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Title: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Kermit de frog on April 20, 2008, 08:52:18 PM
(http://lgmfilms.net/aceshigh/TheDoolittleRaidersSS02v1.jpg)

If you downloaded it before, download it again, as this is the final version.  <S>

This film is dedicated to those 80 men who flew in the Doolittle Raid on April 18, 1942

I want to say Thank You to:
4440
A8Niskey
Betty
Blue
Condor00
dtis30
DUGY
HB555
Hibbie2
Strip
RDRTrash
WannaB
XSHAUNx

Without you all, this film would not have been made.  Thanks for your help, inspiration and great ideas throughout the filming on that Tuesday Night.
<S>

I owe you all big time.  Lots of sleep was lost during those 4 nights of making this film.

http://lgmfilms.net/aceshigh/TheDoolittleRaiders.zip
File Size: 289MB

Come experience the mission that forever will be remembered in time, when heros would fly, and a nations pride would be restored.
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Husky01 on April 20, 2008, 08:57:54 PM
Great flick if you haven't watched this film yet it is a must see. :aok

Amazing Job Kermit!
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: KTM520guy on April 20, 2008, 09:58:31 PM
A most excellent film  :salute

This past Friday was the gathering of the remaining Doolittle Raiders. 6 of the 11 still alive attended the event, this year in Addison, TX. I would have given anything to attend myself.

A big salute to the men of the greatest generation.  :salute
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Guppy35 on April 21, 2008, 12:19:40 AM
Great stuff Kermit.  Always nice to see when the history bug has bitten someone too :)
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Brooke on April 21, 2008, 03:32:23 AM
I just got done watching it.  Wow!  Excellent job, Kermit!  I am very impressed -- the look, the shot composition, the music -- it's all great.  There are amazing touches in it -- even Doolittle's flight off the CV looks like shots I've seen from historical footage.  Thank you very much for this!
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Hajo on April 21, 2008, 06:40:03 AM
Kermit.....very very well done!  The making of Doolittles Raiders took a great deal of time.  The information in text as well as picture is very informative.  You and those who participated in the making of Doolittles Raiders are a credit to the community.

I for one am very proud of you all.  It is on par with Not my time to die, the story of Robt. Johnson.

Again.... the preservation and telling of History is invaluable.  You have done so with the making of that film.
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: zoozoo on April 21, 2008, 06:43:19 AM
url wont work for me, just keeps loading page for like 5 hrs
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Hornet33 on April 21, 2008, 07:30:15 AM
AWSOME!!!!!!!!! :aok :aok

Started the download last night before I went to bed and was able to watch it this morning before I came to work.

 :salute to everyone that participated in making this film. I'm sure there are a bunch of bomber crews in heaven right now smiling, knowing that what they did is still remembered.
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: zoozoo on April 21, 2008, 08:00:53 AM
finally got it to work. GREAT VID KERMIT <S> <S>  :salute :salute :aok
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: moot on April 21, 2008, 10:24:12 AM
Nice work Kermit.  This should go with the Aleutians movie, on HTC's homepage..
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: lambo31 on April 21, 2008, 11:12:58 AM
Amazing job Kermit!!!!


Lambo
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: expat on April 21, 2008, 11:37:17 AM
Fantastic film  loved the music  :)
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Brooke on April 21, 2008, 02:18:30 PM
Kermit, how did you select the music for it?  Was it music you knew of, or did you listen to a bunch of stuff and pick it?
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Airscrew on April 21, 2008, 03:22:06 PM
Kermit, all I can say is WOW... i think I cried a little at the end... great vid, great storytelling... good shots, music, editing....  i think my favorite shot is the flyover of the carrier in the story and again at the end..  an instant AH classic...
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Strip on April 21, 2008, 03:31:20 PM
I agree with you and I think Kermit mentioned it was his favorite shot as well.

