After watching The Battle Of Britain film on TV this evening and seeing (more importantly hearing) the many classic aircraft I was wondering how many survive?
I understand only a few airframes did all the flying wearing different paint schemes but what became of them? Are they still flying or just preserved in taxiable condition or resigned to display in museums? What about the aircraft with only static roles in the film?
I would be interested in the fate not only of the RAF aircraft but also the Luftwaffe ones too.
By: DazDaMan - 5th August 2006 at 13:02
Finally, Robert Rudhall’s two books are highly recommended. I believe one is in the process of being re-issued.
HTH
The first part is available again now in softback format. Excellent source of info.
I have seen several versions of the film with variations of the subtitles (which can be bloody annoying, but then if you’ve seen the film that much, it matters little! :D), but a couple of times it’s been screened with the Walton score over the ending. I believe I used to have it (taped from Channel 4) with the Walton score tacked onto the end, but don’t think I have it now.
By: stuart gowans - 5th August 2006 at 09:55
Isn’t ” Swan Lake” about death, in a round about way?
By: Mark V - 5th August 2006 at 09:38
the aerial ballet sequence
Hardly a ballet – it was a battle :rolleyes: .
By: JDK - 5th August 2006 at 02:17
Most questions and lots and lots of trivia have been covered on this forum before – a bit of creative searching will throw them up, if you want. Details on survivors and soundtrack have both been comprehensively reviewed. Feel free to discuss it again, though…
Two questions wander into my mind.
First, what was used to provide the engine note for the ‘Stukas’? I understand the RAF’s Stuka was run up and maybe even taxied, but not flown for the film. Was its engine sound dubbed over the ‘Proctukas’ used for the flying sequences?
The ‘Proctukas’ were NOT used in the film – the aircraft you see are all models, mostly filmed in Malta. As I have a BBC sound record with genuine Stuka diving noises bought a few years ago for a few pounds, I’d suspect (but don’t know) that gaining authentic sounds would be the least of their problems.
Finally, Robert Rudhall’s two books are highly recommended. I believe one is in the process of being re-issued.
HTH
By: Scouse - 5th August 2006 at 01:50
Two questions wander into my mind.
First, what was used to provide the engine note for the ‘Stukas’? I understand the RAF’s Stuka was run up and maybe even taxied, but not flown for the film. Was its engine sound dubbed over the ‘Proctukas’ used for the flying sequences?
Secondly, did the version shown on More 4 tonight have a revised sound track? The closing sequences used the William Walton march rather than the Ron Goodwin music.
Walton’s music was nearly all abandoned by the studios and only resurfaced in the 1990s with, as far as I’m aware, only the aerial ballet sequence towards the end being used in the original issue.
William
By: RobAnt - 5th August 2006 at 01:03
And it’s just started again on “More 4”
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