COMBAT! s.1 ep.15: "Just for the Record" (1963)

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[@barrya.phillips9144]

COMBAT !.......Remains the Best. I was 12 growing up in NYC in 1963 and couldn’t wait until Tuesday night when the next new Combat episode was on at 8pm. That was over 55 years ago and I still marvel at how well written and produced every episode was with terrific Guest Stars. Those Were The Wonderful Simple Days....no cells, no video, no pagers......My late Mom just told me : “Make sure you’re home before the street lights go on”.

[@bob_btw6751]

Watching this in 2021. Never got to see this in 63. Boy Scout Troop meetings while show was on. Saw first time Fall 2020. Now Spring 2021 watching again. Wonderful show, so well done by writers, directors and actors. Each one like a short movie. Junk on tv today cannot compare.

[@barrya.phillips9144]

@@bob_btw6751 , Hope that you and your family are in good health. Glad that got to see a portion of “Combat”, the best WW II TV series EVER !! Keep on watching as each episode is, as you said are : “their own short movies”. The core cast of SGT. Saunders, LT. Hanley, Little John, Kirby and Cage were all excellent in their roles in Every Episode. Each episode had “Guest Stars” who became famous later on ; Jack Lord, James Coburn, Jack Carter and so many more. As a kid of the 50’s, I was so thrilled when Combat ! went to color, however some of my favorite episodes were in B & W. Let me know your thoughts as you continue to watch. So many great episodes for you to look forward to watching. (Sgt. Saunders and his machine gun was my favorite character) Enjoy !

[@Ralphieboy]

Yup, also one of my faves, although I was watching it mostly in reruns. And yes, we had a big patch of woods and swamps out behind our house, that is where I spent my Saturdays and nearly every day of school vacations.

[@parkfor3906]

“Come in when the yard light comes on.”

[@pzkw6759]

Me too. I always used to pretend I was on patrol with the guys. When the shooting started, I used to duck behind the various pieces of furniture and shoot back at the Germans. Sometimes I pretended I was the new guy and get wounded or die, lol. And yeah, you're right, much, much simpler days

[@markproulx1472]

I watched Combat! when I was a kid. Although I enjoyed the show, I was too young to appreciate the high quality of the stories and the acting. I am glad that technology has allowed me to watch them now. Many thanks for posting these episodes.

[@55tumbler]

bang bang you

[@hermanator74301]

Well stated, Mark.

[@parkfor3906]

Just so.

[@PJohn-gc8xv]

Also in Japan, I wanted to be like s.g.t. sanders when I was 10. He was my first roll model of man.

[@dodierival6882]

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[@chrismaddog7252]

Combat and the fugitive were my favorite shows when I was kid in the 60's, I did not realize that in the show when they landed on D-Day, Hanley was a first Sergent and got a field commission to second louie.

[@bobsaturday4273]

story , casting , acting , directing ,1st class stuff ...all worthy of a feature film

[@gerardlegros3135]

Vic Morrow was a very much underrated actor... He knew what he had to act and he knew how to act it!!!!

[@algustocristiano8075]

Vìetiñaďubĺado

[@larryjohn5052]

While my dad was a in the Army and in Vietnam and after, my 4 brothers and I always watched Combat and played Army all the time on Ft. Benning with all the other kids whose dads were in the Army. Great times

[@jivesublime]

Thanks for sharing the Classics of "Combat" television teleplay.

[@marktoombs6276]

I too used to watch this also in the 60s with my older brother .it was in the early to mid 60s when He found he was going to be drafted for nam but we lost him to a car accident in January 1970 .my mom always said he was taken to keep him from having to go over there he told if he Togo there because he had a feeling That he would,not come back alive .he kinda knew he he would die there so she told me at 10 years old that GOD took him for that reason .I don't know but it seemed to make it a tad bit easier for all of us to Handel. My mother had this way to word stuff like that .we were very lucky to have her long as we did.good night and GOD BLESS all of us ...

[@pokey3782]

Wow, what quality writing and acting and they filmed over 30 episodes each season not like how they do it today. Real actors. Great stories. Great Characters.

[@mikeburkholder9153]

Po Key 30 episodes at an hour each. Impressive.

[@genejackson6287]

Used to love this as a kid. When we weren't playing cowboys and indians we played "war".

[@brebritton89]

ME TO WE HAD 6 KIDS 3 ON EACH SIDE BAD GUYS AND GOOD WE HAD 2 NEIGHBOR HOODS TO PLAY WAR IN.

