German man fights French man with blunderbuss in a balloon
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- čas přidán 14. 11. 2023
- Film: Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)
Backstory from film: Air race from London to Paris and the French and the Germans don't like each other so the German guy challenges the French guy to a duel, the French guy accepts but under the 1 condition, that it's in a balloon and fought with Blunderbusses.
I highly suggest checking out the whole film because it is hilarious.
i know this is not Sea of Thieves, but i remembered this film from a few years ago and thought it was funny. Season 10 stinks and this is more fun. - Zábava
Fun fact: in 1808 two French aristocrats actually did a duel in hot air balloons.
True that
With same result?
"Jeevs pull out the hot air balloon, I've got a score to settle" that is peak aristocrat.
@@fosphor8920If I remember correctly, each balloon had 1 duellist and 1 pilot (who was a friend of their respective duelist). The results weren't as funny as this clip, since only 1 balloon survived (the other being shot down, killing both its pilot and duelist).
Edit: There are doubts about the authenticity of this story, since the only source describing it was released 50 years after the fact in an English newspaper.
@@broplaybro01 50 years after? Huh, that's kinda strange haha
You know, in a strange way, this really does sum up European politics at that point.
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And both World Wars.
I think that's partly the idea.
Honorable mention of how Germany tried to outlaw shotguns in ww1 like whaaaaaat?
"Germans and French pointlessly shoot at each other and everyone just ends up neck deep in a pool of sewage."
No, it doesn't 🤔
One point this clip misses: They were fighting that duel over a set of sewage settling-ponds.
Bruh
why
Movie name
@@Average_oldguard Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965)
@@ArkadiBolschek Because the Frenchman kept pranking the German. Finally the German challenged the Frenchman to a duel. But, as the challenged party, the Frenchman had the right to choose the weapons, and he chose "Balloons and Blunderbusses."
I like that the German’s priority when falling is to protect his flag from the sewage water ❤
Edit: how sad that he failed in the end lol
Yeah I noticed that to 🤣
Truly german
This was the old (the real) Germany. Today it is forbitten to show the german Flag. And I mean the official
@@S1pike yeah Bullshit unless in your mind the official German Flag is still the one from 1940
@@S1pike Even showing the democratic flag makes people shit their pants and go into antigerman frenzies. Their selfhate isn't even on the scale anymore.
Honestly they couldn't have a man in a Pickelhaube in a balloon and NOT have it poke the balloon.
Especially for this type of film 🤣
Well, this film is from the 1960s.
It's old enough to have started that trope.
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines.
True that
Thank you. I remember seeing this as a kid but couldn't remember the title
That's a great profile pic
Spansh: Locos del aire...
SCHUTZ!
100% Historically accurate depiction of WWI.
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Eastern Front is completely forgotten.
And there were some brilliant breakthroughs (like Brusilov's) and some maneuver warfare, unlike fully static Western front
And ww2 lol
Looks actually more like 1870
its set in 1910
Riding in a gas balloon while wearing a Pickelhaube is about the same as wading waist deep in gasoline with a lit match.
(Edit: Holy Shit! This blew up!)
'There is nothing a German officer cannot do' - famous last words
There’s no flame so I guess it is a gas balloon instead of a hot air balloon. If it was hot air then a hole near the bottom isn’t an issue.
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Except win wars, apparently (post 1871) :P
no, it's really not.
Kriegesmen: Challenge accepted! For the Emperor!
something a german and frenchman can both laugh over; bullying an italian man
And hating the British? They HAVE to hate the British.
What's hilarious is that the French guy guy goads the German into the dual by describing a previous dual and ending the story with, "the Frenchman won"
But in reality, it would be impossile to have any other outcome since the dual was between 2 Frenchmen
They got every detail in this film!
What movie is this? @@sSteppingStones
@@superrealistic Those Magnificent Men In There Flying Machines
@@sSteppingStones Cool!
It’s perhaps also worth mentioning that the duel is supposedly over a sewage farm
it is!
I didn't know they farmed sewage
A sewage farm.
