Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines

[LordZaamus]

4:19 priceless!

[typhoon353]

Accurately describes the present state of the European economy.

[Feelinxxx]

2:35 the german beatbox marsch !!!!!!!!

[Hotraider]

ooohhh the ENDLESS!! mayhem

[SwampDaddy7]

What we have here is a classic case of total Baloonacy!

[themysteriouscrumpet]

I attribute the failure of Germany in the First World War to the unwise combination of balloon aircraft and pickelhaubes, as demonstrated here

[nervchemnitz]

4:09 classic French dialogue at its finest: "Ooh la? Oooh la la!"

[bournemouth1964]

So much for European intergration. What a classic! Zere is nothing a German officer can't do!

[vstrom0815]

Die Briten hatten Sir Peter Ustinov und wir Gert Fröbe . Beide für sich Einmalig .

Schade das sie nicht mehr sind .

[EvilKorbinDallas]

hahahahahaha NEIN NEIN !!!!

[thermotheo]

is there a full version of this anywhere?

[jasonglidden1966]

@thermotheo

Yes just go to ebay and order the dvd :)

[AssualtgruppeVeir]

@jasonglidden1966 I have the VHS of it. You can't get old school than that

[kittohau]

ha this was uploaded on my birthday! LOL!

[IceFritzLanger]

lol, sabotage =)

[YDDES]

The Demoiselle (French), Antoinette (British "hero"), Avro (British "bad guy"), Eardley-Billing (German), and Bristol Boxkite (American) were all airworthy replicas built especially for the movie. The Italian plane was also a replica, but loaned. Several non-flying replicas were also used. Plus a couple of real old aeroplanes.

[xgregg]

Correction: Demoiselle was built by Alberto Santos Dumont, from Brazil.

[YDDES]

Yes, but in the movie the Demoiselle was  flown by the Frenchman. And Santos Dumont built and flew the original Demoiselle in France.

[cgrscott]

This movie is about flight in it's infancy, when air speeds where 45 miles per hour. World War I dramatically accelerated the development of flimsy winged slow planes into high performance air-craft. Technology science thrives during times of war and necessity is the mother of invention.

[kidnaproduction]

Clever stuff. Did they actually build the machines and get them to fly or did they use special effects?

[matt2house]

they've probably done both

[cgrscott]

You can kind if tell when it's fake and when its real. The vertical take off donut winged bi-plane was not really flying but they composited in a model of it that looked like it was flying.

[spitfireJEJ]

They did do both. Two of the replicas built for the film still fly at the Shuttleworth Collection at Old Warden Airfield Bedfordshire England.

[matt2house]

they dont make films like these anymore

[dableutyef]

Perhaps you will be the one to start making them again

[matt2house]

erm do I detect hositility there mate or are u simply trying to wind me up on the internet?

[dableutyef]

Nah man I was just saying, if you like films like this, why don't you make one? Films are made by people, you know.

[matt2house]

well starting up annoyances is done by people u know.

[xxannanassxx]

this film is very funny XDD

[LordZaamus]

Love the German guy X D

[KypDurron87]

Holy crap, this movie is awesome.

Always wished I was the german dude. Lucky bastard ended up with a hot farmer just by crashing into some hay >:(

[Kadoffel]

I guess you're talking about the "French dude". :D

[niall2k4]

Spiffing clip chaps. It's hard to keep a stiff upper lip when one watches such high jinks.

[drMerkwuerdigliebe]

6....7....8....nein, nein, nein.....

Ruuumpellstoß...Sieg, Sieg, Sieg...

daaaadadatratatratahmmmpfhmmmp­fhmmmpf.

at least two guys who prove that some Krauts can laugh about themselves. I love this movie. Sir Percy alias Terry-Thomas is also a really a funny character like most of them.

[CaptainAmerica322]

LOL at the German making the band noises with his mouth.

[Raindito]

this is a Gert-Fröbe-Special ... in the same time he made "Goldfinger"

[deepseadirt]

if you get a chance, check out the dvd of this movie and Behind the Scenes section with Ken Annakin himself. There's a wealth of material concerning the making of this movie, one of the longest Behind the Scenes I've ever viewed. You'll get your moneys worth.

