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Why We Fight - The Battle Of Britain - Movie Review |
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The Battle of Britain was the fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sealion during the Second World War. Once firmly in control of the parts of France and Norway closest to Great Britain, the Nazis commence their massive air assault on the British isles. Outnumbered six to one, the fighters of the Royal Air Force defend their skies against the Luftwaffe for close to four months. Capra embellishes the British successes, for example the film claims the RAF fought 200 dogfights in the first thirty minutes of the battle alone, and that by the end of the first month they had destroyed 900 German planes. (In truth, the number is closer to 260). However, the success of the British defenses forced the Germans to change strategies, switching to more frightening night raids that terrorized London. But the British resolve won the day, in grand fashion. The film claims total German losses of more than 2,700. The real number is closer to 1,600. The number of downed British planes equaled approximately half that of Germany.
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Why We Fight - The Battle Of Britain - Cast & Crew |
| Directed by: Anatole Litvak,
Frank Capra Produced by: Office of War Information Crew: Robert Flaherty, Walter Huston, William Hornbeck Copyright: Public Domain Format: Colour Duration: 54 mins Year: 1943 Tags: Bomber, Fighter Plane, London Air Raid, Propaganda, Spitfire, WWII |
Why We Fight - The Battle Of Britain Trivia - Did You Know?A considerable variety of visual and audio resources are used in these compiled documentaries—very nearly the full range conceivable. Dramatic conflict is obtained by painstaking manipulation of the combat footage. The editing conventions of matched action and screen direction are observed. The German attackers always move from right to left. A synthetic assemblage of diverse material is edited into a cause-effect order: German bombers in formation, bombs dropping from planes, explosions in villages, rubble. The result is as if all of this footage had been shot for these films—under Capra's direction. Related FilmsWhy We Fight - The Nazis Strike | Why We Fight - Divide and Conquer | Why We Fight - The Battle Of Russia | Why We Fight - Prelude To War | Why We Fight - The Battle Of China | |
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