@@skepticalwhiteguy Yeah they do, but it is a crap job.
0:50 I like how they try to aim even when the muzzle of the gun doesn't let them see each other.
Gert Froebe was a genius. He also played Goldfinger in the 60s Bond-movie. He played funny characters and the bad guys too. 👍👍👍
He was one of germanys best actors in the second half of the 20th century. I remember an old interview with his mother, where she conplained that "he always have to play villains, but he is such a nice man". She used the old fashioned slangword "Brunnenvergifter" for villain, which can be translated as "waterpoisoner".
And Räuber Hotzenplotz
@@TOFKAS01 It's always people who play villains and terrible people that end up being the nicest irl lol
@@buddy4445 And he really scared the german audience in the 1950s with his role as a child-murderer in "Es geschah am hellichten Tag" (the original version of "The Pledge" with Jack Nicholson from 2001.
"No, Mister Bond, I expect you to DIE!"
He was a funny but scary villain.
2:15 I love how the German tried to preserve his flag 😂
yeah
lol true he even still Reppin it
🫡 🇩🇪
Muita coisa ruim foi feita no mundo por cauda de bandeiras.
This is actually based on a questionably true story except both men were french since as we all know, the french are their own worst enemy.
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The Marching Band beat box caught me off guard. 😂
That poor guy in the DaVinci flying machine....
Poor Italian
@@sSteppingStones He is an Italian ? That explains why he lost.
don't be mean to the Italians 🇮🇹
@@sSteppingStones It's not being mean, it's just their role, their fate in this world. They should stick to making excellent food and superfast cars.
@@flitsertheoThat's hardly accurate. Western Civilization was ruled over from Italy for centuries. First by the Roman Senate, then by the Emperors, then by the Papacy.
This film is an underrated gem.
I agree
As a Prussian military officer from 1907, I can say that this definitely happened
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I dont know why people would hate this. You're getting exactly what is advertised.
Fun fact the like - dislike ratio on this is 97% positive
@@sSteppingStonespeople who leave comments about the dislikes or the video getting "hate" have mental issues
@@neo-filthyfrank1347 there are always some 🤷
Fun Fact actor Gert Frobe went of script and suprised everybody on set when he started beatboxing march musik in a scene😁.
So why is the french whistling then as well?
Likely improvisation on the Frenchman's part too, in response to the german
Gert Frobe gloriously beatboxes his way through most of the film, and to correct period German marching songs too!
Makes me wonder now how much of that was written for his character and how much of it was added by him!
"There is nothing a German officer cannot do!"
All he needs is 'the book of instructions'
I love this movie and now the theme music will play in my head for the rest of the day. I've always remembered this scene for the way Goldfinger hums German oompah music.
Opening theme to this film goes hard
Beatboxing German martial music LOL
I remember having seen this film as a kid. It still puts a smile on my face
The German title was "Die tollkühnen Männer in ihren fliegenden Kisten".
Greatest dogfight of all time
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*Im gonna tell my kids that this is what ww1 looked like*
Those Amazing Young men in their flying machines…
They go up. Up, up...
@@martinsieburg7953 They go down, down down, down
Now we know why the Germans ceased wearing Pickelhaube (spiked helmets).
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The Pickelhaube was original a present from the Ottomans to King (later Imperator) Wilhelm I.
To protect against sword blows from above.
one of the most friendly duels
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movie is called: Those magnificent men in their flying machines.
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The aircraft used were specailly made 'copies' of the original machines of the period, and many are still on display or actually flying as part of the Shuttleworth Collection.
@1:40 Sabotage!
At last a word where french, german and english speakers can all agree on :)
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Gonna tell my kids this was ww1
German won due to the french falling first
Actually, if you pay attention to the Duel, The Prussian's shot didn't hit the Italian's plane.
In fact, from how the explosion occurs the moment the Frenchman pulls the trigger, the Frenchman shot the Plane, but thought the _Prussian_ did it... Then he heard the gas leaking.
So germany won also ww1 and 2?
@@Victor-056 You mean German guy?
This would be the best way for countries to settle their disputes!
