Old Il2 movies

[sturmkraehe]

Dunno, if there is already a threat but I thought it would be nice to post some old IL2 videos (precursor to this sim) here.

 

I'd like to start with the clip that brought me to IL2. Without it I would not be here and for this reason it holds a special place. It is a masterpiece and after watching it I was so excited as this show-cased sim was what I was looking for for such a long time. I bought the game right after it.

 

Here's the link to it:

 

IL2 Sturmovik - Come with me - video Dailymotion

 

Watching it after so many years I am still mouth open how genuinely well this game was made and modelled. Sure some aspects of graphics now look outdated but still: Look at the clouds or the water, the explosions, still looking very very good. 

Edited May 15, 2021 by sturmkraehe

[=FI=Genosse]

One of my favourites of this era ...

Flying for the first time

 

Gen "Still a noob after 20 years" osse

[palker4]

ohoho I smell a shameless plug opportunity so here it goes:

 

 

 

[Diggun]

On 5/15/2021 at 10:45 PM, sturmkraehe said:

IL2 Sturmovik - Come with me - video Dailymotion

Cor, that's a blast from the past! There were some amazing video creators in old Il2. 

 

This 662 Squadron recruitment video is a classic that still stands the test of time. It is a masterclass in editing, syncing with the music, and choosing genuinely awesome shots. There's a shot about 2 minutes in showing a 190 screaming round in the mirror of a Spitfire that is just perfect, still gives me chills. It's amazing how effective adding a bit of camera shake is at conveying the sense of barely contained speed and power. Just makes you want to strap on a Spit, right?

 

 

 

The other master I remember from back in the day was Maximum Bob. His videos were always properly well done, works of art. The first one is a documentary / tribute to the Spitfire (again, double points for using some perfect music - 'Five' by the inimitable Lamb):

 

 

 

And this one is a very dashing Mosquito raid on a battleship...

 

 

 

Cracking stuff. We are lucky we have folk like @Lemsipand others still creating quality machinema in Great Battles; I find these kinds of explorations about what the engine is capable of, and how it can use the fantastic models & scenery in the service of storytelling to be much more interesting than the average 'HeY gUyS i gOt SomE kiLLZ ONlInE and UpLoAded It tO Ma WebZoNe' style of video'*

 

*there are honourable exceptions to this ofc.

On 5/16/2021 at 6:45 AM, =FI=Genosse said:

Flying for the first time

WOW! DART! He made some outstanding videos explaining gunnery which totally helped me out a lot. bahaaaa.

Edited May 17, 2021 by Diggun

[Trooper117]

I've got most of these classic IL2 videos stored on one of my hard drives somewhere... at the time they were pretty groundbreaking!

[Missionbug]

Beautifully made, all of them, the guy had a real talent with this stuff.

 

I particularly like the last, the atmosphere he creates with those ships seem almost supernatural.

 

Wonder what he does nowadays, would be interesting to see what could be done with this new iteration.

 

Take care and be safe.

 

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[AWC]

I also loved these videos growing up and I take inspiration from lots of them. Recently I went through the best that I could remember of old and new flight sim videos and made 'The ultimate flightsim movie playlist': https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIcVZtqUU_BVNiLoUZKFt7yd05kvWLYXY.

 

 

 

[HBPencil]

A lot of Jafa's work was great, most are gone but he still has some up on YouTube. He often used them to showcase his excellent sound mods.
 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 18, 2021 by HBPencil

[garethj2]

palker4 - your fail compilation brightened up my day

 

Many thanks

[343KKT_Kintaro]

This "Fail Compilation" is a classic, yep.

 

Here go my favourite:

 

Bellum (2004):

 

 

 

Bellum 2 (2005):

 

 

 

Come with Me (2005):

 

 

 

Turtle Island (2005):

 

 

 

Spitfire (2005):

 

 

 

B-17 Flying Fortress (2006):

 

 

 

Ambush (2006):

 

 

 

Faith Hope and Charity (2007):

 

 

 

Hyperlobby: the Online Experience (2010):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[343KKT_Kintaro]

P-26 Magic Ride!

 

IL2 1946 P-26 Magic ride - Vidéo Dailymotion

[352nd_Wheels]

When BBloke's site went down it took most of the old movies with it. At one point he had over 270 videos saved on his site. Always intended to download them but something else always came up. Then it was too late...

 

Internet Archive Links (BBloke):
https://web.archive.org/web/20080328052438/http://il2mdb.montydan.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20130826232413/http://il2mdb.flightsimmachinima.com/

 

There are some you can still download at M4T.

https://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads&c=599

 

Found working links for Adlertag, The Long Goodnight, Time to say Goodbye, & Spitfire Dawn at this Internet Archive location in the Films tab.

Films
https://web.archive.org/web/20070224060944/http://www.blackaceproduction.com/index.php?blog=3

 

Wheels

Edited September 5, 2021 by wheelsup_cavu
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[FTC_Snafu26]

The desert dogfighter- the story of Nicky Barr
Part 1

Part 2

 

Edited January 15, 2022 by FTC_Snafu26

[GOZR]

 This video was already "old" when I uploaded it 17 years ago..    this is probably the first movie made

Edited March 7, 2024 by GOZR