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Title: Never forget April 18
Post by: Kermit de frog on April 18, 2009, 12:18:13 PM
(http://www.lgmfilms.net/aceshigh/TheDoolittleRaidersSS02v1.jpg)
(http://www.lgmfilms.net/aceshigh/TheDoolittleRaidersSS03v1.jpg)

“They are what it’s all about,” he said. “They don’t teach this stuff in school anymore. So it’s really nice to know that some kids still get it.”
http://www.thestate.com/local/story/754040.html (http://www.thestate.com/local/story/754040.html)

Hancock emphasized the importance to recognize and continue the tradition of Bob Gray Day because as a native of Killeen, Gray was an important war hero who deserved proud recognition.
http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=32702 (http://www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=32702)

Lunch with the Doolittle Raiders
http://www.celebratefreedomfoundation.org/doolittleraiders.htm (http://www.celebratefreedomfoundation.org/doolittleraiders.htm)

Two sites dedicated to the Doolittle Raiders:
http://www.doolittleraider.com/ (http://www.doolittleraider.com/)
http://www.doolittletokyoraiders.com/index.html (http://www.doolittletokyoraiders.com/index.html)


Last year, a group effort made this film possible:
4440, A8Nisky, Betty, Blue, Condor00, dtis30, DUGY, HB555, Hibbie2, Kermit, Strip, RDRTrash, WannaB and XSHAUNx.


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


Thank you to Fulmar for hosting movie at his site (http://www.aceshighmovies.com/)
 :salute
Download Here (http://aceshighmovies.com/downloads/ahmovies/TheDoolittleRaiders.zip)
Choose "save file as".
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: StokesAk on April 18, 2009, 12:18:59 PM
 :salute I watched the film that was great.
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Kazaa on April 18, 2009, 12:50:47 PM
Great work Kermit. :aok
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Spikes on April 18, 2009, 12:56:55 PM
<S>
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Steve on April 18, 2009, 04:00:16 PM
From hat I've read, the Chinese paid a massiv eprce for this important mission.

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The Chinese people who helped them, however, paid dearly for sheltering the Americans. The Japanese military began the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Campaign to intimidate the Chinese from helping downed American airmen. The Japanese killed an estimated 250,000 civilians while searching for Doolittle's men.   the Imperial Japanese Army had also spread cholera, typhoid, plague and dysentry pathogens.
   

Ironic that they are now our biggest rival.
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: crazyivan on April 18, 2009, 05:10:01 PM
Quote from: Steve on April 18, 2009, 04:00:16 PM
From hat I've read, the Chinese paid a massiv eprce for this important mission.

Ironic that they are now our biggest rival.
shhshh Steve there listening.. :uhoh   I think its ironic his name was Dolittle, yet he did alot hehe.  :salute Dolittle Raiders

Anyone want to run a B-25 cv mission of some sort tonite Im in. :aok
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: hitech on April 18, 2009, 05:30:05 PM
Very well done.
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: MjTalon on April 18, 2009, 05:32:13 PM
Quote from: hitech on April 18, 2009, 05:30:05 PM
Very well done.

Business Kommandant has spoken!  :O :O :O
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: SKJohn on April 18, 2009, 05:44:59 PM
Brought tears to my eyes . . .  Good job guys, very well done!
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Lye-El on April 18, 2009, 07:00:55 PM
Wow! That was impressive.
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: TwinBoom on April 18, 2009, 07:10:30 PM
Very nice :aok
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Wax on April 19, 2009, 07:40:46 AM
Very nice    :aok
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: ROX on April 19, 2009, 01:30:15 PM
BTW:  The Raiders flew hundreds of miles to Japan to accomplish their mission........NOE.


ROX
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: EskimoJoe on April 19, 2009, 02:04:17 PM
Took me 12+ hours to download, but it was worth it  :aok
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: steely07 on April 19, 2009, 07:55:16 PM
Brilliant work Sir!

Steely
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: TequilaChaser on April 19, 2009, 10:27:20 PM
Most excellent production Kermit and everyone involved.........viewing this on the PC caused me to go and take the best films I have seen made, and convert them to DVD to watch on the bigScreen........just made it that much the better to view......

used Convert XtoDVD.......

simply awesome work  :aok  :salute
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: flatiron1 on April 20, 2009, 04:19:51 AM
excellent
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: mike254 on April 20, 2009, 07:31:14 AM
Absolutely amazing work! Great job  :salute     

Oh by the way, what did you use to record/ edit that?
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: LLogann on April 20, 2009, 01:04:24 PM
Bravo!!!

