'Ride of the Valkyries' | Apocalypse Now

[@iamtimfoley]

My goodness, the cinematography is brilliant. No wonder why this movie won an Oscar for cinematography.

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

American propaganda at its best! There were always civillians on the ground. But the marines love to kill em sinmce they were Asians.

[@sausagepower5342]

it is beyond belife. such a great scene and film

[@erichartmann815]

@@sausagepower5342 Yes, and also exposed ignorant Americans to the glories of Wagner. Even dumbed down Yanks got a taste of real art. Wagner was the greatest artist of all time. If you disagree, you are a fool,or a philistine.

[@philipthomas3629]

the vision, and to bring it together.

[@internationalartprojects8660]

Imagine how bad the cgi remake will be

[@Havoc-bc6oy]

this scene must have cost coppolla a fortune but it was worth it - one of the best scenes across all movie history.

[@jarodquintillius7547]

poutine en ukraine bissssssssssssssssssssssss

[@johnearle1]

The pyrotechnics involved in the napalm scene are incredibly accurate.

[@BringBacktheGreeks]

I remember reading back then that it was the scene that broke the $1 Mil price ceiling, including the charges(and bribes?) to Marcos regime for the helicopters. The Result is a Masterpiece that has been a Lesson in Cinematography to countless students since, and one of the Best Scenes Ever Made !!! Thank You Masters Coppola, Tavoularis, and crew!!!

[@julianshepherd2038]

Nazi theme tune is brilliant. They'd chant U. S. A. in the cinemas now.

[@luiul1]

i would have liked to seen what sergio leone could have done with this scene. coppola who?

[@kchabak68]

Some of the greatest cinematography ever in my opinion

[@JB-yb4wn]

Lawrence of Arabia, when Omar Sharif arrives at the well.

[@dougtaylor7724]

Loved the end of the scene when the mortar hit and Duvall says Don’t these savages ever give up? Nice!

[@davidsempau2973]

Savages? Humble local people being massacred by uncle sam's cowboys. Disgusting!

[@MrBagpipes]

The irony of an American in Vietnam calling someone a savage.

[@graeme9668]

Thats on a longer clip of this scene when a chopper goes in to land on the square and a Viet woman with grenade vest strapped to her rushes in to detonate: "Duval! : God Dammit...dont these savages know when to give up!" I think the producer wanted the sense of irony to flow from that comment.

[@CryptoX-kr3wu]

00:21 I always loved the look on the Navy chief’s face. Like he’s thinking these Army air cavalry boys are crazy. 😂

[@benjaming2423]

Chef????

[@Xenophon1]

Scouts Out!!

[@peterbrown3608]

I love this part 1:24, where it starts off quiet, then suddenly you hear the music, when the VC soldiers are preparing (as they run under the bridge) you can hear that 'wump wump wump' getting louder.

[@reganator5000]

And the fact it makes it clear they're bombing an allied country - the PAVN weren't exactly fighting a guerilla war by the time americans arrived, and never truly lost much ground in their entire existence, beating in order, the french once, the Japanese once, the French a second time, the Americans, the Khmer Rouge and the Chinese within something like 70 years.

[@BLVCKSCORP]

Ah yes the women and children the true VC

[@sillysod33]

Sheen, Brando, Hopper, Duvall, Forrester, Fishburne…. what a cast. 🤩

[@The.Original.Potatocakes]

Even Harrison Ford got in on it

[@petervidovich8351]

Scott Glenn as well

[@MadJack_I_]

Don't forget R. Lee Ermey

[@elizabethmcloughlin1984]

You don't get better than this. Genius. X ❤️

[@thecockfather82]

Forrester who?

[@susanborkenhagen58]

The editing and choreography of the helicopters is brillant. When I saw this for the first time my mouth was hanging open, then I sat through the whole film again. One of my top 5 films. No wonder Anthony Bourdain was in love with this film. He must have mentioned it on about 15 episodes of his food/travel shows. The opening scene still leaves me speechless.

[@youngc570]

I was big mad at other films for not being to make scenes like this, but then I saw the behind the scenes documentary and understood why not.

[@artisaprimus6306]

That's one of the most memorable scenes in movie making. The scene when the kids are lined up and ushered to a shelter is powerful. The writer/ director reminds us of the terrible price of war paid by civilians, including innocent children.

