We found an incredible LOST GUN CAMERA FILM showing air to air COMBAT in WWII ! 

This took my breath away. Olger is my Grandpa’s brother. He has always been remembered in our large extended family. My son wrote a report on his Great Great Uncle Olger a few years ago for school. Our last name is pronounced “all”, as in “all of us”. The Belgium Historical Society, where the memorial is located, contacted my Uncle regarding this video. He has been working with them for several years. My Uncle has since shared this footage with his siblings, and my Dad just shared with his kids. This is tremendously appreciated by “Aal of us”. In the most sincerest heartfelt gratitude, thank you so VERY much for the special work you are doing!

Your organization deserves a national endowment for helping to preserve history!

I used to not like Periscope Films because I didn’t understand Periscope Films. Now I love Periscope Films.

My late father passed when I was just 4 years old. A British national, he served in the South African army during WW2. I have his service record from enlistment to de-mob. Would loved to have spoken with him about his service in East and North Africa, but all that knowledge is gone forever. You guys do a great job!

Astounding that even after all these years, all these decades, we're STILL piecing together artifacts, unsung heros, and technology from WWII.

If you're here, I assume the study of history is a passion of yours. As such, I doubt the significance of this find is lost on you. After nearly a century of documentation, how many more incredible relics like this are still out there? I feel genuinely honoured to be one of the first people in decades, possibly ever to actually watch this treasure. Thank you and thanks to anyone who has supported this channel to enable events like this

Very cool! As a Norwegian, I recognized that surname immediately (Aal). It's pronounced "Ohh-l" (Like in the word "oh", but without the "H"). Lot's of Norwegians who emigrated to USA settled in North/South Dakota, Minnesota etc. In Norway, we'd write his first name "Holger". His last name basically means "chute" (as a chute in a river). Thanks for sharing!

That's amazing. Digging that old crate out of the archives was like a scene from Indiana Jones.

Thank you so much for not only treating these pieces of history with the proper care and respect they deserve but also for finding the personal stories involved in these. History isn't just events or pictures, it's people and I think today you showed how important it is to remember who the people behind the cameras are. I wish you the best in finding his family and hope that it reaches them someday. Heirlooms like that are precious to those with family who were in the War and it being treated with the respect it deserves is truly touching. Thank you for loving and preserving history, not just the film footage but the people involved as well. Any loss of history feels like a personal tragedy to me so I can only emphasize how much your project gives me some positive hope that the future regains the context of the past. Godspeed guys, your work and passion is inspiring

Lt. Quentin Aanenson flew the P-47 Thunderbolt for the U.S. Army Air Force in Europe after the invasion. He was profiled in Ken Burns's documentary of WW II. Many years later, he and his family produced a DVD of his war experience titled "A Fighter Pilot's Story." I purchased a copy. While I haven't watched it recently, I recall him saying during the documentary that much of his gun camera footage had been lost. Perhaps you have found some of his film. The DVD was produced in association with WETA-TV, Wasington D.C. The jacket states that it was produced and written by Quentin C. Aanenson, P.O. Box 30402, Bethesda, MD 20824. I think he passed away some years ago, but his family was still offering the DVD for purchase.

Thats why I watch anything on the 8th air force from WW 2 ,IN HOPES OF SEEING MY GRANDFATHER,thanks guys

Remember if you don't know history you will repeat history

Legends, you guys are true legends. We must preserve and share this history on film with the youth. Maybe just maybe seeing our past can save our future as a species

I have a relative that flew the P-47 for the 362nd FG. I have their unit history book.

I shared this with my friends in North Dakota.

Wow imagine being a relative of this fellow. Didn't expect this to be so affecting

Grandpa flew in WWI and WWII. He had some reels of file that he came home with. One reel that I really enjoyed was fill with P51 camera clips. So I took the 16 mm projector, the real of film and a few more and the World War III Belle, and Howell screen to science class in high school back in the 70’s. Well, I left all the equipment and that reel there overnight for a second showing, and the real went missing. I was devastated and my parents were really really ticked off at me. There were more than a few ME 262 shoot downs, along with impossible explosions that the aircraft went through and obviously made it because they got the film back. Those young men went through treetops shrapnel, gunfire, and pieces of ME 109’s to get the job done. 22 years later when my classmate and thief grew up and came to his senses, he/she anonymously, sent the real back to where I was living in the same town. However, the World War II 16 mm type was destroyed as it did almost turned to dust. The rest of the rules we had sent to the Smithsonian still in the 70s to make sure that the footage was preserved. Another famous reel that I really liked was some footage that my grandfather took in 1945 when he was flying around Mount Fuji after the armistice was signed. (he and his team are on the Missouri to film the signing by the way.) 41 years later, I found myself looking at the cockpit window at Mount Fuji and realized I was in the exact same spot. My grandfather had been.

