The Battle of Britain on screen
Subtitle: "The Few" in British film and television drama
By: S.P. MacKenzie
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781474228459; 9781474228466; 9781474228473; 9781474228480
Subjects: Motion pictures and the war; World War, 1939-1945; Television plays; Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940; War films; History and criticism; Television and the war
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The battle foretold: the lion has wings (1939); title: Spitfire of dreams: the first of the few (1942); title: One for all: angels one five (1952); title: All for one: reach for the sky (1956); title: The big picture: Battle of Britain (1969); title: Catalogue of error: piece of cake (1988); title: The fighter boys: a perfect hero (1991); title: War of nerves: first light (2010); title: Conclusion.