[@MyJuan232]

jajaja

[@MrSimonw58]

Clip end before the lady threw the grenade in the landed helicopter and she was shot in the back running away

[@artisaprimus6306]

@@MrSimonw58 Ok, I'm not certain what point you're trying to make. Yes, a woman blows up a helicopter and then gets shot.

[@Charlie-qe6lv]

F em

[@amimrie]

In this scene they were using the civilians as cover, And no precision bombs in them days, Civilians pay a price as do the soldiers.

[@georgeshanks]

“I love the smell of napalm in the morning…”. Best war movie line ever.

[@jewels1331]

Smells like victory.

[@8-ball916]

"Napalm sticks to kids" David Allen Coe

[@richardlionheart3965]

yeah, i bet that kid running out of the village with her skin hanging off thought the exact same thing

[@TheGodParticle]

Robert sure could, he was a incredible actor, just like the military guy he played ..

[@Kserkses13]

Allways...

[@richardburtonjr1889]

My uncle said they would never do this, but "When possible we would wait till a large storm was approaching or in the area, so the weather would help blend out the rotor blade noise on the way in."

[@DumbCrazyStupid]

Your uncle sounds like he has seen some stuff and i hope he has been able to record his recollection of his service in that tragic conflict.

[@cloaker2829]

That's not as cool as blasting classical music.

[@zevsrus3234]

И как ему после этого? Кровь ему не снилась по ночам, ?

[@adriangaliver]

@@zevsrus3234 ага, а кто воевал праведную и справедливую войну - тому кровь не снилась по ночам, ведь это именно так работает

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

But US forces did kill many civillians for no reason. Your uncle was a liar son. He 100% killed a Vietnamese civillian and also slept with em in red light districts of Saigon.

[@elizabethmcloughlin1984]

One of the greatest films ever made. I don't even like war films but never tire of this one. Masterpiece.

[@anonygent]

Check out the original All Quiet on the Western Front. WWI told from the German side. It's all about war while simultaneously being one of the best anti-war movies ever made, exceeded, perhaps, by only J'Accuse, a French silent film actually made by the French government during WWI, who apparently didn't get the point the producer was making.

[@PolishGod1234]

Its not really a war film actualy, war is just kinda in the background of the film. Its more about human psychology and nature

[@elizabethmcloughlin1984]

@@anonygent I agree . All Quiet on the Western Front is brilliant.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

@@anonygent Is that the one with John Boy from the Waltons? I loved that movie. I also think that the guy who played Bilbo Baggins was in it? It's been a hot minute since I've seen it.

[@anonygent]

@@StrangeScaryNewEngland No, this is the 1930 original with Lew Ayres.

[@johnearle1]

Robert Duvall earned his Oscar nomination for this scene. Not bad for 15 minutes work. Apocalypse Now is by far the best war movie ever made. The brutality, insanity, moral turpitude, fear, and elation are all there. Brando’s performance was top notch, as was his cast mates. Surreal film.

[@gregmatthies8128]

Yes it is a great movie but really there are plenty of other great ones too you know.

[@johnearle1]

@@gregmatthies8128 A Bridge Too Far. The scene where the soldier dies for a tube of berets. Excellent cast.

[@mrgdoc]

Better than SAVING PRIVATE RYAN?…I don’t think so…

[@johnearle1]

@@mrgdoc Even Stalingrad is better than that drivel.

[@mrgdoc]

@@johnearle1 NOPE

[@Kobra-b1g]

"Why is Ride of the valkyres your favorite classic composition? " "You wouldn't get It"

[@panzerpoodle]

Weil es ein deutscher komponiert hat😂

[@Nerdtendo6366]

I like it because of jackass 3D, god damn that film

[@schorschi1567]

@@panzerpoodle Und Wagner Hitlers Schatzl war....

[@sargen73]

Por Army Men.. si lo jugaste entenderías

[@marksasahara1115]

But they might get Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings....

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

"Well he wasn't a bad officer I guess, he loved his boys and they felt safe with him"

[@Gravy_seal-r3l]

Most of them survived under his command I don't think k any of them actually died

[@toasty_7233]

@@Gravy_seal-r3l I mean I haven't watched the movie but it doesn't seem like people in the helicopter that blew up directly after this scene survived. A great leader but not necessarily a good man. That's up to debate.

[@MrGroganmeister]

@@toasty_7233what do you mean he wasn’t a good man. He loved surfing.

