A young pilot, fresh out of training, is called to join a Flight while they wait for the call to scramble. Throughout a single day, he witnesses the skies of southern England filled with deadly dog fights, and after every exhausting battle the men return to their dispersal hut, only to find another of their number missing. Unwilling to surrender, the pilot and his comrades unite to take to the skies once more, determined to defend not only the airfield, but their entire country.
Οι κότες που ζουν στη φάρμα της κυρίας Τουίντι δεν περνούν και τόσο άσχημα, αλλά και πάλι τίποτα δεν θα ήθελαν περισσότερο από την ελευθερία τους. Ιδίως τώρα που η ιδιοκτήτριά τους αποφασίζει να σταματήσει την επιχείρηση παραγωγής αβγών και να ξεκινήσει να πουλάει... κοτόπιτες!
Η ιστορία της θαυματουργής εκκένωσης των συμμαχικών δυνάμεων από το Βέλγιο, τη Βρετανία, τον Καναδά και τη Γαλλία, που αποκόπηκαν και περικυκλώθηκαν από τον γερμανικό στρατό στο λιμάνι της Δουνκέρκης μεταξύ 26 Μαΐου και 4 Ιουνίου του 1940, κατά τη διάρκεια του Β' Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου.
Ένας βρετανός αεροπόρος βομβαρδιστικού χτυπιέται από τους Γερμανούς και πέφτει στο Παρίσι με αλεξίπτωτο. Μόνη του ελπίδα διαφυγής από τον εχθρό είναι να περάσει τα σύνορα στα νότια της κατεχόμενης Γαλλίας. Βοηθοί του είναι ένα απίθανο δίδυμο, ενός μαέστρου κι ενός μπογιατζή.
Το 1940, η Βρετανική Βασιλική Αεροπορία δίνει έναν απελπισμένο αγώνα εναντίον της πανίσχυρης Λουφτβάφε, με έπαθλο τον έλεγχο των αιθέρων της Βρετανίας, εμποδίζοντας έτσι μια απόβαση από τους Γερμανούς.
Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.
Στον Β Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο στη Βιρμανία, ένας Καναδός πιλότος αρχίζει να γίνεται απόμακρος, μετά το θάνατο της αγαπημένης του από αεροπορική επιδρομή της Λουτβάφε. Έχει γίνει απερίσκεπτος και φοβάται τους συντρόφους του, που τον θεωρούν τρελό. Ο γιατρός της μοίρας όμως, είναι αποφασισμένος να τον βοηθήσει να θεραπεύσει την βασανισμένη ψυχή του.
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
Ένας νεαρός Σκωτσέζος πολυβολητής της Βρετανικής Αεροπορίας εξηγεί σε Γάλλους επισήμους σχετικά με την απόδρασή του από κατεχόμενη περιοχή, και ειδικότερα σχετικά με ένα άτομο που θα μπορούσε να είναι Γερμανός πράκτορας.
Douglas, a broken, solitary, Spitfire Ace, must overcome his past to lead a Lancaster bomber crew in the pivotal aerial war over Berlin, in 1944.
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle to impress his Group Captain, regain his pride, fit in with his fellow pilots, and survive one of the most intense air battles in history.
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
In May 1940, feeling the RAF needs every man to fight to Luftwaffe, Geoffrey 'Boy' Wellum joins at 18, becoming the youngest ever Spitfire pilot. After an intense training, he soon bonds with the flying men of his squadron. In the air, danger is great, but on the ground drinks, sports and girls, in Geoff's case Sarah, provide great comfort. However in time, the casualties exact a grueling psychological toll, until his tour of duty is ended after 18 months.
Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself being romanced by two different men.
Spitfires were the nemesis of the Luftwaffe and the instrument which halted Hitler’s plans for invasion. After relentless bombing of the Spitfire factories in Southampton, the Germans were convinced they had halted the production of the Spitfires for good. But across the South of England, hidden in sheds, garages, back gardens, bedrooms, a bus depot, and even a hotel, a workforce of unskilled young girls, boys, women, elderly men, and a handful of engineers secretly built thousands of Spitfires to help win the war. Witnesses recount this never-before-told story of amazing achievement.
About the war effort in the West Indies.