DOGFIGHTS: The Red Baron | Rise Of Flight Short Film 

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“First to the scene, he’s a lethal machine. It’s bloody April and the tide is turning.” I see what you did there

I miss the Dogfights series ; one of the best shows of the old History Channel.

“The quality of the box matters little. Success depends on the man who sits in it.” -Manfred von Richthofen

When I was a young boy I thought he was the real deal...still do. I got to see one of his Folker triplanes in the Museum in Munich in the early 1960s...I just stared at it for what seemed like hours...I will never forget the Red Baron..he was Honorable and truly "the real deal"..RIP Manfred ..Salute!

I actually have to thank Peanuts and Snoopy for making me more interested in WW1 and flight (fun fact, it was actually quite later in his service when Manfred got his “Red Baron” nickname)! And that’s a good thing because aerial combat such an fascinating topic! I always tell people how much of a badass Manfred was, and just how respected he was by his own allies and his adversaries. His skills were unmatched, and he was stealthy, patient, and determined!

I recall reading that Richtofen wasn't considered such a great pilot, but he was an experienced hunter, an excellent shot and particularly good at deflection shooting. All were skills that made him very dangerous.

This is excellent. There were so many stories that were not covered in the fantastic "Dogfights" series. We need more of this!

The Barron himself would be proud of this raw take on him. No overextended hero talk that others have done. Purely his words and flying. Good job chief

And Rictoffen was given an honorable burial by his enemies out of respect to his his amazing history as a pilot.

It’s pretty cool how this can be seen as both a satire and a really strong, honest commemoration to Dogfights. Whatever way you saw the show, this is undoubtably amazing.

Someone call the History Channel about this!

This was very well done, I must say. The use of the Dogfights' soundtrack, Sabaton's "The Red Baron (Soundtrack Version)", and the Der Rote Baron soundtrack, and how they were all edited together. Then there was that intro, which brought nostalgia, and Aiden's narration, Samuel's reading of Manfred's diary, everything was well done. :)

Did anyone else realize he was referencing sabaton’s song the Red Baron

This is amazing. Dogfights was my childhood, and you brought it all back with this amazing film. Thank you sir!

Rise of Flight historical with a great intro and great video that reminded of history channel dogfights.

This was an unbelievable document of one of military history’s greatest heros. Thank you so much

There is another large inaccuracy in this video. Even though there was controversy for many years, regarding who fired the kill shot, it was determined at least 10 years ago (maybe more) that because of the trajectory of the bullet through the chest, that it was the Aussie gunner on the ground who fired that shot. I'm surprised that this recent video doesn't play that out.

I am a U.S. Navy and Army veteran who was a Mechanic on F14 Tomcats, and M1 Abrams Tanks. I now have this small YT channel and love this kind of content. Good Job.

Bro that intro was nostalgia, THIS WHOLE VIDEO IS NOSTALGIC

Exactly this is the Dogfights. It was my favorite series

Amazing! 😃 Manfred would be delighted by this! It was a pleasure to be involved!

Ahhhh love the take on the old show. Loved it when I was a kid

What Dale Earnhardt was to NASCAR, Manfred von Richthofen aka "The Red Baron" was in the skies of WWI. May both Rest In Peace

One thing to remember is that by the time he died, all of his old friends had already died, and one thought is that by the end he really didn’t care if he lived or died, also why it’s thought he broke his rule. Love rise of flight. Nice work

Awesome work Ace!! Can’t wait to see more episodes! Do some more on WWI aces and on The Battle of Britain, New Guinea, Eastern Front, Mediterranean Theatre/Italy, etc.!!

You’ve made my day. And tbh, Rise of Flight will always beat Il-2 Flying Circus. Edit: “And Boeckle was wondering where I had been” I was busy crouch spamming on my first kill. Another Edit: No worries on the inaccuracies. Not every documentary is fully accurate.

