong Dueser (little Duesey). Very impressive to be that young and speak 3 languages in one episode.
I also remember him in Man From Uncle. I really enjoyed his acting and his command of many languages.
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Kirby knows a hustler when he sees one
You can't kid a kidder!
Another moving episode .Every episode gives a message. Every episode is a gem of story telling portraying the human experience.Vic Morrow your name lives on.God bless you in heaven!
Those Hollywood lunkheads can't put out anything close in quality to this show. Miss ya Vic!
I watched this show every week when I was about 10 years old.
I''m with you there, however I was 7-8 and when ever they showed the opening and they showed the guns at the beginning, all my brothers and I would say GUNS!!! Great memory!
Thank you for posting the best show ever, Combat, power packed with life lessons and illustrated sermons to inspire us on ward and to not give up, in these perilous times.
We need more vdo like this today
1 of The Best Episodes in 1 of the Best Series.
Kirby came from a rough neighborhood back home, he knows a con when he sees one.
Kirby was real street smart kind of guy.
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Love all 3 of Vic's boys but Kirby is my favourite,but Vic always was my special and always will be.I just love him born on Feb 14th 1929 died on July 23 rd 1982 9years older than me
I love my Vic. Sorely missed 😗😗😗
Why is there like 10-12 People putting Negative Vibes, on all the Episodes, when the Up loader did a fantastic Job..
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calforman . I agree . Look out for Adler21 , he is another troll who has posted snide remarks on these episodes . I've been in the Army and I found it a character building experience , even though it was only as a volunteer during National Military Service . I also watch WW2 documentaries and War is sheer carnage and a senseless waste of lives , but this series is very entertaining and it is stupid of people to post ridiculously negative comments .
Well Adler21 *likely is a douche bag democrat.*
I got that name wrong I think from memory it is adlen21 , these episodes are very entertaining and there are some good moral messages in them . I was born only five years after the end of WW 2 and we grew up reading all those War comics from Fleet St. in the U.K. i.e. " Commando " , Battler Briton " " Spy 13 " etc for the price of one shilling and threepence here in New Zealand . They are still on sale in Book shops , but they are much more expensive to buy these days . War Picture Library were the distributors .
Say what you will about Kirby, but he saw through the kid faster then anyone else. I hope his character went on to become a school principal, or maybe a warden at juvenile correction.
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Hermosa serie que marco mi vida de niño ,hasta cuando fui efectivo en mi vida militar .
Buena serie yo la beia cuando tenia 10 años
Can't say enough about this show another great episode the hits keep coming 👍
This kid also played in the episode the sniper. Towards end him another kid tipped off he was at the old factory.
There are comments saying the series ran 5 years, but the battle for France only lasted about 4 months. Ok, but remember each episode was about 50 minutes, and usually covered about one - two days. Also, this one squad represented countless others, it should have run 20 years, except a helicopter crashed.
mash lasted 11 season and korea was only 3
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No the suits cancelled. Too cheap!!!
Of course Kirby would give him a cigarette lol
Agree Combat is the best WW 2 series ever made, love the action, and the history. Combat has been shown in Australia many time. Never get tired of the action
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Me too I like combat especially when I'm tired when I'm in Africa or in USA when I visiting my friends
I never thought it was a film. I have always thought it real. Combat I was fifteen years now almost seventy. Still like it best.
Thanks for sharing love these videos
So many real life incidents in this series....they must have been written by people who had been there...
Not necessarily. Talented writers intensely research, research, research -- to make it as real as possible. Similarly, the Emmy-Award winning writers of "M*A*S*H" 1) visited South Korea and 2) interviewed dozens of Korean War vets 'who were 'there.'"
Look how closely to real life "Saving Private Ryan"'s graphic 20-minute opening was -- courtesy of a dynamite, validated script and director Steven Spielberg's meticulous research and preparation.
This must be the antithesis to that ending scene of The Green Beret when the orphaned kid was looking for Spec. Peterson in the helicopters before John Wayne's character took the boy in. former GI here, love both Combat! and The Green Beret BTW.
