How they made 'The Battle of Britain' film

[Bryn]

Narrated by Michael Caine..... A full 45 minutes or so... 

http://youtu.be/FUxKL9FGkEo

[Charlie747]

 

[Charlie747]

Here we go Bryn 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td8bF6Xgb_Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBlnFQ-79-4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf_ghh7bc78

[Bryn]

You bounder   

There was a programme on the telly months ago about a Hurricane pilot who was downed and taken to the local golf club as he was bleeding profusely.... when he got there they took him into the bar and gave him a swift tot.. There were complaints that A) the noise of the dogfight was ruining the golfers swing and B) he was making a mess of the bar 

[Charlie747]

You bounder   

There was a programme on the telly months ago about a Hurricane pilot who was downed and taken to the local golf club as he was bleeding profusely.... when he got there they took him into the bar and gave him a swift tot.. There were complaints that A) the noise of the dogfight was ruining the golfers swing and B) he was making a mess of the bar 

  True stiff upper lip stuff mate 

[Charlie747]

Did not know this about the film

http://www.classicfm.com/composers/walton/guides/william-walton-and-battle-britain/

[Rusty]

Great stuff chaps .. as I have said before " thank you " for posting all this stuff ... that RR engine just whines beautifully through the sky ...............

[Boomer]

Great stuff chaps .. as I have said before " thank you " for posting all this stuff ... that RR engine just whines beautifully through the sky ...............

It's not the motor that whines, it's the supercharger.
If you've ever heard a Meteor engined tank then you would know the difference. (Cromwell, Centurion, Comet & Conqueror)
LOUD  they are!

[flatfour]

Interestingly enough, the wonderful sound of the Merlin is totally lost in the cockpit, where it is just VERY LOUD and, at low engine speeds rattly, as the propellor shaft reduction gears chatter away.

[pasini510]

Awesome History Lesson for all us in The USA
Thanks Mates

[Ros]

Interestingly enough, the wonderful sound of the Merlin is totally lost in the cockpit, where it is just VERY LOUD and, at low engine speeds rattly, as the propellor shaft reduction gears chatter away.

My grandfather's "Merlin Ear" could attest to that.  He got a special addition to his war pension for losing certain frequencies in his hearing due to sitting in between 2 of them in his Mosquito...

Seemingly it was the reduction gear whine that hit just the right frequency.

Still, from the ground - best sound in the world