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Drama written in flames and told with the staccato of canon-fire!

The brother of missing activist Jonas Burgos bares in this documentary the untold stories behind the confidential leads, damning evidence, and why the disappearance of his brother remains a relevant case today.

Crew members of the American B-17 Flying Fortress bomber where hit in 1944 during an operation above enemy territory,and the closest airport where they could safely land was on the island of Vis in Croatia. But because of the severe damage to the aircraft it fell in the sea near the island of Vis. Pilot Emerson and the gunner Sterling survived the crash After 60 years Emerson and Sterling return to see the what was left of the plane they where in that night.

The New Air Force One: Flying Fortress follows the new presidential aircraft's creation, diving into how it transformed into a top-secret command center.

The in-depth study of history's greatest combat bomber. Baptized in the aerial battlefields over Europe and Asia the immortal B-17 re-wrote the strategies of WWII. Exciting new footage from the prototype rollouts to the hell of combat, here is the definitive work, a video masterpiece, about the most battle-honored bomber in history.

Baptized in the aerial battlefields over Europe and Asia the immortal B-17 rewrote the strategies of WWII. Superb footage from the hell of battle, this video salutes the most battled-honored bomber in history.

Training film demonstrating safe and proper procedure for towing, mooring, and jacking the B-17 bomber.

The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress is a four-engined heavy bomber developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC). Competing against Douglas and Martin for a contract to build 200 bombers, the Boeing entry (prototype Model 299/XB-17) outperformed both competitors and exceeded the Air Corps' performance specifications. Although Boeing lost the contract (to the Douglas B-18 Bolo) because the prototype crashed, the Air Corps ordered 13 more B-17s for further evaluation. From its introduction in 1938, the B-17 Flying Fortress evolved through numerous design advances, becoming the third-most produced bomber of all time, behind the four-engined Consolidated B-24 Liberator and the multirole, twin-engined Junkers Ju 88.

When the commander of the crew of a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber is killed in action in a raid over Sicily in 1943, his replacement, a young, naive pilot struggles to be accepted by the plane's already tight-knit Irish American crew.

This WW2 documentary centers on the crew of the American B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle as it prepares to execute a strategic bombing raid on Nazi submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

A WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters an evil presence on board the flight.

The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Bremen.

A meditation on youth, war and stunning bravery, featuring footage, taken from the National Archives, from the documentary filmed in 1943 by legendary Hollywood director William Wyler about the famous Memphis Belle flying fortress and the gripping narration from some of the last surviving B-17 pilots.