The War DVD cover.
TV Series (2006)
Directors:
Ken Burns
Lynn Novick
A series focusing on the many ways in which the Second World War impacted the lives of American families.
Please note this page is based on the European version, which is made of a 14 parts serie (14 x 52 mn). The original US one has only seven (7 x 90 mn).
Episode One[]
A Necessary War
Douglas A-20J[]
Stock of glass noses for Douglas A-20J.
Aichi E13A1[]
Nicknamed Jake.
Relief of a sunk Aichi E13A1, named Jake by the allies.
Relief of a sunk Aichi E13A1, named Jake by the allies.
Nakajima B5N[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Nakajima B5N
Archive footage of the take-off of the B5N ready to attack Pearl Harbor.
Consolidated PBY Catalina[]
Same shot in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Consolidated PBY Catalina after the air assault on Pearl Harbor.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Biplane in the foreground is probably an old Douglas BT-2 for instructional use. Despite out of service in 1941, several planes were still used for the instruction of mechanics.
With a Douglas B-23 Dragon hidden by the smoke.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
A Japanese aircraft pulling up, probably a Aichi D3A Val or a Nakajima B5N.
Vought OS2U Kingfisher & Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull[]
Both are in the background; in the center for the Vought and on the right of the picture for the Curtiss.
Picture seen too in an issue of National Geographic used in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2009) short movie.
Consolidated PBY Catalina, Vought OS2U Kingfisher & Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull after the attack of the 7th December 1941.
Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress[]
One of the Fortress destroyed during the Pearl Harbor raid.
Boeing B-17C USAAF (United States Army Air Forces) s/n 40-2074 at Hickam Field, (same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft).
Boeing B-17C s/n 40-2074.
Boeing B-17C
Savoia Marchetti SM.79[]
Nicknamed Sparviero.
To explain how the War clashes, the Spanish Civil War is evocated.
SM.79 Sparviero wearing the color of the Nationalist.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Still to illustrate the civil war held between 1936 and 1939, a dogfight between two unidentified aircraft.
Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka[]
What seems to be a scene from a German propaganda movie (perhaps Stuka !).
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
As the narrator speaks about the Battle of Britain, an unknown aircraft tracked by spots.
Mitsubishi Ki-1-II Army Type 93-2[]
Mitsubishi Ki-1-II Army Type 93-2
Kawasaki Ki-3[]
Kawasaki Ki-3
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Japanese air parade.
Kawanishi H6K[]
Kawanishi H6K named Mavis by the allies.
Mitsubishi A6M Zero[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Mitsubishi Ki-51[]
Mitsubishi Ki-51 Type 99 Attacker or Sonia for the allies.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning[]
the wreck of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
Nakajima Ki-27 []
Probably Nakajima Ki-27.
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk[]
A Curtiss P-40 chasing a Mitsubishi A6M.
Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate[]
Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate, alias Franck in the Allied reporting name.
Douglas TBD Devastator[]
Should be USAF Seversky P-35 but the longer engine's cowling makes think to the Douglas Devastator.
Episode Two[]
A Very Fearful Time
Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka[]
Same footage seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Not from a He 111, B-26, B-24
Heinkel He 111 G[]
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Heinkel 111 G -or a later version- dropping bombs.
Curtiss-Wright C-46A Commando[]
Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless[]
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress[]
Douglas TBD Devastator[]
Grumman F4F Wildcat[]
A Wildcat under the snow, probably during a war bond campaign.
Episode Three[]
The Worst Is Yet To Come (uncompleted analysis)
Mitsubishi A6M Zero[]
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Grumman F6F Hellcat[]
Grumman F4F Wildcat[]
Wildcats banking.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning[]
a pair of Lockheed P-38 Lightning.
a Lockheed P-38 Lightning dropping two bombs.
Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka[]
Messerschmitt Me 210[]
North American B-25 C Mitchell[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Supermarine Spitfire V[]
A Spitfire V with the specific Tropical filter.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Boxes of allied twin engine bombers taking off.
Douglas DB-7 Boston[]
A RAF Boston.
Douglas A-20 Havoc[]
A USAAF Havoc.
Consolidated B-24 Liberator[]
Assembly line of the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 which powered the B-24.
Episode Four[]
When Things Get Tough
Consolidated B-24 Liberator[]
Assembly line of the B-24.
Assembly line of the B-24.
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress[]
Yo-yo 'It Always comes Back' a B-17 F (42-30375) of the 365th BS / 305th BG(H)
Short S.29 Stirling[]
Short S.29 Stirling of the RAF.
Short S.29 Stirling of the RAF.
Avro Lancaster[]
A Lancaster of the Royal Air Force with the underbelly H2S radar.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E[]
Bf 109 E
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G[]
Messerschmitt Bf 109 F or G.
