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15-09-2007, 11:17 PM
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| Ubique   Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France
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 | Combat! Thanks to some members of Otto's ww2f, I became aware of this TV series from the 1960s, which I had never heard of before. There are quite a few clips from it on Youtube and more details here: "Combat!" (1962) I ordered series 1 on DVD from eBay-US and am just watching it now - it's excellent!! Can thoroughly recommend it if you are looking for something to put on your Christmas list! 
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15-09-2007, 11:21 PM
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| Ubique Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: UK/France
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| This is a good clip to watch on Youtube if you want an idea what it is like, entitled 'Hills Are For Heroes': YouTube - Combat TV Show - Hills are For Heroes
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16-09-2007, 12:04 AM
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| Posted this in May in a thread you were in Paul - Great Series. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/barrack...-sequel-2.html Quote: Concentrating on one group makes it personal and allows the audience to get closer to each member. The series "Combat" followed one American squad (1962 -1967) as they made their way through France in WW2. I never missed an episode. In 2005 they released the entire 152 episodes on a 40 DVD set in region 1 for the very first time. Robert Altman (M*A*S*H) directed some of the first episodes. Combat TV Series
__________________ Spidge,  ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 16-09-2007 at 03:21 AM. |
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16-09-2007, 12:36 AM
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__________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm Last edited by spidge; 16-09-2007 at 12:37 AM. Reason: Spelling | |
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16-09-2007, 02:38 AM
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| Man, does this thread bring back memories..... We used to play Combat as kids. Of course everyone wanted to be Sarge. Kirby was cool, too. We killed a lot of Jerries in my back yard. Then the Vietnam war came along and made things a little too real........ tom
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16-09-2007, 09:50 AM
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| Remember watching that in my early teens. I thought it was great, Dad thought it was typical American crap and would laugh at it!!!
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27-02-2008, 04:31 PM
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| Combat was pretty slick for it's time. All shot on private land near Hollywood, I believe, and on the back lot at MGM (?). Lt. Handley passed away recently, he lived a troubled life after Combat. I don't think those fellows are much around anymore. "Hills are for Heros" was among the few 2 part episodes that were produced for prime time broadcast. THAT was about my favorite episode(s) !!! Cheers, Johnnie, 1 Mx MG Bn, 15 Scottish Div.
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