a5c7b9f00b It is 1940, and the diabolical mind of Adolf Hitler is planning to bomb England into submission to his warped dreams of a &#39;Fortress Europe&#39;. Standing between Britain&#39;s freedom &amp; Hitler&#39;s terrifying plans is the R.A.F - dedicated pilots who took to the skies again &amp; again in the face of overwhelming odds. The German Luftwaffe&#39;s planes outnumber the R.A.F&#39;s by more than 2 to 1 - 650 planes of the R.A.F. vs. 2,500 of the Luftwaffe! These odds. however, do not deplete the determination of the R.A.F. to stop Hitler, andthe Luftwaffe launches wave after wave of Heinkel 111 bombers against British cities, the R.A.F. responds, under the leadership of Air Vice Marshal Park and Squadron Leaders Canfield and Harvey who lead the newest pilots of the R.A.F. into confrontation after confrontation with the Luftwaffe&#39;s experienced veterans, with the aim of driving Hitler&#39;s forces away from Dover&#39;s white cliffs for good… In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channela prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the UK. Battle of Britain (1969) was about the famous battle of the British air space during the first half of World War II. The Germans wanted to nullify the infamous Royal Air Force and punish the British Isles. But the Luftwaffe didn&#39;t expect to go be beaten back and defeated by a combined allied air force. This was one of the most important battles that decided the fate of the free world. In order to capture England, the Germans had to secure the airways. You can only do such much hit-and-run bombing attacks.<br/><br/>The film makers did an adequate job of recreating the battle. I was impressed by the aerial dogfights and detailed air warfare tactics. The only problem I had was with the uneven acting from the cast. The movie was recently restored on d.v.d. I haven&#39;t seen this movie in awhile and when I watch the new transfer and print of the film I&#39;ll re-review the restored version.<br/><br/>Recommended. If ever a film was made for widescreen photography this has to be it,excellent panoramic scenes abound in this film. But, you must see this on the new two-disc special edition DVD that was recently released, to appreciate those ultra-wide scenes.<br/><br/>Those shots, and the airplanes, of course, were fun to look at. The more interested you are in either aviation or World War II, the more you going to like this film. There was also more action in here than I expected, almost too much of the same type of shots that got a little repetitive.<br/><br/>That, and the fact that the characters just didn&#39;t involve the viewer much are the downfalls of the film. There is a fairly big cast and we never really got to know any of these pilots. I thought the story was bit disjointed, too, and lacked suspense. Perhaps if I knew more about this part of the war, I would appreciate this more.<br/><br/>Note: My DVD said this was rated &quot;G.&quot; How can that be? There were numerous swear words in here, certainly enough to qualify for a &quot;PG.&quot; <br/><br/>All in all, a decent film but not one I&#39;d watch numerous times. It just isn&#39;tdramaticit should be.
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