[@toasty_7233]

@@MrGroganmeister lol

[@LoneLee2022]

The editing in his scene alone is what made it so exciting.

[@kc_was_here737]

Never noticed Gunny in a pilots seat. He does it all!

[@comicbookninja5268]

He was a military advisor for the film and was attending a school in the Phillipines at the time.

[@protennis365]

Gunny what is you MOS. Gunny: EVERYTHING!!!

[@ericmichels6158]

I thought I recognized those eyebrows.

[@kronicracer]

Before Full Metal Jacket

[@power_plushi_emperor97]

​@@ericmichels6158 You did.

[@blankityblank6029]

This scene is so amazing now because there was no CGI involved in this whole combat scene!

[@jimbarrett3161]

3 tours RVN 65-66-67-68, I lived it we didn't have any fake shit .....that wasn't even in the vocabulary, CGI computer-generated imagery (special visual effects created using computer software) was years away... in 1995 they finally had the world's first feature-length CGI film, Toy Story!

[@z140140]

it's not a combat scene but american war crime scene

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

CGI wouldn't be a thing in filmmaking until the late 1980's...

[@thefutureisnowoldman7653]

​@@z140140cry more

[@srj607able]

CGI couldn’t make you smell napalm in the morning

[@badder27com]

Just one of the best scenes in cinema history

[@7vivo]

pojebana scena ,pokazuje jaka wojna jest pojebana

[@LoneLee2022]

All live Action, no CGI!

[@cashewnuttel9054]

How come I never see any Vietnamese in the comments?

[@LvanderM]

@@cashewnuttel9054 They won. So they don`t care. The US likes to make her army look good even if a war is lost. lol

[@tranminh5748]

@@cashewnuttel9054 "bac kỳ cho" is correct not Vietnamese, because not all Vietnamese like the communists in the north

[@jimwebb813]

Vietnam, like the song says” you can check out, you just can’t ever leave” I’m 78 now, I look back and it’s like yesterday

[@piotrrzenno4924]

wspoluczuje

[@piotrrzenno4924]

wspolczuje

[@elultimo102]

My best bud was there, and was not the same guy when he came home. He was really pissed the way the war ended----a total waste of lives, just like Iran and Afghanistan and accomplished nothing.

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@elultimo102 Well stay home next time. Nobody asked for Yankees to invade their homes. Should have learned that from the War of 1812.

[@youngc570]

Good to see man, Kilgore and the boys vibing to some Wagner 🎶

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

"Run Charlie!!!" Well said, Laurence Fishburne!

[@blackhathacker82]

From the matrix? ? Doesn't look like him in the face maybe wrong though

[@Eragon2679]

​@@blackhathacker82it's him, he lied to the casting team by saying he was 16, he was actually 14. That's probably why he looks so different.

[@joegevorkyan7308]

@@blackhathacker82it’s him.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Wieght gain.

[@hemming57]

"So long Charlie!"

[@jorgezarco9269]

Wagner: the "bad boy" of Classical Music.

[@Cormano980]

It's not a war crime when cool music plays

[@andreasmartin7942]

If Putin only knew this...no sanctions at all.

[@ΔιονύσηςΜπουζος]

Σωστός!

[@Tiberium_Tiger]

It’s one of the cleanest battle scenes you’ll find in a Hollywood Vietnam movie I mean the people they’re shooting at are heavily armed and openly flying the communist flag in South Vietnam

[@si-vis-pacem-parabellum]

@@Cormano980 LOLs

[@unsuisseegare1291]

"Your honor, free bird was playing"

[@eebarreto]

One of the best Iconic Vietnam movies ever.. "EPIC INSTANCE CLASSIC"

[@Mark10141066]

Richard Wagner's opera in this warlike scene, the best!

[@marsdestroyer1621]

God gave supernatural powers to R.Wagner : hearing Wagner's music, blind people can see. That's clearly a prophetic sign.

[@johnearle1]

The whole idea of Valkyries, handmaids of Odin sent to gather the slain on the battlefield is one of the best cinematic juxtapositions ever.

[@andreykot8373]

They say Hitler liked it very much too. I think it's a reference to this.

[@parthasmoulik]

Ride of the Valkyrie

[@robbillington1982]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇩🇪 🇺🇸

[@Emdee5632]

I will always remember one scene of the movie the best. Robert Duvall delivers his (in)famous I love napalm speech. Then he walks away. Now watch closely the look on Martin Sheen's face. Even though a tough guy himself (as becomes clear at the end of the scene where they go through a boat in search of contraband), he cannot believe there are people who actually LOVE war...

