I love the early Do 17 prototypes, with the slender, aerodynamic cockpit. They look so graceful and fast! And then those high-head, non-inverted BMW IV engines, so different from the inverted Jumos and DB engines that came later. And somehow, I've always loved those late-mid 30's-style flush exhaust ports, that just open out into the slipstream instead of vectoring the thrust. They just look so classy. But several of the first ones aren't Do 17's at all. Some sort of 1930s prototype. The 4-engine one has a tail just like a Armstrong Whitley, which rings a bell. The footage is great; surprisingly nimble for a bomber. I love the interior shots; I've always trying to find out more about the interiors of aircraft, and it's good to see it on film, with crewmembers in place. The rotating rear guns are quite clever; I believe the nose cone of the He 111 is similar, and the one one the G4M is as well, but much larger: basically, you can shift the gun from the port to the starboard side of the plane. I wonder why that feature didn't appear on other German bombers and heavy fighters? I'm not sure that was even on the Do 17...it might have been a special feature on the Do 215, meant to attract sales. And 9:53...I never had any idea that the engines on the Do 217 had a cooling fan built into the cowling...the only aircraft I knew of before this were the Fw 190 and the J4M _Raiden_ ("Jack"). It's very interesting that the fan seems to be geared to run faster than the prop....see how it spins at a faster rate when the prop is turned? Makes me wonder now whether the Fw 190 has the same gearing. I'd always assumed the blades were just connected to the propeller shaft and spun at the same rate. But it'd make sense...the engine is the same one, and the cowling is almost identical: tight and streamlined, with bulges in the "cheeks" to cover the twin internal supercharger intakes (which might part of why the fan is needed).

Beautiful aircraft.I'm currently building a 1/48 do17z-2 and this footage is very helpful.Really love the earlier variants such as the e and f.

Great footage.Not fussed about the sound as it gives a full chance to take in the visuals.

Tolle Aufnahme!

great footage,thankyou

Geiles Flugzeug! 😎👍💪🐺

how about that! incredible cockpit footage!, had no idea about the clear panel covers on the electronics panel even existed !, only film footage could show that!

Beautiful plane!

What a beauty

Thank you for this video. I am drawing plans for a flying model of the DO-17z at 1/8 scale. The interior footage is excellent and will help a lot withy my project.

I also miss sound. Please upload again and share with tone - prefered in german or english

Interesting footage. But most of it was of the Do 217 not the Do 17. Good to see all the same.

Me resulta casi imposible distinguir un DO 17 de un Junker 88, viéndolos de afuera obviamente.

Any surviving engine audio?

No sound so that when people see the Do11? and the Do19 they will be confused

No sound?

I prefer this silence to the God awful orchestral/big band cacophony that accompanies most period footage👍

This is Do215