this film is enhanced by a fascinating series of interviews with a wide variety of people who played a vital role in Britain’s ‘finest hour’. Included are the captivating accounts of six ...

Throughout a single day, he witnesses the skies of southern England filled with deadly dog fights, and after every exhausting battle the men return to their dispersal hut, only to find another of ...

Afterwards, the plane survived the scrapyard and was used in classic movies including Angels One Five in 1952, 1956’s Reach for the Sky and the Battle of Britain in 1969. It is now part of the ...

but not the operational Spitfire squadrons that were filmed for the movie's opening montage. There is not a single Hurricane in sight. Even today, the Battle of Britain is thickly barnacled with ...

In the greatest air battle of WWII, Harry Andrews, Michael Caine and Sir Laurence Olivier take to the skies to fend off the German invasion of England.

Explore the key events of the Battle of Britain with clips from over 50 years of BBC television and radio programmes The Battle of Britain was the German air force's attempt to gain air ...