a5c7b9f00b It is 1940, and the diabolical mind of Adolf Hitler is planning to bomb England into submission to his warped dreams of a 'Fortress Europe'. Standing between Britain's freedom & Hitler's terrifying plans is the R.A.F - dedicated pilots who took to the skies again & again in the face of overwhelming odds. The German Luftwaffe's planes outnumber the R.A.F's by more than 2 to 1 - 650 planes of the R.A.F. vs. 2,500 of the Luftwaffe! These odds. however, do not deplete the determination of the R.A.F. to stop Hitler, andthe Luftwaffe launches wave after wave of Heinkel 111 bombers against British cities, the R.A.F. responds, under the leadership of Air Vice Marshal Park and Squadron Leaders Canfield and Harvey who lead the newest pilots of the R.A.F. into confrontation after confrontation with the Luftwaffe's experienced veterans, with the aim of driving Hitler's forces away from Dover's white cliffs for good…
Historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War Two for control of the skies over Britainthe new Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force determine whether or not an invasion can take place.
This just had to be a hard movie to produce, with acquiring the many 'Luftwaffe' types still evident in world aircraft collections - though it has to be said, many were later versions of the classic aircraft and built long after the war (Mainly found in Spanish air force service). Ironically, a lot of these 'German' 'planes were powered by Rolls Royce British Merlin engines.<br/><br/>The technical problems aside, it had fine dogfighting scenes, bombardment of airfields and historical drama in the bombing of London. Though the 'unsung hero' of the battle, the Hawker Hurricane, being mostly ungainly and less-favoured than the remarkable thoroughbred Spitfire, lost out somewhat in the film. Obviously also, there were more flying Spitfires available for the producers.<br/><br/>There is a fine cast, too many stalwarts to mention, but even the ones you expect to make it through don't, i.e Michael Caine's squadron leader dies and Christopher Plummer's one is severely burned and you're led to believe rightly, that he's going to be out of the war, except behind a desk, like his 'Op room' chum who's incidentally suffered burns also.<br/><br/>All in all, a blockbuster, actually a flop at the box office, surprisingly, but has the expected entertainment value for an aerial combat film. There has been doubt on historical fact, but that seems to be the norm when producing spectaculars. The script was somewhat normal, but there's probably not a lot more you can add or do to it except inject human interest (I.e Plummer and his missus, Susannah York, arguing a lot over her posting to be near him - which of course is finally offered when he's severely injured). That said, there were some mildly amusing snippets with the Polish squadron scenes in the air and with one of them mistaken for Nazi aircrew by a British farmer.<br/><br/>It has to be said though, that this was probably Ron Goodwin's 'Finest hour' (Sorry about that!) with what you could call 'two themes' the Luftwaffe and the BOB ones he composed for the film and of course Sir William Walton's 'Battle In the Air', the combat finale of the film.
Top drawer war film (indeed THE top notch war flick), in which our chaps (the Brits) give Jerry what-for over the coast of Blighty. Stiff upper lip rules OKthey scramble their Spits into the blue autumn sky, exchange tally-ho's over the intercom, bag a couple of Messerschmitts- and then head home for tea and buns.<br/><br/>OK, I'm biased. My grandfather fought in the battle. However it reminds us what really matters is not Holywood celeb tittle-tattle, but real life and death struggles for our world. As usual the Brits do it with class and dignity. Yes, the impression in the film that all foreigners are clearly bloody (except the Yanks, Canadians, and Anzacs) is perhaps a little dated. However it is a tribute to the heroism of a remarkable generation at a truly momentous point in history.

The hit United Artists film, Battle of Britain, opened in Chicago in fou rarea theatres on Friday, October 31, 1969. The film was rated "G." The RAF had been resoundingly beaten by the Luftwaffe during the opening battles of World War 2 but by 1940 had learned from their combat experiences and adjusted their tactics. The air battles in France and Norway had largely been fought by the Hurricane which was slightly inferior to its' German equivalent, the ME109. However by the time of the Battle of Britain large numbers of Spitfires were available which were slightly superior (the unofficial tactic was for Spitfires to take on the ME109s whilst the Hurricanes took on the bombers). The German aircraft were operating at the edge of their range giving them limited combat time due to lack of fuel whilst the RAF were on their home territory and had no such restrictions. German fighters were forced to escort their bombers whilst RAF fighters were free to operate independently. The RAF had primitive radar allowing them to know the time and location of German raids whilst any RAF pilots who survived being shot down would return to combat but Luftwaffe pilots would become prisoners of war.
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