Product: German Night Flyers
Rating: 3.0
Of some value to a novice but of little informative value to anyone with intermediate knowledge of the covered aircraft
As a previous reviewers has noted, this video is much more on German Heavy Fighters than night flyers. About two-thirds of the film is on these and only one-third on night flyers. The video covers the ME 110, ME 210, ME 410, Arrow, JU 88, and Dornier Bomber night flyer versions. The footage is roughly broken out by the percentage of aircraft manufactured in Germany, like most of the other videos in this series (ie, about half is dedicated to the ME 110 and the rest to the other aircraft).If the viewer has more than introductory knowledge on these aircraft (i.e., has read even an brief introductory book on the aircraft), the video has little in the way of information to offer. For those who know next to nothing, however, the video would be quite informative and would be a good introduction to the aircraft. In other words four stars for those who need an intro and only 2 for those with decent knowledge of the covered aircraft.With respect to film footage, it is quite good, especially regarding the ME 110. There is footage from nearly all fronts this aircraft served during nearly all periods of the war (even in Finland where there was quite a surprising amount of dust in the summer) and in a variety of uses (i.e., fighter, ground attack, recon, etc.). With respect to the ME 410 the footage was also quite good, especially the close-ups showing the bays where "pod" weapons could be attached. You rarely see this even in short books dedicated just to the aircraft. Again, coverage of the non ME 110 aircraft is from a variety of fronts, periods of the war and differing roles (ie., recon, fighter, fighter-bomber, etc.).All and all not a bad expenditure of an hour of time.