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Rudel Tank Busting footage online?!? - Holy *#&!
At this link you can find the links to many WWII video clips.
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=74788&postdays=0&postorder=asc&hig hlight=clips&start=0 However one clip is of particular interest. IIRC In his war autobiography Hans Rudel indicates that towards the end of the war [in 1945? following the bestowment of the Golden Oak Leaves or following his leg amputation] he had a private screening of a WochenschauorNews Reel [with Hitler and dignitaries?] in which there was footage of him making tank busting attacks. Well they sell Wochenschau reels at http://ww2wochenschau.com/ Moreover, you can download some for free. Scroll down to: -1945 -German Wartime Newsreel -Luftwaffe and Panthers download (6,6 MB) This clip included had ground footage of a lone Tank Busting Stuka making a couple of swooping firing runs in the winter of 44/45 –the second lower and closer than the first. Two knocked out -but not burned out- Stalin tanks were shown immediately thereafter. Several things suggest that the unspectacular but potentially historically significant attacks depicted were made by Rudel. -Time Frame matches Rudel’s account. -Few Tank Busting Stukas survived into 1945 -Even in Rudel’s Unit, most Stukas were bombers used for flack suppression for the few tank busters [9 in his unit if IIRC] -Rarity of Tank Busting Footage [especially from the ground] would suggest that if Rudel Saw his own attacks on a Wochenschau, it would be of this footage. CAN ANYONE CONFIRM 100% THAT THIS WAS RUDEL? As always Thanx Rob Romero |
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Re: Rudel Tank Busting footage online?!? - Holy *#&!
no idea ..but thanks for the links...! Christ, if I was a German Wochenschau viewer in early 45 I think I'd have been scared witless..
anyone any idea where to find the Oschersleben footage in all that..? CTRL-F doesn't bring up anything..? Last edited by FalkeEins; 10th November 2005 at 17:36. |
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Re: Rudel Tank Busting footage online?!? - Holy *#&!
hi guys, just tried to download the footage and nothing happens....any ideas?
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Re: Rudel Tank Busting footage online?!? - Holy *#&!
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Try right clicking and select "save as" |
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Re: Rudel Tank Busting footage online?!? - Holy *#&!
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Hello I am an administrator of ww2wochenschau.com -this newsreel you are talking about is from 03/22/1945 -my be its Rudel,my be not ,but we are sure guncam footage(knocking out T34ś) shown on our page is Rudel: http://ww2wochenschau.com/buyandmoviedownload/ 1945-january/03-Great sovie offenzive -its free d/l We have in our database German Wartime Newsreel 1945/01/04 named Ardennen,Rudel,Hungary too -in this newsreel is cca 3 min reportage about Rudel(footage maded from 2nd Stuka filming Rudel as he shoots on russian tanks,etc.) -that were few informations about Rudel and Ger.WWII Newsreels All the best J.Havlik administrator of ww2wochenschau.com |
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Re: What Happened to Rudel Tank Busting Footage Online?
Hi I received a gracious reply from ww2wochenschau.com admin. However, when I tried to download from home, I was informed I had the wrong ‘codec’ -whatever the hell that means. I had to wait till today, but at work I tried to download again on the school PC. However, now when I tried the link
http://ww2wochenschau.com/buyandmoviedownload/ I was sent to a strange site. What the hell happened? Anyone? Thanx Rob Romero |
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Re: What Happened to Rudel Tank Busting Footage Online?
I was sent to a strange site. What the hell happened? Anyone?
Thanx Rob Romero [/font][/color][/quote] Hello,problem was in the fact that we had traffic about 35GB per day and our provider literally dont like this number soo -soon it will be possible to send links to download this free vids to only cca 3 people per day (to their email adresses) or later in mail as attached files(cca 100MB of free WWII combat footage)but for this moment its not possible-only footage named Luftwaffe and Panthers with that JU87G is on our page to free d/l Regards J.Havlik |
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Re: Rudel Tank Busting footage online!
Well if you could send me the footage of
1945-january/03-Great sovie offensive it would be greatly appreaciated. Thank you for all your consideration Rob Romero |
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Re: Rudel Tank Busting footage online
Apparently, I did manage to download the file, however I need to download the correct codec –could you please tell me which one I need?
Thanx Rob Romero |