THE F4U CORSAIR

THREE DVD SET

COLLECTOR'S EDITION

Few aircraft can claim the popularity of the F4U Corsair. Originally intended as a shipboard fighter, the Corsair was pressed into service as a land-based fighter for the United States Marine Corps and immediately demonstrated it's superiority over the Japanese Zero. As the opportunity for aerial clashes dwindled, Corsairs were used as attack aircraft carrying bombs and rockets. By the time the United States Navy carriers reached the Japanese Islands, the Corsair had become the the most versatile aircraft in the Pacific theater. The Corsair's combat history didn't end with the fall of Japan. Later breeds of Corsairs flew alongside jet aircraft in the Korean War, proving the amazing versatility of Vought's most widely known fighter.

Through new digital transfers of archival material from the National Archives, the National Air and Space Museum, and Vought Industries, Aircraft Films allows you to witness the F4U Corsair as never before. Follow the development of the Corsair from "birdcage" F4U-1s in the Solomons, to fighter-bomber F4U-1As and 1Ds island hopping their way across the Pacific. See US Navy pilots wrestle with the problems of using Corsairs from carriers, and how the British Fleet Air Arm was able to do it first. Also follow fighter-bomber and night-fighter Corsairs to Korea on board carriers and at forward bases.

DISC ONE

Main Program - 43 minute original documentary on the Corsair

Bonus Materials

Combat Team - Vought film on aircraft production, with sound

Napalm - Tests at Eglin AFB, 1944 silent

Tiny Tim - 11.75 inch rocket tests, Mojave, 1944, silent

F4U Walkaround - National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL, silent

Slideshow - Over 200 photographs

DISC TWO (1942-1945)

Birdcage VF-12 - VF-12 North Island late 1942, silent

VF-10 - First Corsair on the U.S.S. Enterprise, sound

VF-17 - VF-17 Norfolk and U.S.S. Bunker Hill

VMF-124 - Henderson Field, silent

VMF-213 - Henderson Field, silent

VMF-214 - Espiritu Santo, silent

Misc. - New Corsairs, Espirito Santo, silent

VMF-321 - Bougainville, silent

F4U Charger - VOF-1 landings, U.S.S. Charger, silent

VMF-225 - Guam, sound

VMF-114 - Pelelui, silent

MAG 31 - Roi-Namur, silent

FAA - H.M.S. Victorious, silent

VMF-211 - Leyte, silent

Wasp - Corsairs on the U.S.S. Wasp, silent

VBF-83 - U.S.S. Essex, silent

Bunker Hill - Air Group 84, U.S.S. Bunker Hill, sound

Intrepid - U.S.S. Intrepid

Block Island - VMF-511 Block Island

DISC THREE  (1945-1952)

VMF-312 - Okinawa, silent

VMF-441/Oki - Okinawa, sound

Kadena - Kadena Airfield, silent

VMF-323 - Okinawa, silent

CVE-92 - U.S.S. Windham Bay, silent

CVE-109 - VMF-351 U.S.S. Cape Gloucester, silent

CV-21 Boxer - U.S.S. Boxer, silent

CV-37 - VF-192 & VF-193, U.S.S. Princeton, silent

CV-47 - U.S.S. Philippine Sea, sound

VF-32 - VF-32 & VF-33 U.S.S. Leyte, silent

VF-884 - VF-884 U.S.S. Boxer, silent

VMF-323K - U.S.S. Badoeng Strait, silent

VMF-212K - Kimpo, silent

MAG 12 - Pusan, silent

VMF-214K - A VMF-214 Corsair in Korea, silent

VMF-312 Korea - Pyongtaek, silent

3-DVDs Running Time approximately 6 hours

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