Bf 109 G
Bf 109 G6/R2
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt[]
Focke-Wulfe Fw 190 A[]
Messerschmitt Bf 110[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
The pilot of a Bf 110 photographed by his navigator.
Douglas A-20 Havoc[]
A picture probably taken in the same place than this seen in the first episode.
various aircrafts[]
From left to right, a Bell P-39 Airacobra , a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, a North American B-25 Mitchell ? and a Curtiss-Wright C-46A Commando.
and now, we can see a Curtiss-Wright C-46A Commando, a Lockheed P-38 Lightning and a Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
Barrage balloon[]
A small barrage balloon during a war bond collect.
Fieseler Fi 156 C-3 Storch []
Mussolini boarding the Fieseler Fi 156C-3/Trop, W.Nr.1268, SJ + LL
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Fieseler Fi 156C-3/Trop, SJ + LL, taking off from the Gran Sasso.
Junkers Ju 52/3m[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Mussolini unboarding from a Junkers Ju 52/3m on 15th september 1943.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Perhaps A-36 Apache
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vc[]
MX*P, a Spitfire Mk Vc from 307th FS, 31st FG.
Episode Five[]
A Helluva War
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Probably a japanese aircraft to illustrate fightings in Tarawa.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
A USN ship fires its AAA towards a japanese aircraft.
Episode Six[]
A deadly Calling
Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka[]
North American B-25C/D Mitchell[]
North American T-6 Texan []
Republic P-47B Thunderbolt[]
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt[]
P-47D of 65th FS,57th FG based at Alto, Corsica.
P-47D-15, march 1944.
Republic P-47N Thunderbolt[]
P-47N s/n 44-88335.
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G[]
Focke-Wulfe Fw 190 A[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Probably a plane from the PT (Primary Training) category.
Bellanca J-3-500[]
Same footage of the accident of marquis De Pinedo on the 3rd of September 1933 with his Bellanca J-3-500 "Santa Lucia". Seen too in Sous le signe du taureau; look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
The picture is mirror-like inverted.
Bellanca J-3-500 Santa Lucia (r/n 13199).
Consolidated B-24 Liberator[]
Martin Baltimore[]
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress[]
Episode Seven[]
Pride Of Our Nation
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Baloons over a harbor where ships are uploaded for the forecoming D Day.
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress[]
B-17F of 303rd BG, baptised Hell's angels, s/n 41-24577.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress[]
Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I[]
Line up of Airspeed Horsa the day before D-Day.
Airspeed Horsa tug by Douglas C-47.
Horsa crashed at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, killing eight soldiers of the 82nd Airborne HQ.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning[]
Grumman TBF Avenger[]
Republic P-47B/C Thunderbolt & North American P-51 B/C Mustang[]
North American P-51 B/C Mustang[]
Douglas C-47 Skytrain[]
Waco CG-4A[]
Martin B-26 Marauder []
The following scene seen in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
This footage is used also in Faces of Death.
Hawker Typhoon[]
Consolidated B-24J Liberator[]
Short S.29 Stirling[]
Short Stirling tugging a Airspeed Horsa.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
During Overlord, some L-4, L-5 and a handfull of Auster were bring into the beaches on '1 1/2 tons' trucks with the dismantled wings put along the fuselage.
Episode Eight[]
A Volunteer Basis
Republic P-47C Thunderbolt[]
A picture which shall be better seen in Episode 14.
Heinkel He 45[]
Gun camera during straffing of what seems to be Heinkel He 45 used for primary training or night harassment missions.
Hawker Typhoon[]
Douglas C-47 Skytrain[]
Same aircraft at landing, in front of a barrage balloons.
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver[]
First screenshot in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Grumman F6F Hellcat[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
One of the most famous crash landing occured to this Hellcat.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
What could be a Kawanishi N1K2.
Mitsubishi A6M Zero[]
These same footages are already seen in Flying Leathernecks.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
A japanese twin engine aircraft. Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Same shot seen in Tokyo File 212.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Another Kamikaze.
Nakajima B6N Tenzan[]
Archive footage seen in other movies; look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
The same aircraft is seen too in Flying Leathernecks.
North American P-51 B/C Mustang[]
Messerschmitt Bf 109 G[]
A Gustav variant with the R2 set (underwing gondola for 20mm canon).
Consolidated B-24 Liberator[]
Stream of Liberators.
Martin B-26 Marauder []
Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I[]
Douglas SBD Dauntless[]
Episode Nine[]
FUBAR
Vought OS2U Kingfisher & Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull & Consolidated PBY Catalina[]
Ford airfield after the raid of 7th december 1941.
