By: TwinOtter23 - 15th October 2013 at 19:34
The BBMF connection was rekindled a couple of years ago when a small section of the film was ‘replicated’ for an education DVD that Newark Air Museum produced with Notts County Council. The original Hurricane escape attempt took place at RAF Hucknall and Rank Films wanted £750 for a 30 second clip – so re-filming took place one Saturday morning, with kind assistance from some RAF contacts! 😉
By: WL747 - 15th October 2013 at 19:21
Did you note the Bf 109 mock up at the top of the film where the canopy hinges open on the wrong side.
Its still an entertaining film today thats well worth watching.
Nah, didn’t notice that but it’s not the sort of details I’d notice as I don’t know enough about German WW2 aircraft. My interest waned when the storyline moved to Canada.
I only really pricked my ears up when I heard Franz mention Dyce in Aberdeen. It’s my home village. No Wellingtons there, but we did receive the RAFM’s Ju88 for them.
Kind Regards
Scotty
By: Duggy - 15th October 2013 at 18:07
I spent many a day as a young man at Grizedale as My Aunt & uncle ran the theater there.
And parts of the film were shot on location there.
LINK – http://www.bbm.org.uk/GrizedaleHall.htm
Regards Duggy
By: charliehunt - 15th October 2013 at 17:16
Yes it is, and you turn a blind eye to the inaccuracies, most of which the average film goer would not be troubled by, anyway.
By: Simon Beck - 15th October 2013 at 17:11
Did you note the Bf 109 mock up at the top of the film where the canopy hinges open on the wrong side.
Its still an entertaining film today thats well worth watching.
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