[@brebritton89]

I HAD A TOY GUN THAT WOULD SHOOT PLASTIC BULLETS

[@johnfeltes7614]

Thats what we played in my area... and we where millennials

[@berthalloway9953]

I use to watch this show. Also played war. Then found out that it was not fun in real life

[@shadowwolf7622]

Same here. I had the biggest gun collection in my small town. Everyone came to my house to play war. I'd lay all my weapons out on the yard and everyone got to pick their gun. Of course, I always got 1st pick lol. We used our BB guns sometimes. But our rule was -it had to be empty. We would run all over town playing. Now a days, someone would call out the SWAT team on us.

[@independentthinker8930]

My favorite growing up! Crying shame they can't make more like it

[@danieljohnson5726]

I thought I’d seen almost all of the episodes from Combat, mostly here on KZbin, then this little gem pops up. So Chip really was Saunders name. Great episode about The Greatest Generation.

[@james_t_kirk]

💫*French actress Micheline Presle did an outstanding performance in this episode. She died in February of 2024 at the age of 101, only months short of her 102 birthday of August 22. The German officer was played by Swedish actor Alf Kjellin, who died almost 40 years ago, at the age of 68.*

[@felicitym14]

Absolutely love this episode. Morrow carries it beautifully. He was the best

[@FBlackRules]

So VERY true. Much more complex a character than I remember. It's so wonderful to watch this important show again. Written while the Greatest Generation were continuing to build America! Miss those days, alas.

[@CarlosFernandez-gc8kd]

No , more, tte

[@vernwallen4246]

Morrow was greatly underrated!😇

[@kathymcmahon6582]

@@vernwallen4246 Vic is/ was beautiful 😍❤️ Definitely underrated and I believe blacklisted. So sorely missed. God bless you Vic. After 60 years it looks like it was filmed this week.

[@RevDrDARRYLMREED]

This was a great show!!! It told the truth about the ground war in Europe and the cast was very special. Thanks for taking the time to share it.

[@hellboundrubber4448]

Yeah but the reality is these Characters never made it home. Imagine that being the last episode of Combat? Everyone dying in the end. That's why there's Remembrance Day for all the Forgotten who died never knowing an end to the War. They died as is.

[@silverstreak435]

Another great episode, thanks so much. Always love watching Stg. Saunders

[@kathymcmahon6582]

Gorgeous 😋😋😋

[@razalibinmatisacherosbinti2961]

@@kathymcmahon6582 a lot

[@mondonico2010]

There's that same cat again. Already been in two episodes. It really gets around. Nice cat too.

[@maureenorourke3292]

Made me laugh. I love my kitties.

[@texxmexx8176]

Now that's some pretty good story-telling. Things like this are why the 50s and early sixties are called the "golden age" of television.

[@roberttodd8043]

I'm watching ,Combat with Vick Morrow

[@charlesdaquin3287]

@@roberttodd8043 I 8uuc. U

[@atomwhys3028]

Amen.

[@atomwhys3028]

And……RICK JASON!

[@leezeidel3630]

These black and white 60's shows were the best of course Combat was at the top !!

[@55tumbler]

better then the crap they put on tv today

[@MrTonyBianco]

Season 1, Episode 3, aired October 16, 1962. I was just turning 5 when this aired. Dad and I use to watch Combat and The Untouchables together back then. Dad was a Paratrooper from WWII, 82nd airborne.

[@jamesthackeray5422]

👍 to your father a real Hero🍺 from Australia

[@bobbywall172]

MrTonyBianco me too, my dad was with the 101st, glider inf. In Germany.

[@motomark9736]

I know of a Tony Bianco who's grandpa was Al Capone's right hand man I was told

[@procopiusaugustus6231]

I had just turned 8. My dad was in the Merchant Marine. N Africa, Salerno, Anzio. Finished up in the Philippines. Dumped their cargo of Jeeps in the harbor so as not to flood the local economy.

[@karencupples1339]

Thank you so much for posting the greatest show ever, Combat, defining what a soldier is

[@55tumbler]

golly ollie

[@lindabrown7374]

Used to watch this with my daddy. He fought in the Pacific during WWll.

[@dbrinkm1]

I used to watch this with my father who was a WW2 Pilot of AT*6 Texans. Then, I was a combat corpsman and Surgery Tech. in the army during Vietnam after graduating from Illinois State Univ. in 1970. Am a Disabled Vet..Vet Rep [ Ret] .thank you vets for your service. Dana

[@scottgebow6539]

My father was a WW2 vet in the Pacific also on Saipan. He passed away three years ago at 91. RIP dad. I watched this as a kid too.