Strip
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Kermit de frog on April 21, 2008, 03:36:04 PM
  When I read about this raid last weekend, I knew that this was special.  The courage and heart those men had when those engines started up must have been through the roof!  I was really moved by their story of what they did in their lives.  I read about one of the survivors that was captured, went back to Japan as a missionary for 30 years!  That's just amazing.  Or how the ones that made it to china and then back to US continued to fight in the war over Europe to be captured by the Germans and still survive the war.  
  Hell, they never took off from a carrier before, not even during practice.  Doolittle must have been very confident to be the first one, and to do it in bad weather amoung many other factors.  It's just amazing as to what they did and why they did it despite the immense odds of living through it.  Their leader was an incredible human being.  Wish I could have met him in real life.  Maybe someone could get one or two of the Doolittle raiders to the AH Con as a guest.

Guppy, this is your fault!  Thanks for always helping us all out with remembering history.

Brooke, I listened to a few hours of songs on monday night while I did research.

Many of us lost hours of sleep that Tuesday night of filming.  I'm glad they didn't try to kill me when I said to "do it again" occassionaly.  The Film Viewer was not used to make this, as I would have gone insane if I tried to use it.  Offline was not used either, it's fubared on my end.  We did the best we could do, in the few days we had to get it done by last friday, April 18, 66th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid.  A moment of silence would have been nice for last FSO, but I never got around to letting them know.

<S> from 4440, A8Niskey, Betty, Blue, Condor00, dtis30, DUGY, Kermit, HB555, Hibbie2, Strip, RDRTrash, WannaB and xSHAUNx, we all say thanks for watching and remembering The Doolittle Raiders.
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Pyro on April 21, 2008, 03:37:33 PM
Bravo!   :aok
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: 007Rusty on April 21, 2008, 05:16:07 PM
     WOW    Great work   :salute    ........    :aok
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: yanksfan on April 21, 2008, 07:00:49 PM
awsum film, great stuff :aok
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: SFCHONDO on April 21, 2008, 07:04:37 PM
Nicely Done  :salute
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: PaddyD on April 21, 2008, 09:12:59 PM
anyone else getting '509 server bandwidth exceeded'?
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Kermit de frog on April 21, 2008, 09:59:37 PM
Sorry, my server is down.  I had gigs of bandwidth this month and they all went away in hours.

May have to wait until next month to see the film, which sucks.  Hundreds of downloads at a nearly 300mb file size = byebye server bandwidth.
There's something I didn't think about. Doh!

Edit:
Nice of HTC to redo those ships, making them look awesome!
I'll take the time to learn the AHFV someday.

We thank you all for watching.  <S>
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Strip on April 21, 2008, 10:03:35 PM
Try vimeo?

Edit: Nevermind ...vid quality sucks after upload.

Strip
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Brooke on April 21, 2008, 10:24:09 PM
Kermit, can you tell us your process for making the film?
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: DoNKeY on April 22, 2008, 12:36:31 AM
Kermit, can you tell us your process for making the film?

He breaks a wish bone and says "Doolittle Film!"

Ta-da!

 :P

donkey
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Strip on April 22, 2008, 10:20:27 AM
Brooke what parts are you interested in?

He has been walking me thru his process so I should be able to answer any questions.

Strip
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Brooke on April 22, 2008, 09:37:28 PM
Brooke what parts are you interested in?

He has been walking me thru his process so I should be able to answer any questions.

Strip

I'm interested in a 40-line explanation of the whole process (i.e., not just a few sentences -- more detail than that -- but not such a large amount that no one will tell me :) ).
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Kermit de frog on April 22, 2008, 11:24:00 PM
Hey Brooke, yeah, I'll write up a story from beginning to end of this project later on this week.  I need my fix of AH for awhile, since I've been deprived of it.   :lol

Give a salute to 4440, A8Nisky, Betty, Blue, Condor00, dtis30, DUGY, HB555, Hibbie2, Strip, RDRTrash, Wannab and xSHAUNx when you see them online to say thanks.


Edit:
 :P

2nd Edit:
I'd like to see your write up Strip.
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Strip on April 22, 2008, 11:24:49 PM
If he doesnt post shortly I will post something more specific.

Edit LOL....he beat me to it.

Strip
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: oboe on June 24, 2008, 05:50:59 PM
Holy cats, don't know how I missed this.   I just downloaded and watched this masterpiece start to finish, eyes glued to my screen.   I think this might be the finest AH-related effort I have ever seen.  Has HTC seen or commented on this?   Its a big download but a link to it certainly seems appropriate in the "Now Playing" section of their main webpage.

