ᴴᴰ Attention !.. Hélicoptères - 1963 - Schoendoerffer

the Cinema Service of the French Armies (SCA) presents here Rapace, calling Cobra do you copy? answer! here Rapace, calling Cobra do you copy? answer! to Rapace from Cobra receiving you loud and clear answer! to Cobra from Rapace received over Caution!.. Helicopters by the wood, eyes on target! the machine gun! hurry! the machine gun! to Rapace from Cobra target located on the edge of the wood! asking fire support, answer! to Cobra, aknowledged I attack did you spotted them? huh? they will not see us! what? I said they will not see us! the planes... we just have to keep on wandering along the road! on the right! Vehicles at the edge! yes! to Blue Rapace from Red caution! Enemy vehicles on the road at the edge from Blue, aknowledged they were more surprised than us they didn't open fire... no plane... well... to Blue from Red, let's storm the convoy! follow me! OK caution Red ! they must be behind the curve slow down! yep, I cast a glance you are right! They are here, on the road clear off! I attack, follow me! caution! The tanks are coming out at 600 meters from us fall back on my position! over well... to Rapace from Cobra, on Lima Bravo 5 er... 1.000 meters on the Northeast of my position tanks on the move asking you for an immediate intervention, answer! to Cobra from Rapace, aknowledged! on target in 3 minutes! over on target in 20 seconds on target in 15 seconds on target in 10 seconds on target in 5 seconds the war ends here the French Army Light Aviation's (ALAT) infantrymen are joining their positions on their way an old castle talks to them about past wars about citadels, about chivalry at the foot of this one maybe died a rushing horde of barbarians hey! Red Rapace! so do you think one can still trout fly fish by this season? Blue Rapace! Clear the channel! instead of playing the commentator sometimes on an evening of military exercise the crews do indulge in light thoughts... perhaps you will have enough time to recognize here on the terrace of this open-air café the dead and wounded from earlier the local white wine has an aftertaste of gunflint images of peace, again, that go by their shooting collimator and these verses of Apollinaire in their memory come, come girlies, must not stay on earth better, better to die we saw three sparks and then nothing the dream, the dream and the sun unlike others who seek to rush into space always higher, always faster the helicopter stays human-driven it deals with our terrestrial condition it frees us from the stalling the infantryman of today has made its combat vehicle he rides it like the horseman rides his horse tomorrow, the heirs of the great French cavalries cuirassiers of the Queen dragoons of Condé hussars of Lasalle spahis of Youssouff (a.k.a. Joseph Vantini) with their elastic-like rotating wings will make their way through any terrain to maneuver and to charge the guided missile replaces the saber the turbines sirens replace the trumpets clamor the rotors reflections replace the feathered plumes and the manes in the wind End Cinematographic Service of the French Armies (SCA) French Army Light Aviation (ALAT) a production of the Cinematographic Office of the French Armies direction Pierre Schoendoerffer (1963) an original idea of Jean Lartéguy HD remastering and captioning by E-E WebTV (2012)