Awesome job on this vid The animation was on point Even tho he was our enemy it's a sad story watching him die like that I guess he died doing what he loved and his death prevented more of our guys from dying That's one way to look at it R.I.P. Red Baron and all pilots and soldiers that sacrificed their lives for what they believed in 🙏❤️

0:24 "Man and machine and nothing there in between The flying circus and a man from Prussia The sky and a plane, this man commands his domain The western front and all the way to Russia Death from above, you're under fire Stained red as blood, he's roaming higher Born a soldier from the horseback to the skies That's where the legend will arise And he's flying Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die First to the scene, he is a lethal machine It's bloody April and the tide is turning Fire at will, it is the thrill of the kill Four in a day shot down with engines burning Embrace the fame, red squadron leader Call out his name: "Rote Kampfflieger" In the game to win, a gambler rolls the dice Eighty allies paid the price And he's flying Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die Higher Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast, again, he's flying too high He's flying higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die Higher Born a soldier from the horseback to the skies And the legend never dies And he's flying And he's flying And he's flying Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die Higher, the king of the sky He's flying too fast and he's flying too high Higher, an eye for an eye The legend will never die"

"Flying too fast and he's flying too high" Wait a minute

Its really nice to see the ROF community is still here, I've only been playing for about 1.5 years (MamaShrekDing) but everyone is great---and btw great vid!!!!!

I raise a drink to Manfred. May we one day fly together.

This is an amazingly well choreographed presentation. It is a refreshing new take on the Baron as opposed to all of the recycled ones that present the same material with standard images. The in-cockpit views were especially effective. Well done...

Great video, but I was a little disappointed that the Red Baron's fights with the WWI Flying Ace "Snoopy" weren't mentioned. I guess those fights where more significant to Snoopy than to the Red Baron. 😉😄 j/k, of course. I've always been extremely fascinated about the Red Baron since I was a kid, and that fascination truly did originate from the fictional stories told through Snoopy via Charles Schulz. I never knew about the Red Baron getting his first unofficial kill as an observer. Thanks for that.

This is far better than Dogfights. Half of that show was commercial breaks and recaps. 30 minutes to learn 5 minutes worth of information.

Brings back great memories. It would be nice if History Channel brought back Dogfights with upgarded graphics.

Beautiful recreation of the show

Awesome job! This was amazing! I can forgive any historical inaccuracies in this film. The people who made the original Dogfights series would be proud.

History channel: *stops* *making* *Dogfights* Ace Rawlings: "Fine. I'll do it myself."

Wow! This was a great presentation. We actually are able to hear the thoughts of the pilot. I would think he also suffered from PTSD after being wounded. But he also says if the men in the trenches are fighting,I am also going to fight. Still the best known fighter ace of any age. He flew the most advanced aircraft of the time. No doubt he would be able to fly a jet aircraft. Curse you Red Baron!

Hats off to the Sabaton "Red Baron" citation at 11:10

At 11:11, the narrator perfectly says a verse from Sabaton's Red Baron. Was that a common saying regarding Van Rictofen? Edit, haha! It's no coincidence! This was a wonderful video!

One of the best of the best. Airmen/Dogfighters ever

This might be late but thank you my month is made and nostalgia peaked I miss this show so much

A true historian, excellent job. Unbiased and truthful. Thanks 🙏🏻 from Iran 🇮🇷

That was a captivating 25 minutes of superb graphics and narration. Well done!

The guy was so expert that he calculated before his death the trajectory so that the plane would remain intact

A very well done work, sir! Your use of Rise of Flight is impressive, AND Manfred's diary, and the above-mentioned inaccuracies are forgivable. And also Sabaton. Nice insert. You made it work.

Absolutely love these videos! great work, please keep 'em coming!!!

God please return to this series!

If I remember right. The British & French returned The Red Barons body with full military honors. He was brought down by ground fire. I remember a show that they tried to name the soldier that fired the shot. He was a awesome pilot of his day.

Excellent video - visuals, sound and narration!! Thank you!

Very good stuff! It looked and sounded professional, both the cinematography and the editing.

Had to watch this again.... Awesome video, commentary and Music!

Great work. Absolutely amazing, emotional, dynamic and well done!

