WWII docos where they get it wrong

[Alex van de Wetering]

Diana, as Hanno wrote....this is the case with a lot of WW2 docu's and also movies shown in museums.

One of the pieces of footage you often see is the "staged" German video taken at the location of the Poteau-Recht ambush, even if the docu has nothing to do with the Battle of the Bulge. I have seen it in Normandy Docu's more than once!
Another familiar one is the subject of the British airborne at Pegasus Bridge, where they show footage showing street-fighting with the tell-tale garden fences of Arnhem/Oosterbeek.

Alex

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Dianaa

Gun camera footage of German aricraft being shot down over the Pacific is another

Yes, some of these are so obvious I can't believe they'd use them, eg. "Zero" plummetting seawards trailing smoke with German crosses clearly visible. Some of the rear shots are less obvious, but even the most blurry gun camera footage of a distant "Zero" can't hide those Me 109 tailplane struts!

Glad you spotted the Wirraway footage Dianaa, I enjoyed that one so much I kept the segment to show Keith. I love the way the narration seamlessly joins footage of US troops training first in England then in Australia, giving the distinct impression of Wirraways in Europe!