One of the great war movies of its time
The Battle of Britain was released in 1969 during a period of classic war films that you just don’t see today. It was made when there were still ample supplies of World War II equipment to make the film more realistic. Hence there are plenty of British Hurricane and Spitfire fighters and also German BF109 fighters and HE111 bombers from Spain by the way that appear throughout the movie. In total around 100 planes were found and used showing the scope of the battles that were filmed.<br /><br />It also featured an all-star cast like many of its contemporaries. That included Laurence Olivier as Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding the commander of the Royal Air Force, Trevor Howard as Vice Air Marshall Sir Keith Park, Christopher Plummer as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey, Michael Caine as Squadron Leader Canfield, Robert Shaw as Squadron Leader Skipper, Ian McShane as Sergeant Andy Moore, Curd Jurgens as Maximillian Baron von Richter, amongst others.<br /><br />The heart of the movie is the air combat scenes and there are plenty of them. The use of period planes makes most of these scenes great. The film also covers the British air command so you get a sense of the overall fight not just the dog fights between individual planes. The costs are shown as well such as after the first German bombing of a British air field the bodies of women personnel are shown. Later Ian McShane loses his family during the strikes on London. The attrition is also portrayed as one of the rookie pilots becomes a group commander and takes on two pilots right out of school because all of his friends had been killed.<br /><br />Overall, this is one of the great war movies of its time. There are huge battles that are spectacular, and it does the general history well.<br />C
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Michael Caine, Sir Laurence Olivier, Trevor Howard, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York. The British RAF must fight off the German Luftwaffe invasion in this landmark war drama featuring spectacular aerial battle scenes. 1967/color/130 min/NR/widescreen..