[@lisamorrissey4077]

I don’t know what to say. Maybe we possess the warrior gene. But I Love war movies 🍿

[@cmmm-p1b]

and when kilgore says sadly! some day this war is going to end......

[@grahamwoodhams6512]

One of the best moments ever inFilm History

[@bonusbone5118]

Can we all agree that this is the official music video for ride of the Valkyries

[@ellieflaggirl934]

fuck yea unexpected comment but I wholeheartedly agree 😅

[@panzerlied-z1p]

Think you of can I say NO?lol

[@erichartmann815]

@@ellieflaggirl934 Probably the first time you heard Wagner. Now you know what great art is. Sure beats rock and roll and that trash called hip hop...

[@erichartmann815]

@@panzerlied-z1p Wagner was the greatest artist of all time. Now you know. Your welcome.

[@panzerlied-z1p]

@@erichartmann815 you too.from JP : )

[@rfletch62]

"This is Romeo Foxtrot. Shall we dance?"

[@horuslupercal9936]

Somehow I conned my mom into taking me to see this when I was 12. I've been a Wagner fan ever since.

[@Saxondog]

Listen to Siegfried's Funeral March..that is something else.

[@horuslupercal9936]

@Derek Bright Waaaaay ahead of you Bro (Excaliber was one of my favorite movies as a Kid too) .

[@johnearle1]

Every Wagner prelude features the French horn as a tribute to his father.

[@ericheuvel6369]

@@Saxondog… yep… how it was used in Excalibur!!!

[@66kbm]

One has to ask, "Mr Coppola, how did you think of that scene? How did you manage the logistics of that scene? How did you finally execute such a memorable scene that in Cinematic History will never be forgotten?"

[@joelanderos23]

i'm a long time army aviation aircraft mechanic and i loved when this movie came out just for this scene.

[@davidatovar]

2:40 My favorite part, the Doorgunner "Reaching Out And Touching Someone" with that M-60... Well Done !

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

He was liberating the Water Buffalo from his cruel masters!

[@galenhof3371]

"Outstanding Red team!....getcha a case of beer for that!"

[@JoeMcCohn]

My favourite moment in that scene

[@tomvillar9545]

​@@JoeMcCohnte gusta masacrar civiles desarmados?🤔

[@AgentLoneWolf73]

​@@JoeMcCohnFor some reason me too

[@markstarmer3677]

Great line that.

[@B-Man-69]

Imagine enjoying a peaceful life in the village and suddenly some warhead dropped onto it and kills everyone 🤨 this movie did a really good job at pointing how meaningless most wars are

[@garywagner2466]

Yep. A “peaceful” village full of armed troops, a 50 cal. anti-aircraft emplacement, and hidden weapons caches. The movie was intended to point out the insanity of war. It didn’t succeed. We still have them.

[@nomadpi1]

@@garywagner2466 Into every generation ambitious men are born. Into each generation are born men who follow ambitious men. Yes, we still have police actions and brush-fire wars. The reason is that you can't change human nature. There is "insanity" in it because some can't see what ambitious men are trying to do. You can't understand these people if you're not one of them.

[@ianlewis5358]

The perfect combination of war, music and cinematography. Makes the hairs on my neck stand to attention.

[@rodables7264]

I watched Martin Sheen on an old interview, in which he stated that everyone on set was floored watching Duvall act.

[@marknewton6984]

Who wouldn't be?!

[@MrTeiohx]

All of the aircraft loaned by the Filipino Air Force. F communism

[@zeze_5678]

He was as good as Brando...as for everyone in this movie

[@morrismonet3554]

This never gets old.

[@sheldonnapoli9792]

Headphones on/volume up...

[@doughazzard2532]

The heart of darkness. The dissent into madness.

[@raviaguva]

No CGI, incredibly shot.

[@frankdrevinpolicesquad2930]

I was flying Hueys in the First Cav at Fort Hood when this movie came out. ( The unit depicted here is the First Cav) The post theater went nuts !

[@albundy6008]

Long may the Stetson ride!!

[@thomasjay3389]

The 1st Air Cavalry was a great unit.

[@genecasciari748]

My fav scene of the movie! I love rhe beginning scene of this part if this segment where the butler blows the charge intro! I hated the scene where the Cong girl flips the hat with grenade into Hughey😢 but soldiers hunt her down and take her out. Top 10 war movies ever!