You guys are doing a great service in preserving history. Thanks for all your hard work🙏

The picture in that book shelf to the left of the gentleman that is seated is General Chuck Yeager and Jackie Cochran. During that time she was attempting to break some speed records. And when that particular photo was taken, she was bitching about the heat, and Yeager was telling her to suck it up! That footage you found, that is priceless now. What a find, thanks!

That’s my grandpa’s brother! Thanks for uncovering this!

Thanks!

My autistic son absolutely loves your video on the big boy steam engine. Thanks for saving these videos.

My father armed and fueled P-51 Mustangs in Italy in WWII. He was in the 307th Squadron of the 31st Fighter Group. They would watch gun camera footage in a big tent at night. He recounted many dogfights to me with graphic detail. During this time, my dad was 19 and 20 years old, and most of the pilots were 21 to 25. They were indeed the greatest American generation up to this point.

Cheers periscope films from the philippines!...old films are gold compared to todays pretty low quality contents. Appreciate your digitizing those treasures.

Periscope Films is doing a outstanding job bringing history like this back

WE LOVE YOUR FILMS! Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for preservation of these films.

What a great service to History...! Well done you guys...! Cheers.

I hope you find the NASA tapes too!! With trajectory data on included 😂🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂

This is so important. Thank you. Thank you all for helping them.

Your channel has some amazing historical videos, but seeing this adds context to what you guys actually do to obtain and publish these videos on your channel.

I really appreciate what you folks are doing in trying to preserve the history from these films. I hope you're able to connect with the family of Lt. Aal.

Seeing the tech mount up the film reel took me back to my projectionist days. You people are doing great work!

Truely amazing what you gentlemen are doing. I’m an Australian (living in Sydney, Australia) and I’ve been a fan of yours for a longtime… Didn’t realise how far you went with your ‘duty’.. Awe inspiring… Congratulations Christopher

It`s time to pay tribute to all staff of Periscope Films, such a great, magnificent Organisation because their unvaluable and priceless job, bringing back all those footages coming from on board fighter planes in World War II, amog many other topics in the modern development of society since mid 20th Century, as well. A true commitment of labor and love for the history. Cheers, guys!!!. a salute and thank you, from Bogota, Colombia, South America.

You guys deserve to have a show on the history channel ! thanks for what you do!

Thanks much for this behind-the-scenes of how you guys do your work. I really appreciate it and it's nice to put faces to the channel.

I have always enjoyed your films. Thanks for preserving all of this valuable footage.

Wow !!! can’t wait to see

I am so glad to have come across this particular video. I have been a fan of Periscope Film for many years now but I did not know what the organization was all about. I now have a much better understanding of how these historically significant visual tales have come to be. I started out by watching many of Periscope Film's postings of 1940's and 50's Indianapolis 500 videos. I was of the impression that Periscope Film was an archive of the United States Government. But, now I've an even better appreciation of your company knowing that, instead this is a private enterprise. I am very impressed with the work you guys do. Thank You! Tim DOB 8-6-1952

Just want to say that what you guys are doing(especially with this particular film) is not only Awesome, but extremely pertinent here between Memorial day & the 4th. Thank you for making the time to do/share this!!

You folks are doing outstanding work! Hopefully his family will be located and you can share this with them. Well done!

Thanks for what you guys do.

What great work you guys do.

In the late 1970's I lived in New York City. There was a below-ground "jumble" shop in SoHo which was FILLED with hundreds of films. They were in ancient looking metal and fiber reel boxes, many with straps and buckles, stacked on the floor and walls, all the way to the ceiling. Some were huge... large diameter, and obviously 35mm. But there were many 16mm films, too. I don't recall what any of the labels were that I could see. I always wondered what happened to these. I imagine that they probably got trashed somewhere after the shop closed.