The German sarge was played by Paul Busch, who got shot/killed about 40 times over the course of the series.
Oh, no kiddin' bout' that,..at least that many times!
@@hermanator74301 Did anyone ever notice that it was the same actor again and again?
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This is was the first episode I seen as a 5 yr.old kid when I turned on the TV and distinctly remembered !!
After that I started watching... especially when it was in color ! That was a big deal back then ! I loved Cage (my favorite) and nobody could play Sgt. Saunders better than Vic Morrow !!
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Same age....Combat was the BEST SHOW EVER!!!! We played Combat as kids. There was no show that was as loved than this one
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You gotta remember that a little French kid in the Vichy portion of France wouldn't remember the "pre-German" France. He would see the Americans as bringing the war to the peaceful French countryside and would have no concept of being "liberated" by Americans. His allegiance would be either neutral or even pro German depending on who's bombs fell in his village. Playing "both sides" of the game would be perfectly natural and an important survival tool. Smart kid actually...
On the contrary. I know two elderly Dutch women (sisters) who grew up in a village of the Netherlands. The Germans were in their town for five years during WWII. The curfew was 8pm and you were shot if out after 8pm whether child or adult.
Neighbors of the Jewish faith were taken overnight and never ever seen again. Germans took bicycle tires to prevent Dutch from using bikes to deliver
information between towns. BUT, the Dutch cut pieces of their hoses and used in place of rubber tires. I asked them what they thought when they heard the Americans were coming to their town in May 1945. Their answer was,
"We knew they were going to free us from the Germans, and the day the Americans rolled into one end of town with tanks, the Germans ran out the other end of town leaving their weapons and uniforms on the ground as they ran."
The Vichy regime governed the free zone, south of the demarcation line, until the end of '42. They had very little power in the Nazi occupied north, where the Combat series is set, post D-day. Despite Allied bombing, the allies were general welcomed as liberators.
Just a typical collaborator
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Smart can get you killed. As an Infantry sergeant, an actual Sergeant Saunders, I would have had that kid bound, gagged and tied shoulders to knees facefirst to a tree, the second time after he was warned off from following. Kirby wasn't wrong. The kid WAS playing both sides. And please forgive my predudice. I have a daughter his age, already a victim of bullying by boys. To the point where it was the school's decision that my daughter had to be transferred out, not the boys. Loud, ignorant, dirty pigs, they are.
Man, I love Kirby.
I began watching Combat around 1963-64, and still find it the best war series I've ever seen. Seen lots of war movies, but my favorite is and always has been Combat. Nothing to compare.
required viewing every week. I ws in 3rd grade when it came out
I agree. I was about 9 in 63'.
L.A. Wood COMBAT! is the greatest war show ever made, including the movies. Every aspect from acting to directing is great! I watched it religiously when I was a kid & it's even better now. I'll never forget, my Dad got me a pair of those 2-strap boots like the squad wears when I was 8 yrs old. I finally got the 1 other thing I always wanted after I grew up; an M1 Garand. I sure wish I could get another pair of those boots............
Patton ,,, with George C Scott
@@exjazzer I agree, I was 10. We used to go play "war" in the fields around our apartment. Everyone wanted to be Saunders... no one wanted to be Little John!
at 65 i remember this show i guess that's why I always liked ww2 history
"S2 says there won't be any Krauts around" So much for military intelligence.
Loved your comment, heard that before 👍
That's an oxymoron, military intelligence that is
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The Little Jewel, another brilliant episode of the most magnificent war series ever produced on television. Combat-- the best there ever was!
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Agreed 100% Great show.
I grew up watching this show. Every kid wanted to be Vic Morrow
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This young actor is my youngest grandson twin. I almost cried when I saw this episode . I guess the young man is my age now, I hope he is doing well
That kid is very annoying, I thought they might shoot him.
This movie was full of intense scene Combat war series though it shows how destruction of life and property ,Also shown humanity.
A professional like Saunders would never compromise his mission by letting that kid hang around...never.
It’s an episode about human feelings. Did you know that ?