[@doublep1980]

What makes this scene even better, is how it was filmed. Coppola shot the movie in the Philippines and got the choppers from their army. (Yes, these are all real helicopters, no special effects.) Unfortunately, a communist insurrection broke out in another part of the Philippines, that escalated into a civil war & the military called off the helicopters to fight off the rebels. This was going on for weeks & also, a tropical Typhoon storm destroyed the set of the village. The whole production of "Apocalypse Now" was an insane shitshow, it´s a miracle Coppola even managed to finish it. Among other things, protagonist Martin Sheen almost died from a heart attack, Coppola went over budget & was forced to take a private loan, mortgaging his house, in order to finish the movie, the entire crew was on drugs on booze, Marlon Brando refused to even read the script & improvised his lines, not to mention he was so overweight they had to shoot all his scenes in the dark to hide that, Coppola had a nervous breakdown on set etc. There´s a documentary about it, directed by his wife, called " Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse". And if you have seen "Tropic Thunder", the chaotic production of ''Apocalypse Now" was a major inspiration. Also, Stanley Kubrick was so horrified from this story, that when he went to produce his Vietnam War movie, "Full Metal Jacket", he decided to shoot in England instead. Apparently Kubrick didn't want any of this craziness on his movie shoot.

[@blockmasterscott]

It was shot in the Philippines? Ok, that makes sense now because I go to PI twice a year with my wife, and first thing I thought when I saw the court yard with the school kids was that it looked like the Philippines lol!

[@doublep1980]

@@blockmasterscott Many of the Hollywood "Vietnam War" movies , were shot there. Because it was very cheap & the military government of the Philippines, who ruled back then had bought a lot of US military hardware, left over from the war, like the Huey choppers, which they loved to rent to Hollywood film makers for movies, making some good money out of this.

[@jayk7422]

I’m in the Philippines right now.... I love the smell of this place in the morning 😁

[@dennis12dec]

It's actually filmed in Baler, Aurora Province on the East Coast of Luzon and thanks to this film 🎥 the place has become a popular surfing 🌊 area both locals and foreigners alike.

[@ShadowtheRenamon]

Shit I forgot that's not Charlie in the one shot we see of him in this video. Man he looks like his dad.

[@jy9291]

It gets better every time you watch it.

[@davidjakiela9553]

For those who don't know a valkyrie is a Angel from Norse mythology. They would prowl the battlefield looking for Worthy Vikings to escort them to Valhalla

[@zloymyx2486]

This is true. The irony is that mostly unarmed peasants in the fields became their opponents. Nothing changed.

[@nikoclesceri2267]

🤓🤓🤓🤓

[@robbillington1982]

Yes it’s in Old English mythology too as Walkyrie

[@mohdrafimohdamin]

The most iconic scene...

[@MysticOracle]

Imagine Apaches doing this now.

[@Larsmars6billionfan1234]

💀

[@ΜικηςΖεζας]

It would sound like... victory!

[@sheilaolfieway1885]

Noo not Apaches Vipers...

[@johnredcorn2476]

If an apache plays music but everyones dead, does it make a sound?

[@aussiviking604]

Manpads would rip them from the sky. The dumb Russians tried this earlier this year on a airfield assault. They were wiped out. The world moves on , manned helicopters are now death traps.

[@Anakisas]

Coppola one of the greatest directors of all time. His art skills through cinematography are superb.

[@kyle47922]

OMG one of the best helicopter movie scenes ever. No CGI.

[@davidbateman7345]

One of the greatest battle scenes in history of flicks

[@tomvillar9545]

Cual "batalla"?😏

[@konstantinr7193]

where did you see greg battle ?!

[@fintonmainz7845]

Which "battle"?

[@equusasinus]

If you think a massacre is a 'battle' maybe you never served. Anyone who did knows the difference.

[@MrBagpipes]

Anyone who thinks slaughtering civilians is a battle needs to examine his life.

[@andyburrows9187]

My wife asked me why i play this before i go to work , so i told her that everyday its a battlefield

[@robmcguire7534]

Could be worse, you could play it before "romantic" times.

[@Madmaexx]

@@robmcguire7534 if you dont fuck against each other, its no real sex ;)

[@heatherperleberg7816]

@@robmcguire7534 During.

[@Tracker5111]

You are not lying. May she never have to step foot out into the work force.

