100 year old footage of The Red Baron

[bob letterman]

Besides Baron Von Richthofen, Herman Goering, a high scoring ace and future Reichmarshall of Nazi Germany can be seen.

http://videos.komando.com/watch/8095/kims-picks-ultra-rare-footage-of-the-most-famous-fighter-pilot-ever

 

[SA Dave]

Am I the only one that wish they had sound back then?

 

[nsmekanik]

Wow, thanks for posting that up Bob
:drinks

 

[Iron Mike]

So Goering says to von Richthofen "Do these pants make me look fat?"

Great footage, thanks for sharing!

:drinks

 

[jknaus]

Cool, I dont think I've seen this one before. Love these old clips. Thanks Bob.
James

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Thanks for the link Bob!

For those of you that like to do personal archives of this stuff, if you use Firefox it has a plug in that lets you download these videos quite easily.

Did you notice at the end they were standing around with a captured British pilot?