Honestly, my highest commendations to you, Kermit, and everyone who assisted you in the making of this film.   Job well done!

<S>


Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: betty on June 24, 2008, 07:00:09 PM
I'm interested in a 40-line explanation of the whole process (i.e., not just a few sentences -- more detail than that -- but not such a large amount that no one will tell me :) ).


brooke.....here is my short but sweet version....


we all waited for the air races to be over, kermit logged in sayin " this should only take and hour or 2" (anyone in kermit world knows that hour or 2 equals 6 hours miniumum) we practiced taking off of the cv, i finally learned to back up a b25 on a cv. so after everyone practiced it was time to get everyone in place. i acutually was able to parallel park my b25 but still have trouble doin it in my car (not needed where i live much).

one at a time we upped with kermits orders after he was ready to roll film. we all kept ourselves entertained while waiting for our turn. after everyone lifted we flew around the cv waiting for others to up as we all upped we would form up on those already in the air. the NOE part was the hardest. kermit wanted us in a single file line...DIDN'T work....but he was able to get the shots he needed.

keep in mind by this time it was already 4 hours into the filming.....2 hours my butt...damn frog..

anyways one at a time he called us in to do a shot of us coming up to the land. giving us different orders each. i was the b25 that was NOE over the trees that popped up to 1500ft to bomb. it was cool shot after i watched the movie i was able to pick out my flight :)

it was alot of fun, we spent long hours, then like a week or so later kermit had us back in there for a "hour" aka frog time "4 hours" to do some other shots with the zekes chasing the b25. not to mention the bombers on the runway doin their "training" when the b25 flew over the field. that shot was awsome!

kermit yelled at me cuz i couldnt turn my zeke :(
i tried but kept knocking my wing off. so i kept tryin and still didn't get it. by this time everyone was dying to shoot each other down. it was all we could do to behave and get the filming done and over with :)

im sure kermit will have a better story but this was my point of view. it is always fun to help kermit with a film, first one i helped him with was "carrier sortie" that was awsome and i dont remember but i think i wasn't yelled at much in the makin of that film either. i could be wrong.

<<S>> kermy, the doolittle memory will live on through each and every one of us that has watched this film. i am sure if they were able to see this film that they would be proud and honored. it was a pleasure to help with this film and be a part of it. a great group of guys helped in the filming of this movie and i would wing with them any day. <<S>> 4440, A8Nisky, Blue, Condor00, dtis30, DUGY, HB555, Hibbie2, Strip, RDRTrash, Wannab and xSHAUNx
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Beefcake on June 24, 2008, 11:33:31 PM
Can someone please post this film on youtube or something? I'd really like to look at it.
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: betty on June 25, 2008, 12:43:23 AM
Can someone please post this film on youtube or something? I'd really like to look at it.


dude this film is too big for youtube i think dont they have a limit on the mb's you can upload? this film is like a million mb's ;)
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Kermit de frog on June 25, 2008, 01:57:25 AM
To make it stream for dial up users, the video quality would be very poor and the small words would become unreadable.

Film was meant to be seen and heard in it's high quality.

To really experience all the film has to offer, you should listen to it at high volume and with large speakers with a subwoofer.
Some sound examples:
You'll hear the winds blowing by the camera when out at sea, as the B25s are taking off, or the waves crashing on the B25 that ditched on the shoreline.  The AAA whizzing by and the guns on the ground firing, the navy whistle blowing to let you know someone is about to make an announcement right before Jimmy himself talks about what they are going to do in case they are attacked before takeoff.  The navy ships firing their guns sound was taken from the game and then sync'd up with the old video.  Regan's speech at the end fit right in as he used to be a narrator for WWII films.  Many of the sounds were erased and redone so that it would sound better, but without anyone being able to noticed that they were touched.  When the b25s were ditching, that was filmed from another plane, so I had to put in many sounds to make it sound as if I was in the plane at the time.  The scraping on the ground, the engines turning off, all had to be added in during the editing in.  These sounds contributed to the storytelling and no one seemed to notice the touch-ups.  That's a good thing.  99% of the sound effects were taking from the game or waffle's sound pack or other sound packs giving to me via email, one sound file at a time, and all were slowed down, or speed up and also filtered in an equilizer for added bass or to remove high freq noise.