[@Esteben9]

But we are not at war. Im I wrong?

[@ogi-wankenobi5562]

Probably the most iconic movie scene ever...

[@jimlola3752]

Visited the sets in the Philippines in the Summer of 1976 for about 2-3 weeks (as my Cousin was one of the Huey pilots). It was messed up. It was interesting to meet & hang out w/ Larry (he also was about 16 yrs & the youngest cast member) and Emilio (about 12/13 ys) as he was there hanging w/ his Dad, Charlie Sheen. They really wanted to hang out w/ kids from the US. My Cousin was able to let me fly in the Huey many times and I even got a bit of stick time as PIC as I was already a fixed wing aircraft pilot having received my wings in May for my BDay. It was a very cool experience although the heat, humidity, & rainy season were pretty bad.

[@DevilDogMuNky]

2:13 I could watch this formation for hours!

[@TurkishTranslationChannel]

Me too

[@drolds6522]

To me this was the greatest Vietnam movie ever made! This seen will always be my favorite

[@LoneLee2022]

All live action no CGI. Perfect editing made this scene.

[@sudhanshupandey3829]

Along with Platoon

[@РумпельШтильцхен-ш4ы]

"Цельнометаллическая оболочка" лучше.

[@aksantom]

@@sudhanshupandey3829 We were Soldiers

[@PolishGod1234]

Greatest war movie in general

[@rfbradley3305]

I was a Huey Crew Chief for 10 years. I put and 8 track tape deck in and wired it into the intercom. We played really great music and flying it was a blast. I love this movie. It brings me back everytime I see it 😎

[@Crantock-l1v]

Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen and at 0:24 a very young Larence Fishburne..3 of my favourite actors.

[@RichCow-xe1bz]

Quite possibly one of the greatest scenes in a war movie.

[@willlane2388]

I used to LOVE this scene when I was younger (54 now). We would watch it over and over in the barracks when I was in the Marines. Now, all I see is a tranquil, blissful little village going about its day, and then...... I mean I get it. I see both sides, but I'm really torn about it now.

[@jsc3417]

would you be torn about it if it was showing the germans doing a bombing run over some Polish village?

[@jansandman6983]

@@jsc3417 He doesn't mean it that way. I get what the Marine is talking about coming from a Soldier who also served and seen/feel what it's like to see "collateral damage" up close.

[@supriadiramlan5545]

US at the finest going half way the globe to kill local people right? korea, vietnam, grenada, iraq, afganistan etc ..........

[@j.calvert3361]

War is insane. And it's a field day for nutcases. Vietnam was no exception. Ukraine war only confirms that.

[@SwordofDivision]

Ok, snowflake.

[@gary4books]

I bring to this clip five years of experience in Vietnam and one year with the First Infantry Division (66-67) and with my knowledge, it still moves me. If only ... But they "went in hot."

[@hprtmr]

Es ist pervers, wozu Menschen fähig sind. Diese Szene bringt dies auf den Punkt. Wagner und Kriegsverbrechen, das harmoniert einfach. Fast schon wieder Kult.

[@ИтицкаяСила]

Haben Sie bemerkt: in Kommentaren - alle sind fasziniert... es ist schrecklich...

[@nomadpi1]

I see the panorama of the slicks in formation, I close my eyes, I hear the rotors; I smell the JP-4, I hear the crackles, the smell of sweat, the scent of Hops gun oil, that green rot smell of Nam, the bitter taste of cigarettes, and I feel the memory of my youth. 60 years later, this is what brings a surge to me.

[@hardhang]

you forgot to mention the mutilated bodies of dead civilians

[@thomasjay3389]

The best of times and the worst of times at the same moment.

[@dougstyles]

That shot at 2:20 is magnificent

[@uodbouqwerty7128]

The best version of "Ride". Hands down

[@JR7noir]

One of the best scenes of all history.

[@TTony-tu6dm]

One of, if not the, most incredible combat scenes ever filmed. No wonder Coppola lost his mind

[@cleanshvr617]

Absolutely my favorite movie scene of all time! From my favorite movie! This song just does it for me!

[@petersonlafollette3521]

It is historical- the armed invaders with a political agenda against a sovereign nation who's main activity was to bring in the rice crop...

[@jamiejames6952]

What a classic, right up there with Platoon and full metal jacket

[@Fedakeen]

and to think, this is actually pretty gentle compared to some of the things that took place during the war.

