• Additional Details
• Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Rating: Not Rated
• Number of Discs: 4
• Run Time: 250 Minutes
• Region: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Language: English
• Studio: A&E Television Networks

Secret Allied Aircraft of WWII DVD

This must-have video for aviation buffs looks at the classified projects that helped transform flight.

• Examine plans, rare photos and surviving examples of the classified projects the Allies were working on.
• Meet the engineers and designers who conjured up planes that were decades ahead of their times.
• See how the wartime plans were incorporated into civilian aviation.

At WWII's outset, U.S. and U.K. military aircraft designs were woefully behind Germany and Japan's technologically superior planes. But the genius and ingenuity of innovators on both sides of the Atlantic closed the gap. For America, it was a handful of visionaries and their teams; for Great Britain, a creative and thoughtful spirit fostered by the top leadership which was evident all the way through the ranks.

These are the untold stories of their cutting-edge designs and solutions, some of which were decades ahead of their time.

Secret Luftwaffe Aircraft of WWII DVD

See how the Stealth bomber was influenced by top-secret plans for a plane designed to drop a nuclear bomb on America.

During World War II, German engineers and scientists helped create the most technologically advanced air force the world had ever seen. But even more incredible were the planes they didn't have time to build.

SECRET LUFTWAFFE AIRCRAFT OF WWII makes a strong case that, had the war lasted much longer, Nazi aviation breakthroughs might have led to a different outcome.

See captured, formerly top-secret plans for jet fighters, vertical take off and landing craft, swept-wing planes and much more. But most shocking of all was the Horton 18--a long-range bomber intended to drop a nuclear device on America. The decades-old plans for the Horton were invaluable in the development of the American Stealth aircraft!

Filled with expert interviews, archival footage and computer creations of these groundbreaking planes in flight, this is a fascinating look at some of the most innovative weapons of all time, the SECRET LUFTWAFFE AIRCRAFT OF WWII.

Secret Russian Aircraft of WWII DVD

See rare footage of test flights and meet the men who helped shape aviation history.

• A detailed look at the Soviet Union's efforts to conquer the skies during WWII.
• See original designs that inspired later aviation breakthroughs.
• Learn how Stalin's paranoia handicapped his brilliant engineers.

With his nation locked in a brutal struggle for survival, Josef Stalin carried out continual purges against perceived enemies at home, keeping Russian scientists, designers and engineers in constant fear of death or banishment to the brutal gulags.

SECRET RUSSIAN AIRCRAFT OF WORLD WAR II reveals how, despite the ever-present danger, Soviet designers mastered technical hurdles astonishing even by today's standards. Rare footage, photos and plans show their creations: a swept-wing, delta aircraft design, a rocket-powered fighter, a long distance fixed-wing aircraft which helped inspire the U-2 spy plane, a flying tank prototype, a submarine-bomber combination, and a canard-wing aircraft.

See which of their designs made it into production, and which inspired their successors to greater heights.

True Story of the Screaming Eagles DVD

Veterans of WWII's largest airborne assault and deadly drops into the Southeast Asian jungle help tell the story of the famed fighters of the 101st Airborne.

They took part in the largest airborne assault of WWII. They have fought in the jungles of Vietnam and the rugged terrain of the Balkans. They are the soldiers of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne division--better known as The Screaming Eagles.

Go behind the lines and through the pages of military history with the 101st in this fascinating film. Filled with recollections from Screaming Eagles veterans, it is a comprehensive chronicle of the men, battles and commanders that have made the division into one of the most celebrated forces in the annals of the U.S. military. Go along on the night jumps behind Omaha Beach that paved the way for the Allied breakout at D-Day and relive the Battle of the Bulge, where Eagles commander Anthony McAuliff refused surrender. Follow the division's transformation from parachutes to helicopters during Vietnam, and examine their roles in more recent conflicts like the Gulf War.

Filled with combat footage and gripping interviews with the men who have fought for this fabled force, this is THE TRUE STORY OF THE SCREAMING EAGLES.