Amazing work you do

The Aal family is probably in Fargo and West Fargo, ND. The family used to be in Williston. Go on lien. The current surnamed ones would be grandchildren.

I'd like to say thank you guys for what you have done..

I watch your videos as often as I can and I am subscribed to your Channel

Excellent, thanks for posting this!

Great work! Thank you. Hopefully you can locate the family.

This is awesome!

Thanks for preserving these historical films,.

INCREDIBLE STUFF!! Excellent work, Peri, as usual !!!!!!!

thank you for doing what you do...Gods Blessings upon you...

Thank you! I’m another member of the Aal family. Olger was my grandfather’s brother. We’re excited to see this. You guys are amazing 🙏💫

Truly the coolest !!!!

I passed this on to a friend who is from Williston.

Really cool guys I hope you find his relatives carrying on 😀🇨🇦

You are doing some wonderful stuff.

You guys are the real deal

Amazing.I CANT FIND THE WORDS GUYS.😊😊😊

Just Awesome !!

Great work!

I'm looking forward to this rare find.🙂👍

New history loving subscriber here from Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺

Thank you Guys👍👌

Wow, what incredible footage, I never knew there were gun cameras back then.

🙏🇺🇸RIP, Hero and I most respectfully Salute you🇺🇸🙏

Great video...👍

Your organization deserves to run the films backwards.

Way to go guys this is real, real cool!

It's neat to see the people doing the work!

Thank you!❤

I understand. Thank you for your answer. Good luck with your channel. Kind regards Newt

After many years, I love this particular video. Please branch off to making these kinds of videos. You all did a terrific job.

I just subscribed , great work . Wish i could see thing from my Dad time in the war .

Well done boys!

Outstanding 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Weird to be watching something on thus channel that isn't from >50 years ago!❤

That was very cool.

1:19 For those unfamiliar with WW2 gun camera footage, those cameras are pointing fore and aft in this cockpit of a P47 Thunderbolt. These were not the normal camera setup. This was specifically done to get footage for a documentary shot in 1944 called of all things, THUNDERBOLT. You can watch it right here on Periscope Films: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kR6lWSIWUOA.htmlsi=zEACL4mikCci1wMX

It's marvelous for history of ww2.👍

You guys are. Great

Cheers lads... keep it up

Would like to see more videos like this

I have some prewar and up until the early 1960’s 16mm Kodachrome films . It was neat to see this time span in high quality color .

Hope you find the Aal family, I think they would love to see it.

You guys are seriousely awsome. I hope one day you get the second angle from the grassy knoll.

Incredible task. Well Done Gentlemen.

On behalf of posterity, thanks guys.

I have only started watching this , and had to stop at the point where one of your guys showed the camera . It has been some years now , but I used to help out with the Museum of Communication , here in Scotland , and we had a Vinten ( best known for making tripods and heads ) 16mm machine gun camera , which would have been fitted in the wing of a Spitfire , or other aircraft , in place of one of the machine guns , and activated by the same linkage that fired the other machine guns . We never had any footage from any of these cameras , but it is my understanding they were activated along with the machine guns . The camera will still , most likely , be in the museum's collection , but I moved house and have not been connected with them in some 25 years or so . I sincerely hope you manage to get the footage to Pilot officer AAl's family , and if you have found the memorial , you have perhaps found a grave where he now lies ?

This was so amazing to watch and also very moving My father-in-law was in WWII In what was then the Army Air Corps He joined at 17 and was a little guy and he could get inside the engines of planes that had stopped on the Pacific Islands for repairs 😉

Love and light from Liverpool 👏📚☘️🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧⚽️🗞️

Hell yeah

Fantastic 😍

This native North Dakotan says thank you.

Amazing

Beyond the fascinating story of this fighter pilot - consider the TREMENDOUS undertaking of the United States in WWII...! Not just the mobilization of 16 million men and women - the thousands of factories turning outtens of thousands of airplanes, ships, tanks and other war material for two theaters of war - Europe and Pacific - but they even got down to the smallest details like putting film cameras in fighter planes to get timely intelligence on the enemy - as timely as film was back then! Today it would be easy peasy and almost instantaneous!

I have a 16mm film I need to send in, it’s someone’s holiday to Malaya in 1948.