My good sir I hope u will make more of this sort video cuz it is so amazing and I would love to see more and so would others. Keep up the good work and relive the dogfight

He really went out in a blaze of glory.. Wings made me a fan of this genre both the movie and the game..

Omg! Dogfights was my favourite show in history channel! It's awesome you made this!!!

Excellent Job!!!! I miss videos like this.

How did I not discover this earlier?? Brilliant video. Thank you so much for this!

Perhaps not the most acrobatic pilot, but very much a natural all the same, particularly at shooting. Well done finding the correct Dogfight BMI soundtrack from Spirits Production Music (I found it years ago, hard to get as it wasn't listed as dogfight soundtrack, had to literally listen to ALL their music). Also well done using the somewhat aged RoF engine, they've adding more planes and modules of Flying Circus to IL2 Great Battles too so hopefully that becomes a viable alternative!

Great video and commentary. Thank you.

One of the better ones for sure. The Albatross D-III looks really good in red. Nice detailed aircraft close-ups too.

Such a well made documentary! Good show.

This was fantastically done. Keep.up.the great work

Well done! Thank you for making this film.

Excellent job on the Doc! Enjoyed it very much!

Better than the original series from History Channel. Well done!!! ❤️

Excellent research into this fascinating Ace. Had to subscribe.

Wonderful documentary. Love the use of the sabaton track in this film.

Dude thank u sooo much for this, I looooved dogfights on the history channel

Oh my god, I loved this, I can only hope you do more

I love how this is the style of the History Channel Dogfight series! Great job.

sucha well done tribute. kudos 1000X and thank you 10,000X

The Dogfight series relived! Awesome. Please make all the series. Also the Vietnam and six day wars.

One of my heroes as a kid!

This video is good! I really felt sadness in my heart when you presented his demise

ahhhh dogfights history channel modernized, i love this

I never knew he safely landed out before he died. I'm still glad he was taken out but jeez. Respect.

I thought this was real at first you got the commentary spot on!! If I’m being honest this is better than the actual show

Nice short history of Richtofen. Excellent animation as planes look accurate. It is easy to romanticise these men and airplanes and perhaps that is the best way to frame them but it was a grisly business of seeing terrifying death and for many ultimately dying in flames and/or collisions. Earlier in his flying career, Richtofen enjoyed examining the wreckage and bodies of dead pilots he brought down like the hunter scrutinizing the deer he just shot. Rather morbidly detached you might say. He may have given up that routine after his near death encounter later. All the airmen of that war were exceedingly brave though.

wow the ending gave me chills! nice work man

💀..DAMN !! Really GREAT Presentation 👏 .Left quite an impression..Bangin' JOB, dudes..!!! ✌️😉

Excellent presentation, thank you!

not even two minutes in and im loving it. AMAZING JOB!!!!!!!

Excellent documentary!

Take that History Channel !! The resurrection of Dogfights has been commenced ❤ Opening titles and theme brought me back to my childhood 😊

Terrific graphics and story telling!

The animations in these are superb, it helps tell the story as it was.👍🏻

Thank you for the great animation and accuracy! Very wonderful video indeed...

Love this documentary it was well produced .

awesome video...great job. 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Amazingly impressive animations. Very interesting to watch too.

I approve of this documentary film.

Really nice film. Took me back when I used to watch Dogfights as a kid... you really captured the style of the show. Also 23:50, René Fonck: "Am I a joke to you?"

Great job! Very entertaining to watch

Very nice. The only objection I have is the statement about controversy over who shot him down. That has actually been proven. By using forensic analysis it has been proven that it was the ground gunner that killed him. Other than that, very well done documentary and thank you for actually mentioning his difficulties in his solos. Everyone else seems to forget about that.

POV: Youre watching an old History Channel Documentary that you found in the back of your grandfather's dvd rack.

Extraordinary video. Really outstanding

My first historical rabbit hole I went down was researching Richthofen. He was an excellent small game hunter. His deflection skill was perfect. Plus he had fantastic fire control. He would hold off shooting until he was very close.