[@perfesser944]

Saw that red flag waving? That's reason enough.

[@katekat1064]

I was completing nursing school at the time. My daddy retired USMC.

[@katekat1064]

​@@perfesser944sorry but I don't understand

[@shorttimer874]

I was in D Troop, 8/1 Air Cav Squadron stationed at Ft Knox in '71. I have no idea what the squadron tasking was, but I remember that those of us in the ground troop spent a lot of our time supporting the Armor School, supplying bodies and equipment for officer training. While we did not usually do any squadron activities, we did travel to the Ft Bragg area once to maneuver against the graduating class of Green Berets. Our troop never found them except for being the target of a prearranged ambush, (we did find a few stills in the back woods around the post, got out of there quickly since the brewers would have had real bullets and we only had blanks) but the chopper pilots flying in our food said they were having a great time following the trails in the snow. Going back to Ft Knox they decided to do a fly over in squadron formation. Those of us watching from the ground convoy decided that they really needed to practice that more since they visibly appeared to be having, um, problems with their spacing. Looks like doing it in CGI is much easier.

[@ryanrehfuss]

Actually nearly every shot in this scene is as real as it looks. You're seeing real Philippine air force helicopters flown by their active duty pilots. The formation flying, interior shots, and pyrotechnics, were done full scale and in flight - with film crew and actors aboard. Every helicopter is real, even the airframes "destroyed" on camera. It was an absurdly expensive, difficult, and dangerous movie to film. The making-of documentary is a fascinating watch.

[@Mr.bottle_episode]

There are two types of people in the comment section: People who find this horrific and hate it because of it People who actually watched the movie and know that it’s supposed to be horrific

[@구루둥]

전세계 영화 역사상 가장 위대한 장면 top 5 안에 드는 위대한 명장면입니다 저런 장면을 CG 없이 1978년도에 만들었다는거 자체가 경이스럽지 않을 수 없습니다 존경합니다 위대하신 코폴라 감독님...

[@samwwell]

А какие ещё 4 великие сцены на твой взгляд?

[@jerrymail]

The best helicopter attack sequence in the history of cinema. You will never be able to do better in computer generated images.

[@thaboomer53]

probably one of the best war movie scenes ever filmed. And take note of the stars in this movie. What a list!

[@robertmcdonald8342]

I love classical music, first time i heard the vocals. And incidentally this is the operatic version, with the vocals.

[@mazharimam6827]

There's a reason this is the best Vietnam war films and the cinematography here proves why. Not even "We Were Soldiers" comes close.

[@6666madmick]

One of my all time favourites movies

[@cathyheston3029]

What an awesome messed up movie....Loved it!!! Thank you to all that served❤

[@maggiekirschner3184]

IMO...one of the greatest movies.

[@joeordinary209]

Probably the best movie ever made!

[@WilfordBeeney]

I could not watch movies about Vietnam,but this one was the great one.❤

[@dukewydercorporation7216]

I would place this in the top two three movies of all time, in a tie with :Full Metal Jacket" and "Das Boot" the subtiltled version, and the longer directors cut, but you MUST see the directors cut in this as well, extended version, not the original release, its critical as it fills in the too many holes left on the cutting room floor.

[@ricklee5845]

I agree - the Director's Cut is even better!

[@partikelsmusic]

Das Boot had three Versions, The short Cinema Version with is too much cuttet, die Directors Cut and the very long Version for german television.

[@cynthiaoconnor7185]

Saw this in the theater and still get chills watching it.

[@StrangeScaryNewEngland]

Can you describe why? I see TONS of comments that it gives people chills or makes their hair stand up, but I can't figure out why?

[@hutch1111111]

Always liked the scene where the female medic in the white dress is tending to the wounded while all that chaos is going on around her. Respect for all medics, the crazy buggers.

[@vitesse_arnhem]

The Vietnamese civilians didn’t fight back against Charlie. They could have embraced free and fair elections, and free enterprise. Instead, they chose common markets, brutal dictatorship, and communism. They also armed their villages, which made them valid military targets by all international conventions. They didn’t wave a white flag. It’s THEIR fault they were bombed. Don’t forget also how close we were to winning the war, if only Senate DemocRATs let us. Small, tactical nuclear strikes designed to uproot and decimate Communism would have led to immediate unconditional surrender and recolonization.

[@slactweak]

@@vitesse_arnhem Good thing idiots like YOU aren't in charge.