[@RockandrollNegro]

I stormed the beach at Normandy during D-Day. I lost a lot of good friends that day. I opened a hotdog stand after the war and am celebrating my 74th year in business. I'm 94 years young and I watch Combat! on KZbin.

[@lisasimmons5362]

Extraordinary episode. Phenomenal series. In fact, the best series ever IMHO.

[@6stringgunner511]

THESE old shows beat the crap that Hollywood is spewing out THESE days.

[@wb6162]

It's obvious what we have lost since the 60's. Humanity is devolving before our eyes.

[@robstack3712]

I SO Agree, u should watch the half hour show on the show

[@markhonerbaum5789]

These days there is no insight as was, yet the short movie Passiondale lest we forget) might remind there is yet an ember still burning and alive.

[@luisjimenezastudillo7527]

Es bueno

[@brianheron9605]

My Uncle had 3 tanks blown up under him, My Father was in charge of keeping several B-26 and C-47 flying. . But as a Veteran.I still believe their's was/is the greatest generation.

[@danrobinson572]

I agree

[@jefrykoko9921]

🛅🛅🛅🛅🛅🛅🛅🛅🛅🛅

[@laurenstygar7996]

This is an absolute favorite. The Sgt. character betrays age. That's 26 years old at most.

[@luisfrau9810]

Sgt. Chip Saunders from Cleveland. A detail I was not aware of as a kid hooked on “Combat🗡”

[@joannemitchell9120]

Love this been watching them for 50 years terrible what happened to Vic Monroe 😥

[@RockandrollNegro]

What happened to Vic Morrow was even worse.

[@ericeric5903]

I would just like to comment how much as a musician I so appreciate the fantastic music in Combat …. That really added to the cinematic movie like experience of the series. Such a lost art and provided a lot of great well payone work for many musicians for a lot of years.

[@letunityblossom5733]

Thanks for sharing. Watching from European Union, Lithuania. Ich schaue aus die Europäische Union, Litauen.

[@goblin2bis707]

Yes, Micheline Presle was a very famous actress in France ! nice to see her here

[@scottgebow6539]

She’s still alive as of this writing today; she’s 99!

[@elziewilson9279]

101 look it up

[@jamesfisher1952]

I totally agree. These shows are great!

[@DirkDiggler6903]

You just keep making my day! I was bored to tears, thanks SOOOoo much!

[@blacklightstrobe]

i grew up in an old male household and liked all the old combat series. love it all

[@sgontz1]

they don"t make "em like this anymore.awesome show for sure...

[@55tumbler]

ya spreche deutch?

[@hugopolichella283]

En castellano la pelicula

[@deserthawk]

I would love to have the entire series on DVD...

[@algustocristiano8075]

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[@susanthompson2278]

I love watching 👀 military movies especially if there Black and white Combat is the one to watch ⌚ 👌 😍

[@susanthompson2278]

I was 3 years old when this movie was made

[@ronsmac]

A very good show and I believe seasons one and two were it’s best. Saunders was a tough man. In roughly one year of fighting he received something like 40 wounds.

[@josereyRecinto]

Annette: played by Micheline Presle, a French actress. She was sometimes billed as Micheline Prelle.22 August 1922 (age 99 years) still alive...

[@elziewilson9279]

101

[@kathystevetrooperblanck609]

That scrawny cat has been in a lot of these, but no credit!

[@pervanvalkenburg8507]

Thanks for all the Combats!

[@tomlee432]

You have to love these old series.they were well written with a great cast. You got to see a decent drama and pretty good action. And everything didn't have to visceral. Some of the things were left to the imagination. They did not try as in this show the glorification of war. Lessons were subtile. Never attempting to teach you how to live your life, but leaving to the person's honor a sense of respect. Not everyone had a happy ending. They did not have to be tied into some long corporate advertising that today seems as long as the show. You were not told you must have this or that.they were great stories. I wish TV shows today would take a lesson from these. I think , and this is only my opinion, we could go back to this type of work. People today could benefit from it.

[@Papa-fv1rn]

This is one of the best stories William Bast wrote for COMBAT, and that Laslo Benedek directed. It has the quality of a top-class full-length movie. The story, pacing, locations, and flow of the plot is as good as any top-line film. It continues to amaze me that they could put out such excellent programming on television in the 60s.