[OsgoodFieldingIII]

Ohh I love this movie Gerd Fröbe is soo stupid! He and the French are a amazing couple. Thanks for uploading!

[iluvcheezitsheyhey]

You have just made my day. I positively love this movie.

[Dproud2700]

Gert Frobe also stared on a couple of movies "Is Paris Bunring?" and one other WWII based movie about the British safecracker Edward Chapman. Another comic great in this movie was Benny Hill as commander of the British Fire Brigade with their Keystone Cop style of mayhem of chasing about to all the plane crashes

[mulsanne917]

That's right, and Benny went on to experience a brand of stardom all his own in later years.

He is the fellow who is on station at the top of the tower....

[mulsanne917]

Gack!  Make that "GolDfinger" (see previous post).

[mulsanne917]

Gert Frobe's "German one man band" here (yes he was Golfinger too, as far as I know), is absolutely priceless.

He was a true comic genius.

[Richardhedditch261]

A poignant scene was the old English couple giving a hat-feather to the Italian[I stand to be corrected on his nationality]pilot to aid his engine restarting on an English road.That old couple were thus exiting the stage as they turned and walked away in that scene,both in the lives of the characters they played,and also personally and vocationally[aside from those acting roles].

[FredDude27]

Nah that pilot was actually English. The Italians got helped by the catholic nuns :)

[Sylar482]

this is such a funny movie i reccomend if you like comedy

[allies98]

i love this gerd fröbe....fantastic actor!!!!!!!!!! thats the germans who i like

[jasonglidden1966]

gerd fröbe was also in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by the way and numerous other movies during the 50's and 60's....

[DBMalone]

@allies98 He was also a die hard Nazi back in the day... but I suspect reformed.

[jasonglidden1966]

@DBMalone He actually helped two German Jews by hiding them from the Gestapo during WW2. Because of his former membership in the Nazi Party, the film Goldfinger was initially banned in Israel until the family came forward and thanked him for saving their lives.

[DBMalone]

@jasonglidden1966 You know...you're right. I remember reading all of that later but forgot about it. Of course, old Girt had to be be dubbed in Goldfinger. No one could understand his English!

[mendal05]

I love the German LOL! Great film.

[midguardz]

poor continuity editing at 1.15 that's supposed to be Hancock in the brown suit in the plane that collapsed naturally being drunk & useless at 1966 2 years b4 his suicide he couldn't fly a plane let alone tie his shoelaces so we see a cut picture of another pilot in white trying to take over from Hancock who doesn't seem to mind giving up his seat cause I guess hes embarrassed he broke the plane. Such a small part really he could have telephoned it in.

[jug1300]

I saw it when I was a young boy.

A rare classic.

[tommyrock69]

I love the German doing "beatbox" in the balloon!!! This movie is one of my all time favorites!

[Zoloft61]

mine too!

[Kirschthollar]

In WW1, basically all they did was put guns on them and shoot each other in them...hahahah

[leow626569]

where can i buy this game?

[jensh1963]

this movie is was and I think will always be a riot to watch. thank you for posting this clip

[fredw3745]

this film is a personal favourite of mine and very dear to me. I lived in England (Luton) when they were filming the areal sequences and the planes passed overhead. Made quite a sight.Thank yousomuch forposting this clip

[Eruadhiel]

Love this movie, it's fun. And appealing to all ages (my 12 year old sister's watching it right now.)

[anilm001]

One of the most entertaining movies of all Time :)

[BeatBuddy]

This movie is a lavish, handsome production that doesn't bore the audience for a minute.

[gl014]

The german cracks me up with his band sound effects. more please from this classic film featuring Terry Thomas

[Factnotfictionpeople]

Gert Froebe - thats the German's name. :-)

[saintkillen1]

didnt he play goldfinger as well?

[Factnotfictionpeople]

Yes, I think he did - no doubt Google would confirm this to be true (if it is!) :-)