Battle of Britain - Memorial Thread

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by furbs

This thread(the movie part) should be a sticky

I love the film. I've seen it a dozen times and still enjoy it.

I posted this link last night in a discussion. Watching the Spits just got my juices flowing.

The music is kinda moody, but those roaring spits push the envelope for excitement... for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUx3MU9iM6c

The BOB film ws made over 40 years ago(1969), when they still had some of the WW2 aircraft flyable or that could be made flyable.

I just enjoy seeing all the aircraft, even if there is quite abit of actor staging kinda junk going on.

It will go up sticky for a while and we'll see what the interest is.

Actually, it might be a valuable thread, if other members share things that are memorable to them about the Battle of Britain.

There might be a better higher resolution version out there on the web. Post the links, if so in this thread.

I can always edit this thread and point to a better version.

[Neil Lowe]

I love this movie, and dig the DVD out from time to time. Even if they did "tape a few cats together" It's still a great movie

Cheers, Neil

[nearmiss]

I agree with the excited passenger... what a ride!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b8NO...eature=related

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by nearmiss

I love the film. I've seen it a dozen times and still enjoy it.

I posted this link last night in a discussion. Watching the Spits just got my juices flowing.

The music is kinda moody, but those roaring spits push the envelope for excitement... for me.

The BOB film ws made over 40 years ago(1969), when they still had some of the WW2 aircraft flyable or that could be made flyable.

I just enjoy seeing all the aircraft, even if there is quite abit of actor staging kinda junk going on.

It will go up sticky for a while and we'll see what the interest is.

Actually, it might be a valuable thread, if other members share things that are memorable to them about the Battle of Britain.

There might be a better higher resolution version out there on the web. Post the links, if so in this thread.

I can always edit this thread and point to a better version.

Love that Spit show vid Nearmiss, its in my YT faves too. Brings a proud tear to me eye, so it does *sniffle.....lol* Fantastic flying with the synchronised looping at 2.40+ too.

[Trumper]

No-one should knock this film.It couldn't be made today and it saved a huge amount of airframes for the future.
Piece of Cake was the nearest thing to it and that only mustered a few Spits and a Buchon or 3.
Modern variants still lean heavily on footage from this 1969 film.

[1.JaVA_Sharp]

RIP section officer Maggy Harvey


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...er-battle.html

[JG52Uther]

[nearmiss]

Sad for sure. Just the other night after posting on this thread I went to Wikipedia and IMdb to look up on her. She was still alive then. I thought, how great that was.

Now just a couple days later she is gone.

Robert Shaw, Trevor Howard - great actors gone too.

Robert Shaw an awesome actor. I can't tell you how many time I've seen his films and didn't realize it was him. That to me is a sign of an excellent actor.

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Rest in Peace Sweet heart, one of the best.

[Flying Pencil]

Originally Posted by Trumper

No-one should knock this film.It couldn't be made today and it saved a huge amount of airframes for the future.
Piece of Cake was the nearest thing to it and that only mustered a few Spits and a Buchon or 3.
Modern variants still lean heavily on footage from this 1969 film.

"Dark Blue World" (Czech: Tmavomodrý svět) used some BoB footage, but also some new Spit footage.