This much anticipated sequel to the 2020 hit film, TOMCAT TALES continues the story and legacy of the one fighter Hollywood loves to feature in their blockbuster movies. MORE TOMCAT TALES showcases phenomenal F-14 footage and iconic cast of officers as they discuss their extraordinary experiences in the legendary Tomcat.
A visit to the famed aircraft carrier USS Midway and interviews with men who served aboard it bring the exciting story of the vessel to life in this dramatic documentary. In service for 47 years, the Midway saw heavy action during the Vietnam War, and its hair-raising missions to rescue downed pilots were legendary. After Vietnam, the Midway, now berthed in San Diego, participated in numerous operations, including the Gulf War.
Wings Over Water tells the fascinating story of naval aviation's critical role in making the U.S. a world power. Film highlights include archival footage of some of the most terrifying and intense airspace battles fought and the intriguing interviews of the veterans who took part in them. This is the story of naval aviation from its conception to the important role it played in battles fought, won, and lost, all the while examining American foreign policy, foreign relations, and long-simmering international conflict. An evocative, powerful, and informative documentary, Wings Over Water is the story behind the story: how and why America developed maritime aviation technology, what it meant to our past, and what it means to our future.
This 2-DVD set focused on the development and combat history of the Grumman F4F Wildcat and was created from holdings at the National Archives, the National Museum of Naval Aviation, the Naval Historical Center, and the Marine Corps Historical Center. The F4F Wildcat was the front-line carrier fighter in the first days of the Pacific war - flying off legendary ships like the Lexington, Saratoga, Hornet, Yorktown, and Enterprise - the Wildcat held the line as America built for victory.
Combat in the Air - Anti-Submarine Warfare
Combat in the Air - French Naval Air Power
Combat in the Air - Anti-Ship Strike
Produced by MGM in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, this short film follows U.S. naval aviators through their basic training in Florida and advanced training in California.
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself training a detachment of TOP GUN graduates for a specialized mission the likes of which no living pilot has ever seen.
Tasked with training a group of untested new recruits, a no-nonsense Navy commander faces a host of challenges as he attempts to transform the greenhorns into a squadron of crackerjack jet pilots. Don Haggerty co-stars as the unit's second-in-command who clashes bitterly with the cocky young upstart of the team after the lad shows off with some reckless aerial acrobatics.
On the purple trains that run through the rapeseed fields of Skåne, anger is growing. The train company is planning yet another cutback. But this time the train staff are ready to back each other! For decades, companies have competed to win lucrative public procurement contracts to run Sweden’s railways. This competition has led to the deteriorating work conditions for employees, as companies seek to establish a competitive advantage over one another. The short documentary, Segertåget (“Victory Train”), follows train drivers and train conductors who, between work shifts and the online meetings of the pandemic, organize themselves in a fight for justice and better working conditions. A story of perseverance and solidarity in a time of constant deterioration.
Nazim Abbasov's documentary
When the world falls apart, all that remains is to assemble a new one. Eliko is 90, and she has been painting all her life, or rather, assembling her paintings from scrap materials - pieces of other people's dishes, pebbles, glass, and her own memory.
A film about punk enthusiast and rock tour organizer Denis Alekseev, who traveled across Eurasia from Lisbon to Vladivostok in a falling apart Gazelle. Once he took the band Jars on tour. But something went wrong, and he returned alone.
Film about Russian weightlifters, participants of the Russian Weightlifting Championship 2019 in Novosibirsk. On the cleansing of Russian sports from doping.
The story of four Senegalese youths from the suburbs of Dakar who are about to set their country ablaze in 2011, via the grassroots movement called Y’en a marre (We’re fed up).
Some of the world's most renowned surfers share their experiences as they take on the biggest and most death-defying waves.
The last tape, ten years ago—was the answer here somehow?
Yuri Vyacheslavovich Arkhangelsky, a pensioner born in 1938, whose whole life is somehow connected with volleyball. He trains the Sphere team, the same veterans. He treats his wards with tenderness, like children, affectionately calling them boys. Yuri Vyacheslavovich leads them, which is not so easy, because each of them has hundreds of sports competitions behind their backs. This time they are participating in a veteran sports tournament, in which they have not risen above third place before. Will Yuri Vyacheslavovich be able to turn the tide?