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The famous American color documentary entitled Thunderbolt and directed by Academy Award winner William Wyler and John Sturges was broadcast by the Czech Television two years ago. As I didn't watch it and even didn't have chance to record it I was more than pleased when I found out a copy (an illegal one, I guess:) has been posted to YouTube. The stars of the movie, which was released to cinemas in 1947, are pilots of the 57th Fighter Group, 12th USAAF, and their aircraft – P-47 Thunderbolts attacking ground targets in Italy in May 1944, primarily to support Allied troops in the area of Monte Cassino. To achieve maximum effect and authenticity the film was shot with several cameras simultaneously which were installed on board at different points. Don't pay much attention to the narative – it sometimes sound ridiculous, but one should bear in mind the fact it was made for propaganda purposes.
The entire film (duration: 44 mins, size ranges between 47 MB and 1,7 GB), which is placed in the public domain licence, can be now downloaded in various versions of the MPEG format from the Internet Archive. Be sure to check out whether yu have installed the correct codec.