[@kostan55]

@@vitesse_arnhem I wouldnt blame the democrats. Seeing the situation from Europe, it seems like a good thing they didn't let the war continue. Especially with the sheer amount of PTSD the soldiers must've experienced.

[@slome815]

@@vitesse_arnhem Rofl, embraced free elections, like south vietnam was a model of free democracy. And the village was defended, as mosty villages and towns are in war. It's also insane you blame the democrats for the loss when during the Vietnam war, when it was Nixon and Gerald Ford who were most instrumental in the Vietnam policy. Also, the idea the US was close to winning is just a bunch of nonsense, probably coming from some misleading and greatly exaggerated kill claims for the Vietcong and NVA. The thruth is that combined south Vietnamese and US casualty rates never got lower as the war went on, even in the last year of the war the south vietnamese army lost more then 30 000 troops.

[@vitesse_arnhem]

@@slome815 My reasoning for blaming the Left is that they didn’t let Nixon do his job. If we had deployed small mushrooms it would have ended the war just as quickly as when Truman did. Nixon’s policies were flawed because he couldn’t use the full force of our military. The South wasn’t perfect, no third worId nation’s govt is, but after the war it would have been leaps and bounds closer to a Western system than what HCM ruled.

[@wastelita]

I am not a man who thinks war is necessary, I watched the movie many times and many other ones, but the Ride of the valkyries and Apocalypse Now, unbelieveable great!

[@JohnnyG-hq6wo]

One of the greatest movie scenes in history. Damn shame the volume on my phone doesn’t go to 120db or I would have it that loud!

[@ronaldstokes4841]

Naaa... 's gotta be on at least a 52-inch screen, attached to your sound system. Things in the room should vibrate.

[@MsFutureguy]

I'm so glad I missed the Vietnam War. So many guys my age and younger were there.

[@trevordenver9877]

As former military, I love how this scene depicts the insanity that comes with combat, I also love the idea of flying into battle listening to this XD

[@johnjim6793]

I hope you don't mean flying into battle and slaughtering innocent civilians.

[@hadisetiadi66]

@@johnjim6793 yeah innocent civilians with ak-47

[@johnjim6793]

@@hadisetiadi66 There are no AK-47s in that clip, only women and school children. Even if one or two rifles accidently happened to lie around somewhere it would not justify what the Americans did. The Vietnamese were just defending their home country just like Americans would do if a foreign power invaded their country.

[@carlsandstrom2489]

@@johnjim6793 true attack on the cvilians was very wrong and by no means justified but they did it with a reason no just mindless slaughtering

[@timo4040]

you got that #*&@ right.

[@ms.annthrope415]

The Hueys flying in much like the Valkyries coming in after battle was so astounding a visual just like the Blue Danube playing as the space vehicle docked in slow motion or Also Sprach Zarathustra playing when the primitive ape man smashed a bone and the epiphany that the bone could also be used to smash another ape's skull, the beginning of mankind's violence.

[@nomadpi1]

Ahh, an astute movie buff. Fabulous films you mention in simile.

[@asmith1496]

One of the best scenes in cinematic history

[@leonardostocco8843]

1:00 capitain Price

[@umutnazli2306]

Lieutenant Price

[@Ned_Bum989]

His first battle

[@agustinescobar6385]

2023.y todavía me gusta esta escena de la mejor película bélica. Robert y Martín geniales

[@felixthomasgonzales9151]

Un retrato real de las guerras de Vietnam

[@190garage]

Najlepszy "film"wojenny w historii kina, żeby go zrozumieć tak naprawde trzeba przynajmniej dwa razy zobaczyć.

[@БорисСафронов-ъ8б]

Лёлик и Болик круче! Спорим)))

[@glenbolderson2479]

Always loved that they know the VC can hear them approaching but they dont care.

[@matthewanstey5185]

One of my favourite movies

[@mikewoodman7700]

hearing this in 5.1 sound is a whole new experience, it sounds like you're in the Huey with the thumping of the rotor above you. Iconic scene.

[@gtbabe06]

2:52 “run Charlie” like run forest, run

[@tommmi1000]

one of the best movie scenes ever , of course war is bad, sad and leads to nothing

[@PLENG666]

It was a very powerful scene but instead it brought tears to my eyes. 😟

[@BruceBowman42]

SAME

[@allgood6760]

Timeless classic! 👍🎥