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| Dogfights: The Complete Series | 
 enlarge | Director: History Channel
Actor: Pilots
Studio: A&E Home Video (New REleaset)
Category: DVD
List Price: $69.95
Buy New: $49.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 10042
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 1316 minutes
Number Of Items: 9
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.7 x 2.8
UPC: 733961117035
EAN: 0733961117035
ASIN: B0017KXD1U
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
DOGFIGHTS: SEASON 1 & 2
History's most thrilling aerial battles can now be experienced as never before from inside the cockpit. Legendary aircraft like the F8 Crusader, P40 Tomahawk, P-51 Mustang, and Fokker triplanes are brought back to life as DOGFIGHTS takes viewers straight into the heat of the aerial action.
The original pilots themselves narrate these battles, illuminating the capabilities and histories of these magnificent aircraft, the enemies they faced, and the realities of life as a fighter pilot. Filled with astounding state-of-the-art CGI technology, all 28 episodes from DOGFIGHTS SEASONS ONE AND TWO revitalize some of the most thrilling and captivating life-or-death battles ever fought.
Witness some of the most celebrated dogfights in modern history as the pilots strap back in and recall their memories of these historic engagements, from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, North Korea to the Solomon Islands, and Vietnam to the Middle East.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
Informative, exciting and detailed! December 22, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have been loving this show since it started almost 2 yrs ago. Their interviews are the most fascinating and contribute to the history (oral history) of the aviation industries and military history. I am so grateful to have seen BG Robin Olds on this show again. Their visual effects and CG images are very well done. And the narrator tells the stories in a very exciting manner. By far this has been the greatest military/aviation show featured on history channel. There, though, can some improvements. Like they could show other nation's aerial battles too. But again I give this 5/5
"You're in the cockpit"................... November 21, 2008
Those words fit this series perfectly. The CGI in these stories is really amazing : at times, you can't tell the difference between the computer view and what it would look like peering through the canopy yourself. The current interviews with the men who were involved with these various actions adds immensley to the telling of these tales. Anyone interested in military aviation or military history........BUY IT!!!!!!!!
Dogfights October 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is an excellant documentary style representation of airplane fights during several wars from WWI to the Gulf War. It disects the confrontations between each aircraft, showing several defensive tactics while using computer generated images as well as actual combat footage. It is well worth the purchase.
compelling October 7, 2008
My 6 year old son can't get enough of this series! The visuals are stunning and the stories are gripping. We have exhausted all the books on this subject in our local libraries and my husband is mapping out our future vacations according to all the aircraft museum locations on the eastern seaboard. We are looking forward to season 3.
This is on Target (+) August 24, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
FInally something for the whole family. THe Kids will enjoy the action, violence and computer graphics. Mother's will salivate at the aged photographs of handsome young men; knights of a modern age dueling for some greater cause than themselves. Father's will focus on the strategy and the individual specs of the planes all done in the instantly intuitive style of a video game game player select screen. And finally Grandpa War Veteran will shake violently at the mere color imagery of Stukas and Zeros coming at the screen, the first color images of these aircraft in blazing combat maneuvers that have ever been by seen like this since the actual war..
It's got all the elements, drama, historical accuracy coupled with the slick educational value to anyone who ever wondered about the aerial dogfights of long ago. The only educational movie series I have ever watched and enjoyed since the future is wild or alien planet.
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