 :salute
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: BMathis on April 20, 2009, 02:25:57 PM
Quote from: steely07 on April 19, 2009, 07:55:16 PM
Brilliant work Sir!

Steely
Always with this Kermit guy... Thanks for sharing this Dave  :salute
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Kazaa on April 20, 2009, 03:20:52 PM
3rd time I've watched Kermits version of "The Doolittle Raiders" now. It still blows me away, puts a tear in my eye and a lump in my throat! If the American players aren't balling tears then I must be soft! :cry

10/10 Kermit, :salute
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: betty on April 20, 2009, 04:36:06 PM
i have got to say, this was one of the best films i have ever seen. i was glad i could be a part of it. it took many long hours to get the footage so he could make it. my most impressive moment for me during the making of this film was parallel parking a b25 on the CV! and the fact that kermit didn't yell at me ONE time during the making of it either!


it was awsome to watch last year froggy and it was even better the second time around! my daughter wants me to put it on a dvd so she can take it to school with her and show her teachers. she will be taking US history next year in 9th grade.
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: blkmgc on April 20, 2009, 08:39:18 PM
Unbelievably well done!
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Kermit de frog on April 20, 2009, 09:37:11 PM
Thanks Hitech, and all.  We all appreciate the comments.
The most fun I had was during the shooting with the other 13 players.  Lots of creative ideas were said and implemented on the spot.  Really a great group of players that helped make this one.  Lots of good memories from the first night of filming.

Thanks for watching and let's continue the story of the Doolittle Raiders to future generations.
 :salute
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: 1701E on April 21, 2009, 10:08:37 AM
You're not suppose to make a film that brings tears to my eyes.  I'm too soft, was a great film.

              <S>
All those who made it possible.
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Raptor on April 21, 2009, 07:15:53 PM
Quote from: Steve on April 18, 2009, 04:00:16 PM
Ironic that they are now our biggest rival.
Well, we didn't really help the Chinese after the war like we helped Europe and Japan. Before WWII, China was in a fight for control with communism. After the war, the communist side had access to left over weapons and were able to take control.
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Kermit de frog on April 22, 2009, 01:41:06 AM
Quote from: mike254 on April 20, 2009, 07:31:14 AM
Absolutely amazing work! Great job  :salute     

Oh by the way, what did you use to record/ edit that?


Fraps was used to record the footage.
Sony Vegas 5.0 was used to edit the video and sound.


And it is true that the Chinese paid a massive price for hiding and helping the Doolittle Raiders, for those few months that it took for them to reach safety, while the Japanese Army was hunting them down.  That was also a long and very eventful journey that I hope to finish reading about in Jimmy Doolittle's book, "I could never be so lucky again" autobiography.
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: BluTrain on April 22, 2009, 02:56:22 AM
 :aok  :aok

And the Oscar goes to...

Great work Kermit <S>  I enjoyed watching it so much on my 22" PC monitor I copied the movie to my NAS and watched it again on my 37" LCD via the XBOX 360 media extender.
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: skullman on April 22, 2009, 07:59:06 AM
job well done>
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: JimmyC on April 22, 2009, 10:58:42 AM
 :salute to the Brave Men

 :salute to Kermit & Crew   very good job  (I was ignorant to this chapter of history[as a Brit] ty for the knowledge!)

Jimmy
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Shamus on April 22, 2009, 04:00:51 PM
Impressive.
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Denholm on April 22, 2009, 06:59:21 PM
Wow, very nicely pieced together Kermit. I enjoyed how you synchronized every aspect to your music selection. It certainly got the message across.
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Tigger29 on December 25, 2009, 01:36:55 PM
Anyone have an updated link for this?  I can't seem to find it anywhere
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Spikes on December 25, 2009, 02:05:31 PM
http://www.derstuhl.net/ahmd2/downloads/ahmovies/TheDoolittleRaiders.zip
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: Brooke on January 04, 2010, 01:18:31 AM
For those who haven't seen it yet, I thought I'd recommend "30 Seconds Over Tokyo".

Also, I said it above, but it bears mentioning again: great work, Kermit!
Title: Re: Never forget April 18
Post by: 68ZooM on January 04, 2010, 12:42:52 PM
Great Film... :salute