This is how World War 1 actually started?😳 I knew the French and Germans hated each other during those days.
Sarcasm!
This is in fact 100% pure fact
Just to act a historic fact, World War I was started simmering by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 and Germany's subsequent militarization by Wilhelm II. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was merely the spark which ignited the powderkeg's fuse.
No there was an assasination and things escalated because of alliances. Read the guns of august by Barabara Tuchman.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guns_of_August
@@jameshaury2716 Daniel4646's comment is actually the real story. It started because France started a Campaign against Prussia known as "Revanchism", a political manifestation of the will to reverse territorial losses incurred from the War that France started.
They basically fed the belief into their own people that Prussia stole the territories and made it look like the Prussians, and by extension, the German people, had no right to _EXIST._
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination was simply the excuse for France to further escalate things... Which led to the Treaty of Versallies after World War One and severe overtaxing of Germany on the part of France, and resulted in the rise of the Third Reich that would inevitably lead to world war two.
Revanchism was basically the leading cause of Two World wars.
@@Daniel4646 ye by some Serbian due to Austrian Hungrian threat to serbian independence
I was wondering how that pointed helmet fit into the story. Bravo!
CZcams algorithm brought me here and i couldn't be more happy
Big ups that
When germans and french are fighting italians are allways in the middle.
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Gert Frobe did a remarkable job as Colonel con Holstein in this movie.
I watched this movie last night and it’s still hilarious even after all these years.
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@@sSteppingStones he also starred in the sequel ‘Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies’
i had no idea👀
@@sSteppingStones Yeah, he didn’t reprise his character though. In the second one he’s a prisoner who escapes from jail and is forced to assume the identity of a famous German race car driver.
Terry-Thomas also starred in the sequel but as the son of his character in the first one.
If anything the second one is just as wacky as the first despite only retaining a few of the original cast.
Historically accurate
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I've had this scene stuck in the back of my head for the past decade and wasn't sure if it was even real. Thanks to the upload at least I now know that it wasn't some lost episode of hogan's heroes lol.
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The heyday of peculiarly British films .Monte Carlo or Bust , the whole Carry On series and of course Those Magnificent Men in their flying Machines .Thanks for this .
They don't make films like this anymore :(
Someone would consider it 'offensive'
"The Mouse that Roared" and "The Mouse on the Moon" are two more Peculiarly British films from this era.
Earliest dogfight.
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that ain't a dogfight that's a canine dispute
very good mannered game. even said GG at the end. (GEEEE GEEEE)
Gerd Fröbe.. now THAT was an actor.
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I remember checking this movie out as a DVD from my local library some years ago when I was about 9. Really nice to see one of the most memorable scenes pop up in my recommended 7 ears later :)
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That is Gert Fröbe who I fondly remember as Räuber Hotzenplotz in the film of the same name (1974), but he may be better known as the villain in Goldfinger...
He's been in a lot of films
THAT'S RÄUBER HOTZENPLOTZ?! Omg. This hit me right in the childhood.
@@kiwwat4139 Great that you feel the same! It's always been my favourite Hotzenplotz film
An actual portrait of Europe's reality: Fight among neighbours! Nothing changes........
Prussian Gloria intensifys
What do we learn from this kids, never go onto an balloon duel with a pickelhaube
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The beat boxing really made this scene
There is more beatboxing from that German
@@sSteppingStones I think it was the reason I bought the movie lmao
now this is why i watch youtube
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No wonder those spiky helmets were replaced with flat and rounded ones
lmao
this is the most entertaining thing i have ever watched. this fire fr
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The VIVE LA FRANCE got me
Yeah lmao
French man had to say that over everything else
first beatbox ever
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Unforgettable Gert Fröbe
"Hot air balloon duels look cool."
Hot air balloon duels:
funny
Saw this film a long time ago as a kid. Absolutely loved every second of it.
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I feel like this somehow represents modern healthcare
I’ve watched this over 20 times and I continue to do the same, I don’t know why.
1:22 "VIVE LA FRANCE! OUAGH!"