For those on dial up, start the download before you go to bed and in the morning it should be done.  For those fortunate with cable or dsl, it only takes 6-20 minutes to download.

For a working link, please see this thread:
http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,235056.0.html (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,235056.0.html)

Thanks for the great comments!
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: dentin on June 25, 2008, 07:15:41 PM
(http://lgmfilms.net/aceshigh/TheDoolittleRaidersSS02v1.jpg)

If you downloaded it before, download it again, as this is the final version.  <S>

This film is dedicated to those 80 men who flew in the Doolittle Raid on April 18, 1942

I want to say Thank You to:
4440
A8Niskey
Betty
Blue
Condor00
dtis30
DUGY
HB555
Hibbie2
Strip
RDRTrash
WannaB
XSHAUNx

Without you all, this film would not have been made.  Thanks for your help, inspiration and great ideas throughout the filming on that Tuesday Night.
<S>

I owe you all big time.  Lots of sleep was lost during those 4 nights of making this film.

http://lgmfilms.net/aceshigh/TheDoolittleRaiders.zip
File Size: 289MB

Come experience the mission that forever will be remembered in time, when heros would fly, and a nations pride would be restored.

Very nicely done! a big  :salute from a son of that generation.
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: zoozoo on April 06, 2009, 06:05:39 PM
Can you please update the link i want to save this movie to my CPU.
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: moot on April 06, 2009, 06:49:52 PM
Hard drive (HDD).  CPU is the processing brains, not the long term memory.

Kermit, Youtube supports that 720p HD format nowadays. 
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Spikes on April 06, 2009, 06:52:03 PM
Hard drive (HDD).  CPU is the processing brains, not the long term memory.

Kermit, Youtube supports that 720p HD format nowadays. 
He meant it as Computer (cpu) I think.
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Rattler on April 06, 2009, 07:23:21 PM
man i want to see this film but all i see is HTTP 404 Not any other way to see the it?
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: waystin2 on April 06, 2009, 07:54:27 PM
Hello Kermit,

I watched, and it was simply great Sir.  It brought that uncomfortable burn you get in the back of your throat and misty eyes when you see what these heroes did.  I send out a big salute to the Doolitle Raiders! :salute  Thank you Kermit for the reminder of why I was interested in Aces High in the first place.  It is because of stories like the Doolitle Raiders.

 :salute

Way
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: crazyivan on April 06, 2009, 09:09:26 PM
Hmm only movie  I see in the database is the JG11. Where did you find the movie Way? This thread is a year old after all

 :salute Raiders.
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: waystin2 on April 07, 2009, 06:16:16 AM
Hello Ivan,

Go to the Aces High Movie site.  Click uploads link at the bottom of the page, click the Aces High Movies link, download "TheDoolittleRaiders.zip".  Enjoy! 
Here is the link to start:http://www.aceshighmovies.com/ (http://www.aceshighmovies.com/)

Have a great day,

Way
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Wizer on April 07, 2009, 06:59:36 AM
url wont work for me, just keeps loading page for like 5 hrs
It didn't work for me either.  bummer :frown:
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: AWwrgwy on April 07, 2009, 12:22:29 PM
See if this works:

Right click Save as:

The Doolittle Raiders (http://derstuhl.net/ahmd/uploads/Aces%20High%20Movies/TheDoolittleRaiders.zip)


wrongway
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: zoozoo on April 07, 2009, 03:50:57 PM
It didn't work for me either.  bummer :frown:


I allready saw it 4 times but never saved it  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: Bark0 on April 07, 2009, 05:44:01 PM
What system do i play this on? I tried AHII Film Viewer, Real-player and Windows Media Player. They all came up with Errors.  :salute
Title: Re: LGM Films Proudly Presents..."The Doolittle Raiders"
Post by: moot on April 08, 2009, 08:22:39 AM
Update your codecs.. CCCP, or K-Lite, or some other pack.  Someone else probably knows for sure what the latest and greatest is.