TRUE, VERY TRUE
I would have made Nelson go swimming for the BAR.
same here
68 now , watched Combat for Little John and the BAR Dug,Dug,Dug.
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"izsafe1," And when Sanders handed him his 1911 A1 pistol with the remark, "Know how to use this?" Nelson answered in the affirmative. Yet when we see him holding the pistol, 'ready for action, he has the hammer is down -- not 'cocked and locked,' ready to fire in a tenth of a second.
Great Episode! I actually don't remember seeing this one before, which is rare. Thanks so much for posting these many Classic Episodes.
Vic Marrow was perfect as the brave and smart sergeant.
So VERY missed, STILL 🙏🙏🙏
At 21:03, what other show ever have you seen that lines up the characters, keeps them all visible, all doing something, yet the focus is still on the speaker. I love the directing and cinematography of this show! Always something new and interesting.
56 yrs since I have seen that episode... my God I am old... and I still love this show.
Brings back memories!
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The good ole day’s, when they actually took the effort to make entertainment instead of churning out reality show’s and crap .
Great episode. That kid had nobody in life, but our soldiers. So inspirational!
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Good Episode!
These young americans were afraid as the young boy, only they had the American army, the little kid had no one, but he sure was a little man by the time this episode was over! Americans must have seen this a lot, kids with no parents, I sure hope the red cross or the church got them through a terrible war.
joseph weaver Yeah right..... i have talked to people who were in Germany when it was defeated.... The red cross may have helped some, and church even fewer. Many starved to death, many died of diseases for want of medicine. Many fled. The ones I have spoken with were children and fled. THat's why they are alive today.
I was 10 in '64 going to Catholic school so everyday religion. On Combat night I was told we have to go to church and I was so pissed I was going to miss combat.
Well there was this traveling priest and he said tongues are for today and my mother said no they aren't and the Holy Spirit said 'yes they are' I'll never forget that.
Gimme my ball. I'm goin' home. Combat is comin' on at 6:30.
Been watching Combat since Gr 2. Rip- Vic Morrow, Rick Jason, Cage , Little John & Doc.
I had seen that series when child…Good memories…we’ve lost our heroes!
Normally the boy would be handed over to the Red Cross to take care of. In Normandy, my father entered a town (He was in the REME, General Horrocks XXX Corps, British Army) after a battle. Whilst there a boy approached him and kept pointing at my father's medical kit . My dad went with him to found his mother lying dead behind a garden wall. Not knowing what to do he just stood there. Eventually an officer took the boy away in a jeep and he was handed over to some Red Cross workers who took care of him. My father very rarely spoke about the war, he is dead now.
What terrible things those brave men and women saw and experienced. Bless them all.
likesmilitaryhistory Alan Moore my father mentioned seeing children who were starving was one of the really tough things to see
My friend, God bless your father; a real hero. Greetings from Brazil.
HA! Billy doesn't look more than a year or so older than the French orphan
Heartbreaking...children suffering in war. Really gets to me. This series was something else.
When I was a kid watching Combat!, it was the episodes with the French kids that always got to me. Was very hard for me as a kid to fathom what it would be really like to be in the middle of a war when one loses their parents, siblings, grandparents or any other family members. No one there for you. Even today with the current wars going on in our world the children really suffer. I do remember watching this episode, parts of it. Just have to wait and see how it ends. That I do not remember.
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Children are the most innocent ones in any war locations. They have no political affiliation and like us are totally dependent on their families. So many children and other innocents suffering around the world …
The reason why there are negative vibes is because that's all they do with their time is bitch, bitch, bitch!
it's odd watching this knowing that kid is probably in his 70's.
As a kid I never missed an episode of this show. Seeing these videos after some 50+ years brings back memories.
Same here, i still watch them today in 2022
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It’s been 60 years for me …
A fuel depot that large would have been vital for a 100mile sector. It's loss would have limited any armoured response & crippled all strategic defensive options. Lucky the krauts placed minimum value & resources into protection detail.
