'The World Owes Me a Living' (1945 film)
For those who have an interest in civil aviation of the inter-war years, this 1945 film - which was a lost film and on the BFI's 'most wanted' list - looks to be a must. It's being shown on the Talking Pictures television channel on Sunday 18 October at 3:40 pm and Thursday 22 October at 10:25 am. A brief trailer for the film, shown recently, indicates that it features the following aeroplanes:
- Bristol Fighter G-ACCG (ostensibly scrapped in July 1939)
- Avro Avian G-EBWU (withdrawn from use and transferred to National Studios, Elstree, as 'stage property' in August 1944)
The trailer shows both of these aeroplanes in excellent condition and the Bristol Fighter capable of taxiing (although the footage showing it falling from the sky appears to employ a rather rudimentary model biplane). I wonder what other pre-war vintage aeroplanes feature in the fim itself?
The film was released in January 1945 and so, I presume, was made in 1944. Thus G-ACCG and G-EBWU must have been extant then. I wonder what was their fate subsequently?