[@burningblue1254]

Her life was comfortable, and she loved a German officer who loved her back and looked after her. She made the fateful decision to help the men and her life changed. I hope she found happiness. She said it wasn't her war and Saunders said it was everybody's war and he was right.

[@billwilliams6338]

This writer did a really good job at the end. It just kills me to see her walking by vic morrow without saying anything. I have always wanted to ask the writer and the actress what that meaning of not saying anything back to Vic Morrow ment because it hits really hard. I guess because I have had some many relationships like that were you just don't say nothing at the end and just walk by each other and maybe that is why It hits home with me at the ending part.

[@danrobinson572]

I guess she was trapped between two lifestyles and worlds. She said earlier it’s not my war she is just live with it. And than I guess thinking about that kid putting himself in danger all the time. Walking pass Vic hit me to because just think if that really happened. That kind of situation would stay in your mind forever.

[@yogasamrat]

@@danrobinson572 She was not into sargeants.She was used to top brass!

[@danrobinson572]

@@yogasamrat 👍

[@hood_TheJoker]

best WW2 tv show ever...

[@craigpaul13]

High quality show. Get very attached to the characters. Was quite young when it was on the first time around so was not always allowed to stay up. Appreciate the opportunity to see it on demand.

[@gallantrycrossx1915]

Micheline Presle was a famous French actress. She was Sandra Dee's mom in a movie.

[@Lazarus0357]

She was very popular in France after the War, did lots of movies. Regards

[@veroniqueherzog8230]

J'adore cette série

[@sapper82]

A point of history. More than a few brave women in France and other occupied countries used liaisons with German Officers as a cover for resistance work. Sadly, on Liberation, many of them suffered punishment as collaborators.

[@rdavidconley6843]

"What good is a medal if your not here to collect it" The ones who deserve the medals are not here to collect them. Also .in ambush situations. It.s not like that, it s far worse

[@KillerBebe]

Thanks for the uploads of combat

[@billboth4814]

Episodes like this remind us that, however much we might've enjoyed it, COMBAT! was entertainment & not an historically accurate record of a WW 2 infantry squad.

[@daneapeterson]

Bill Both thank god you straightened that out. 🖕

[@Mrfrenchdeux]

Saunders, to squad: " I was taken to Paris, stayed in a lavish apartment, drank wine, ate cheese, killed a kraut officer, fought a kraut on a bridge, was taken away with a beautiful young French girl." Squad, to Saunders: "Did you nail her?"

[@markhonerbaum6988]

That's pretty good, all soldiers weren't gentleman but a minority raipest,an those caught were in the U.S army shot hanged or 25 yrs imprisonment.

[@grendelsm21]

"SHE nailed me! Her name translates in English as Clitler." :O

[@alexerhard9705]

Many memories as a kid.

[@NguageTrains]

Sadly there are not many WW2 veterans left.

[@bob_btw6751]

How did Saunders manage to hang onto the record from home after he was captured?

[@danrobinson572]

Luck

[@richardwalen2950]

Blooper...French girl's shoes changed from when they left her apartment to when they got off the boat and then back to the orginal shoes.

[@DavBlc7]

At the start of this episode, this house looked like a ye olde English thatched cottage I've seen in my country the UK.

[@bearing44]

Micheline Presle is still alive today at the age of 97

[@elziewilson9279]

101

[@samnigam3451]

This episode really made me cry

[@honeybear8485]

I suddenly realized I've seen this one.. combat is definitely a man's movie 😷🇺🇸👍

[@kingodie]

Combat is a tv series, not a movie

[@dorianphilotheates3769]

The skinny cat appeared in a few episodes of Combat! He was a chain-smoking Québécois named René L’évêque who later went on to become a celebrated Canadian journalist and politician.

[@rafaelochoaenrriquez9768]

Combat mi favorita excelentes actores recolección lo maximo

[@doctorwhom420]

There is a scene in apocalypse now where the character Clean listens to a cassette of his mom. It sounds very similar to this one. Wonder if he was inspired by this episode at all ?

[@paulwilliams6159]

In this episode Stg. Saunders wanders into the house alone and the Germans capture him. Where is the rest of his squad, you'd think they would be posted outside keeping watch. A major flaw in the plot me thinks.

[@Liberatus]

Paul Williams you missed the dialogue in the first 10 seconds

[@joegardner3083]

8 men, 28 farms to check.

