The Royal Air Force at War: 1939-1941 (2006)
1h 43min
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- Synopsis:
A collection of early wartime films from the Imperial War Museum which have been gathered together, re-dubbed and shown as a continuous story of the Royal Air Force at war during the first two years of the war. Full of newly transferred archive film of Spitfires, Hurricanes and Wellingtons, it also features many rarely-seen aircraft from that period including Defiants, Battles, Gladiators Ansons and many more. There is a filmed account of a Blenheim raid, a Sunderland sortie over Norway and Churchill reviewing new American imports for the RAF such as the P-40, the B-17 and the Douglas Boston. It also shows the wonderful work done under wartime conditions by the aircraft manufacturers, the air ministry and the training of RAF recruits. - Studio:
- Simply Home Entertainement
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Documentary, Special Interest