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The Battle of Britain was the fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War.It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion.
Battlefield Britain is a 2004 BBC television documentary series about famous battles in British history.The 8 part series covers battles from Boudicca's rebellion against the Romans in 60AD to the Battle of Britain in 1940 it also covers the impact and implications the battles had on the future of the British isles.
The documentary also uses clips from the 1942 film The First of the Few in which director and lead actor Leslie Howard portrays Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell. The film then follows the evolving design and roles of the Spitfire through the Battle of Britain, the Siege of Malta, the Normandy landings, until its eventual retirement after the war.
However, the film was released at a time when anti-war feeling stirred by the Vietnam War was running high, and there was also cynicism among post-war generations about the supposed heroism of those who participated in the Battle of Britain. The film's premiere was held at the Dominion Theatre in London on 15 September 1969 and was attended by ...
The film was first shown by the BBC on 14 September 2010 starring Sam Heughan. [20] Wellum also appeared in the documentary "Greatest Events of World War II in colour," being interviewed on his experience at the Battle of Britain. The series aired on Netflix in 2019, after his death, and the episode "Battle of Britain" is dedicated in his memory.
Year Country Title Director 1973 United Kingdom The World at War: Miscellaneous 1974 Israel The 81st Blow (המכה ה-81): Haim Gouri: 1976 United Kingdom The Memory of Justice
Piece of Cake is a 1988 British six-part television serial depicting the life of a Royal Air Force fighter squadron from the day of the British entry into World War II through to one of the toughest days in the Battle of Britain (7 September 1940). The series was produced by Holmes Associates for LWT for ITV and had a budget of five million ...
Battle of Britain (1969) Eagles Over London (1970) Catch-22 (1970), American B-25 crewmen trying to survive the war in Italy; Hanover Street (1979) Hope and Glory (1987) Piece of Cake TV series (1988), RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain; Memphis Belle (1990), final mission of a B-17 crew; The Tuskegee Airmen (1995), depiction of the all-black ...