[@chuckchilders6651]

Saunders' home town revealed - Cleveland! 90 miles east of me .

[@robertdevlieg232]

In a future episode, he tells someone that he is from Illinois.

[@howlinwaters]

Sgt Saunders is sportin' a puffy shirt!

[@yogasamrat]

Annette was still bitter in the end.Even after showing her true heroic and good samaritan qualities she still blamed Sarge for her loss! The life.. she is very complicated!

[@cartermcafee9388]

That cat is Morris the cat grandpappy, cuzz

[@kurthoman242]

She really gives Sonders the cold shoulder at the end. She lost everything especially the man she loved.

[@zacharycat603]

Why did Saunders wait so long to help the wounded man on the bridge?

[@voxfan7403]

How many times was Sgt. Saunders captured by the Wehrmacht in France during 1944?

[@LSeverusPertinax]

Remarkably, Micheline Presle is still alive, 101 years old , as of 13 Jan 2024!

[@carolgarabedian01]

Good episode

[@sirochi.]

BEST SHOW EVERRRR

[@atheistgenocideinthebible1102]

Vic Morrow in civilian? This is a fresh surprise!!!

[@FBlackRules]

Records from Home!! I liked the Third Man ending. Just like the great Carol Reed's scene. Pretty much.

[@sirochi.]

THIS IS SO GOOD DUN DUN DUN I LV THE THEME SONG!!!!!!!!!!! ICE-T THEY AIN' MAKE 'EM LIKE 'TIS ANYMOH

[@Ronin4614]

Best series ever!

[@Baskerville22]

I hope she was given a very close haircut after Paris was liberated

[@danrobinson572]

They all were.

[@stevedandy973]

Two things: 1. Not used to seeing Sarge in civvies and, 2. "Chip?" I wonder what his real first name is.

[@marktoombs6276]

Vick

[@denisehorner8448]

Chip is short for Charles.

[@yogasamrat]

His real name is Sarge! That's it!

[@griegeegoatzee5220]

From 62 I wish that 63 wouldn't add that curse of that 2024 from 62.

[@jasonstack122]

who is that blonde woman?

[@Bielostotsky]

Thankssss grrrrr! hughs!

[@elziewilson9279]

The French lady is now 101 years old look it up

[@paullevine1813]

Micheline Presle looks so much like Inger Stevens it's scary . One hell of an episode showing just how great Vic Morrow was as an actor, he helped make the show better than the writers could have hoped for. Sad story for her character ,shame she seemed not to realize what Nazi Germany was doing to not just the Jewish peoples of Europe but what they would have done to all the world had they won. Her sadness was lost on evil.

[@elziewilson9279]

Yes looks like Inger

[@zumbinis]

I'm looking for a first season Combat! episode that ends with the squad walking happily up a road after Shecky Greene's character jokes about something or gets teased. I only remember seeing the ending, and would love to see it all. Any idea which one it might be? Thanks in advance.

[@larrygrier4130]

zumbinis a ball 3

[@ลีมิงฮวด]

f

[@reymonti5504]

interesante capítulo

[@atheistgenocideinthebible1102]

First Movie, no shoot and no fucking Guns and War!!!

[@williamhiles7404]

Such women were dealt with harshly after liberation.

[@fredtogawa4908]

I’m sure some French women fell in love with their German occupiers, we’re their stories ever told? Wonder if the writer of this episode was inspired by this.

[@markhonerbaum5789]

How many people could not swim?First thing thought never forgot.

[@roywhl1]

Good one

[@LSeverusPertinax]

"They have taken Rouen!" then later, "We will have to evacuate Paris!" Well.. Paris was liberated on 25 August, 1944; Rouen was liberated 5 days later. Oops!---- ---Captain Buzzkill strikes again! lol

[@josemiguelbustamantesanmar2881]

Super pelicula

[@Bumper776]

Saunders claimed to be from Cleveland but in other episodes he claimed Illinois as his home. Hmmm?

[@ShutupKirby-]

Believe it or not, there is a Town in Illinois named Cleveland!

[@jorgenorbertobertetti8738]

me gustaria que las pasaran tambien en español

[@roberttodd8043]

But do you have any hair?

[@atheistgenocideinthebible1102]

The Wars are bankings Games!!!

[@manuelrosales3099]

Por fabor traducido al español

[@mikeburkholder9153]

Wouldn't you think her German friend would be more curious about an American record, just waiting to be played.