In the latter part of the war the Germans were pretty short handed using younger and older soldiers and spread thin
Richard Marchant listen asshole, this show is quite accurate, and people that watch it love any information they can get about these types of situations. We appreciate the extra information Scott gave us, so why don’t you shut the fuck up, idiot, and get a life.
Must of these episodes are taken from things that happened over there. I bet the kids did do that.
Am I the only one that weeps at the end of the episode?
Watching COMBAT was my motivation to take German language classes during all three years of High School in Davenport IOWA (1967-1970)
a skill set that served me well during my cold war tour of duty in Nuremberg [1976-1979]
Major Rick Corbin don’t you mean Kosher War?
Thank you for your service to our country, Major Corbin!
3 years German in high school 69-71, then Ft Hoodlum 72-74, FRG 74-75. Thanks to my excellent German teacher I could pass for Comrade if I borrowed some euro-clothing from my landlord. That was important in the RossMarkt because Comrade"s price was WAY better than the eye-poking GIs got.
Kirby is a griper, but always comes thru in a pinch!
If our Combat live free or die patriotic spirits are not in high gear soon, the Little Jewel shows how most of us will soon be living. And when it comes to dealing with the Nazis, we had better be as aware and combat keen as the Little Jewel was.
The kid can't talk without yelling!!!!!!!!!
jack Hogan rocks,so does this
Today is the 70th anniversary of VE Day. It took a few days more than 11 months from D-Day to VE Day.
Just once, I'd like to see Kirby's cynicism be correct! Still, a great episode.
The kid apparently was tipping off the Germans.
Would have been interesting to see what Saunders would
do with a child collaborator.
"wheelinthesky300," The kid was tipping off the Germans -- apparently NOT. We can envision Bijou got his precious, oh-so-necessary pair ofboots and lighter from the dead soldiers after the fire fight with Saunders' squad.
To think this French kid is like 70 years old or so in 2021.
When I was young living in Los Angles California there was a large fire in town destroying several buildings. The Local paper ran and article about the weekly show Combat! was moving into the location within a week to start filming another episode before the building cleanup would start. It was my favorite TV show at the time so I read the article a couple of times.
I was a toddler when this was on tv
Cage is too valuable to be shot.The rest continually take hits.Shoulder, arms,legs continually blown apart.Then back in action for the next show!
Actually Caje got hit in the chest a couple episodes back.
Pragmatic caution. An orphan, a street urchin whatever, the human reaction would to take pity on him. This Cage (Pierre Jalbert) does immediately while Kirby (Jack Hogan) smells a rat somewhere. Sergeant Saunders (Vic Morrow) swings one way and then to the other all the while going by his gut feelings. Sgt. Saunders knows he can be wrong and adapts immediately to new information. An interesting portrayal by a child actor, "Bijou" , Michel Petit who has had a rather up and down career throughout the years. It would appear that Michel Petit now lives in France although his last bit of acting goes back to 2002. He must be nearing 60 by now. Merci pour le téléchargement.
The child was fighting to survive in the wort possible circumstances. No food, no adult protector/guide, no one to care if he lived or died. Yet he preferred the Americans and did everything he possibly could to help them.
great show
I remember this episode from the 60's, I couldn't stand that little bastard. I reckon he was a good actor!
Was this entire series done on the MGM studio lot? If so, kudos for the 1,000 or so French villages they put up, then destroyed. Like Saving Private Ryan. Excellent sets and scenes. It would have been cool to have a Pacific "COMBAT", but 90% of it would have been jungle, scrubland, or Pacific rural farming stuff.
I talked to Jack Hogan once (Kirby) he said there were plans to follow Sgt Saunders younger brother chip (a Marine) into the pacific, but plans for the show were canceled
@@LieutenantJason How long ago was that?
Honestly it appears that it’s all the same set, shot from different angles, different shop signs put up etc. I’ve recognized the same town in the first and second season, both described as different French villages. The village that has the picturesque canal running right through the middle of it for example, with all the sailboats. I have been binge watching these and have actually noticed they’ve not only reused the set, and angles, but have actually just reused the same footage in different episodes. Doesn’t matter, the show is incredible
The production company leased MGM's "village" set. In the contract, they agreed to rebuild/repair all the damage they caused doing demo on the set. The contractor for the construction probably got VERY fat!