Waco CG-4A[]
Hadrian in two rows, bordered by C-47.
Consolidated B-24 Liberator[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk[]
Movie poster of Flying Tigers, as the War is too a matter of spirit and moral.
Mitsubishi Ki-21-II[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Mitsubishi Ki-21-II named Sally by the Allies, a footage already used in The Fighting Seabees.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Probably a Nakajima B6N.
The same footage seen in episode 8, this time in full color.
Nakajima Ki-44[]
The same aircraft is seen too in Flying Leathernecks.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
The first landing in at Iwo Jima : a TBF or F6F ?
Douglas C-47 Skytrain[]
Hawker Tempest V[]
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.41 Albemarle[]
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle.
Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle ready the night of 5 to 6 june 1944.
Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I[]
a Horsa at start, tug by an Albermale.
Episode Ten[]
Life's accidents
Unidentified Aircraft[]
In the center, a P-47 or a A-36 Apache is firing HVAR (High Velocity Air Rocket) and the two fumes reveal its position, slighty at the right of his leader.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
A gun camera during a straffing with Bf 109 or Ju 88 under the fire.
Focke-Wulfe Fw 190 A[]
Fw 190A set on fire during a swept.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
A japanese twin engine aircraft. Look at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Same attack seen at episode 8, 22mn50.
Republic P-47 D Thunderbolt[]
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka[]
A late version -D or G- Ju 87 is under heavy fire.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
American boys and their flying models; some have familiar lines, common to real airplanes.
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt[]
The bubble version.
Accident involving two Thunderbolt.
LTT Q. Aanenson crash landed this P-47 before flying this seen in episode 8 & 14.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain[]
This Skytrain has lost its right leg.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress[]
B-17G s/n 42-38056 of 751st BS, 457th BG, Queen Bea, was set on fire after a collision on june 22nd 1944.
Episode Eleven[]
The Ghost Front
Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka[]
Douglas C-47 Skytrain[]
Episode Twelve[]
Terrible choices
Ilyushin Il-2M3 Sturmovik[]
Consolidated B-24 J Liberator[]
B-24J s/n 44-40737 of 739 BS / 454 BG / 304BW
Grumman F6F Hellcat[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Pilots going to their Hellcats.
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver[]
Grumman TBF Avenger[]
These TBF are follow probably by Douglas SBD Dauntless.
Douglas VC-54C Skymaster[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Yalta : Roosevelt come in with 'Sacred Cow', the single VC-54C Skymaster, s/n 42-107451.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning[]
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress[]
Avro Lancaster BI Special[]
One of the 32 Lancaster B I Special using a Talboy bomb, the biggest one of the war.
North American B-25C/D Mitchell II[]
Boeing B-29-45-MO Superfortress[]
Mitsubishi A6M Zero[]
Vought F4U-1D Corsair[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Take off with RATO for this F4U Corsair.
Episode Thirteen[]
A Long, Tough Road
Aichi B7A2[]
The same aircraft is seen too in Flying Leathernecks.
Aichi E13A1[]
Boeing B-29 Superfortress[]
Shot taken from the movie : The Last Bomb (1945).
B-29 of the 9th BG.
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver[]
Douglas SBD-1 Dauntless[]
Grumman F6F Hellcat[]
Grumman TBF Avenger[]
Ilyushin Il-2M3 Sturmovik[]
Mitsubishi A6M Zero[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Several kamikaze aboard unidentified aircrafts.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Same footage in Flying Leathernecks (Various Japanese Aircrafts section).
Nakajima J1N1[]
Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
The nearest model has a liquid cooled engine, representing the single aircraft of this kind in the Pacific area, the Ki-61.
Mitsubishi A5M []
Mitsubishi G4M []
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Look at Flying Leathernecks to see this footage in color.
Nakajima Ki-27 []
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Several types seen during a flypast.
Vought F4U-1D Corsair[]
Yokosuka D4Y Suisei[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Picture to illustrate the result of the kamikaze attack which hit the Yorktown. The wing of a unspecified aircraft is seen on the left.
Episode Fourteen[]
A World Without War
Boeing B-29-45-MO Superfortress[]
B-29 of 509th Composite Group, 309 BS.
B-29 of 58th BW, 509th CG.
Enola Gay : look at Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Loading of Little Boy, the first atomic bomb, on Enola Gay, B-29-45-MO, s/n 44-86292.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Two japanese kamikaze.
Grumman TBF Avenger[]
Grumman TBF.
A TBF with its bomb bay open.
Lockheed P-38 Lightning[]
Vought F4U-1D Corsair[]
Republic P-47D Thunderbolt[]
P-47 flown by Capt. Quentin Aanenson; already and quickly seen in Episode 8
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