Very french 🥖
this took the heights of their rivalry to the nxts levels
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I just came home a bit ping pong tiddly from the pub and the algorithm gave me this; excellent.
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Merci du partage! Le bon cinéma d'autrefois! Stéph.
0:09 Funnily enough, if you know naval salutes, you would realize that the French Man is subtly _insulting_ the Prussian officer by facing the palm of his hand towards the Prussian while saluting.
This is because during the age of Boat and sail, and early lighter than air transports, the riggings were coated in tar to reduce the chance of decay from the elements... but it always resulted in the hands of those handling the rigging to get sullied with the tar... And when saluting, it was highly disrespectful to show the person you are saluting your dirty hands, so the salute was done with the back of the hand.
thanks for telling me that!
it's possible, but to be honest this is our military salute, Americans do it with the palm down and we do it with the palm facing forward, for some reason.
I said "Navy", not "Military". When you say "Military", you are usually referring to boots on the ground soldiers rather than the Navy.
This guy salutes
French don't do the naval salute tho, even in the navy.
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Can recommend giving it a watch.
Same for me and yes, definitely watch it
These were the types of movies I'd see as a kid in the early 90s and if I stay up late at night. When our island had like 5-6 channels.
i love the fact that the german popped a hole in his balloon cause of his pointy hat XD
Yeal lmao
@@sSteppingStonespoor guy, if we was a gunner he would win because the artillery hat has a ball 😂
Our prudent Emperor of Austria had the balloons made from steel plates! That's why not a single Austrian balloon was shot down in the First World War!
I love how the German soldier raises his flag and says “sieg” at the end.
Sieg means victory in German
true German
Men in balloons shouldn’t shoot blunderbusses.
Apart from French and German men
OH MY GOD I KNOW THIS FILM! It was one of my favorites when I was little.
:)
Recommendations on point
They're not fighting, they're duelling.
the first time i watched this i thought "this is the most 60s movie scene ever" and then i saw the year of release
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Das war noch eine Zeit wo deutsche Offiziere und Politiker noch Ehre und Anstand hatten so was gibt es heute leider nicht mehr 💔
Um ehrlich zu sein, kann man das jetzt für die ganze Welt sagen 😐
Maul Schwurbler! Du hast mal wieder nichts verstanden.
Warum seid ihr alle so blöd und von Hass getrieben?
ah bitte, nicht auch noch hier .... hab doch spaß an dem film.
One of my favorites; I think I still have the VHS somewhere
I like how italy always get the impact everytime something happens in europe
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I came for the title and I think I actually saw this as a kid my dad was watching it
The plane was Belgium
I find this representation of the state of affairs quite accurate.
I agree
Exactly the same thing happened to me.
What popping a balloon with a helmet 😂
@@sSteppingStones No, falling into a sewage farm whilst dressed as a Prussian officer.
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Those Magnificent men in their flying machines.
True that
this is peak comedy
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The german one put up the falg from the baloon before he fell in to the water.what a patriotic move 😄
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better special effects than today
lmao
Amazing that we have such crisp footage of the Franco-Prussian War 🙏
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Wait to you see Fröbe trying to fly a plane by reading the instruction manual.
"Step One: sit down."
'The same way we do everything else in the German army...'
'*from the book of instructions*'
How is this not like sea of thieves?
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
That is indeed the name of the film
This one reminds me of a (probably) real duelle
Great movie. The kind noone makes nowadays.
True 😢
The perfect duel doesn't exi-
This has got to be the most european thing I have ever seen
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1:42 Kaiser wilhelm and the other guy helping the guy 😂😂😂
sportsman ship
to be fair i believe the first plane dogfight was between a frenchman and a german and the Frenchman won.
Well it wasn't really a dog fight, but more of a drive by shooting.
Initially planes were not able to shoot forward, so they flew past each other and blast away with small arms. There were some more or less successes of reenforcing the propeller with deflecting plates, but dog fights only became a widespread thing with the invention of of interrupting gear.
man this film was wild, i still have the VHS stashed somewhere :D
Epic
They shot down a flying saucer! Lol
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I remember this movie