I'd feel a lot better if everybody would HOLD THEIR VOICES DOWN.
man 1st Sgt Ward is my idol. I remember I was a recruit almost 4 years ago and he was the one that motivated me not to give up when I was giving up on myself. He literally ran right next to me when my platoon was doing the 3 miles. Til I got dropped due to a stress fracture in my left tibia he was still there for me to motivate me. I ended up getting better
Anybody notice the impossible angle shot of the guard at 42:28?
This TV show was made at the production standard of a Hollywood movie!
Just to let everyone know, Jack Hogan..Kirby.....passed away in December 2023...94 years old....he was in Washington state....
At 32:40 the only time in 152 shows you will ever see Doc light up cigarette.
...and he took a hefty drag on it (fact)
This show was one of my favorite memories of a 9year old. Never missed an episode...
Is some of this music the same as in The Little Carosel?
+OldWOlfhound1/27th , I caught that too! LOL!
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Now thay ya' mentioned it,..I think so.
great episode! kirby extending hand at the end was perfect! and i'm proud to say that vic morrow and rick jason were -- JEWISH!
I agree, my friend.
Shalom
Hopefully, they believed in JESUS. Then you are a TRUE JEWISH person..
"hiyallhiyall1644," Perhaps more significantly, "Combat!" producer Selig Seligman, who put "Combat!" on the ABC line-up, was Jewish too.
My God, I miss them ALL so much!!!! God Bless
both cage & kirby are left handed shooters... 2 in 1 squad is rare...
I often wonder how the folks over there ever got things fixed back up after WWII? How long did it take to fix, repair, clean up after this?
There's a channel called WW2 History Hunter by a German guy. He finds all sorts of stuff, including unexploded mines from WW2, so I'd say they're still cleaning up.
It's been about 20 years ago since I read a story about tunnels dug during WW1 collapsing and causing problems for buildings constructed after that war.
I knew some guys stationed in Germany in the mid 1960's and said that you rarely saw any bomb damage at all. Even with 10 years, West Germany was thriving.
@@pep590 What about East Germany?
@@pep590 I was passing through Dresden in 1993 in the center you still could see where bullets hit a couple buildings from WW2. Maybe they left them there as a reminder
@@edhollingsworth2335 Thanks for sharing Ed. Very 😎 cool!
Yes, topacepete, you are correct. The Vichy was the French government in France during WWII. It was headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain and collaborated with the Germans. Petain was sentanced to death for treason after the war, but it was commuted to life in prison. Spunkychk555 go read some history.
Sometimes to survive one must do the unthinkable, I can see the kid robbing the dead to get a pair of boots.
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Boots serve no purpose to a deceased person!!!
"KillerBebe," . . . and the lighter, too.
Always fighting those stinking BOCHE !
Siempre me gusto ver en mi niñez combate
As usual this series is about people more than war.
Love the episode with Warren Spahn... I know it was only a cameo appearance, but brings back old times:)...
Warren Spahn was an asshole. I saw him treat kids rudely when they asked for his autograph.
This program has moral value. Be proud that we are Americans...and we will ALWAYS fight for our God-given rights and liberty !!
Well then I will see you in Virginia!
@Marki Faux I believe in God, and I believe in our God-given rights as human and spiritual beings. Better say your prayers, Mr. Demonic Commie.
I believe Jack Hogan (Kirby) was right in mistrusting the kid. Most probably the brat had been getting advantage of the Germans until he realised the Yanks were the winning side. Good episode anyway. Regards
You mean like "off camera"?
Depending on what do you mean by "off camera"! Regards
You do what you have to to survive!!!! Anyone would if you want to survive!!!!
excelente serie Combate ese niño d la pelicula representa a los niños abandonados en las guerras , cmo esta pasando en Ucrania , cmo esta pasando en Afrika o en Siria
That must be a Vichy French Kid LOL.
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oh that stoopid harmonica when the kid shows up!