Battle of Britain (1969)

15 September 1969

Battle of Britain is a 1969 British war film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz. The film documents the events of the Battle of Britain. The film drew many respected British actors to accept roles as key figures of the battle, including Laurence Olivier as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, Trevor Howard as Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park, and Patrick Wymark as Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Air Officer commanding No. 12 Group RAF. It also starred Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, and Robert Shaw as Squadron Leaders. The script by James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex was based on the book The Narrow Margin by Derek Wood and Derek Dempster.

The film endeavoured to be an accurate account of the Battle of Britain, when in the summer and autumn of 1940 the British RAF inflicted a strategic defeat on the Luftwaffe and so ensured the cancellation of Operation Sea Lion, Adolf Hitler's plan to invade Britain. The film is notable for its spectacular flying sequences. It was on a far larger scale than had been seen on film before, and this made the film's production very expensive.

Storyline

In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.

Sound Effects Used

• CINESOUND BOMB WHISTLE 01
• CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 1
• CINESOUND - EXPLOSION TYPE 2
• Looney Tunes Explosion Sound 3
• MGM SIREN - STUKA SIREN
• SoundDogs, Cars Vehicles - Engine Sputter; Optical Hiss & Pops. Nsg
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM
• Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - MACHINE GUN RICOCHETS, BULLET 01
• Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 05
• WB CARTOON, AIRPLANE - PROP PLANE POWER DIVE SCREAM, LONG

Image Gallery

• Battle of Britain (1969)/Image Gallery