New trailer is out for Dunkirk.
A 2 seat Spitfire wouldn't have had space for the enormous Imax cameras that were used, and mounting one externally would have needed structural modifications to an historic aircraft - unlikely to be agreed to by the owner; I know I wouldn't!
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
I was disappointed in the first 2 seconds to see the words "the enemy have pursued the British and French to Dunkirk". I felt the same when I went to see AVM Keith Park's statue when it was on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square a few year ago. His inscription went: "The defender of London, as enemy planes bombed in 1940...etc". I remember at the time thinking how confused . . .
Il Duce?s Blitz ? Italy?s Forgotten Role in the Battle of Britain ? MilitaryHistoryNow.com
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Thanks PN, I had forgotten about the Italians in the BofB. At the risk of being pedantic can I claim that my point about AVM Park still stands as the Falco et al did not bomb London and barely made it to Harwich, Felixtowe and Kent?
At your link:
At your link:
Germany’s disappointing air war over England was already drawing to a close by the time the Italian contingent entered the fray.
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Well it is not the 1958 film, BUT I was over in the States and saw it in a cinema there and at the end the audience got up and applauded. I thought that was quite remarkable for a film about events that had no US involvement at all.
So while we can quibble, as a piece of cinema it does appear to be achieving the aim of bringing the memory of this very gallant effort to a new audience.
So while we can quibble, as a piece of cinema it does appear to be achieving the aim of bringing the memory of this very gallant effort to a new audience.
Saw it last night. I thought it a very good, but harrowing, movie. So what if there were a few matters of inaccuracy about relatively unimportant matters?
Interestingly, the thread on this topic over in Jet Blast has a lot more complaints than here. I wonder why?
Interestingly, the thread on this topic over in Jet Blast has a lot more complaints than here. I wonder why?
I think if it had been realistic it would have been a lot more harrowing and I concur that they should have left the air to air gunnery out if it couldn't at least make a stab at realism.
For those reading who are not mil trained pilots: it's going to be 6g left 80 deg bank to 6g right 80deg bank in 0.5 sec. + Derry turns + anything else which was used in dogfighting in 1940.
Anyway, my wife pointed out out that most of the audience probably thought that was 'real' aviation warfare and things happen real slow
I couldn't understand why the patrol was hanging around at 500ft. Probably something I don't understand.
For those reading who are not mil trained pilots: it's going to be 6g left 80 deg bank to 6g right 80deg bank in 0.5 sec. + Derry turns + anything else which was used in dogfighting in 1940.
Anyway, my wife pointed out out that most of the audience probably thought that was 'real' aviation warfare and things happen real slow
I couldn't understand why the patrol was hanging around at 500ft. Probably something I don't understand.
