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.
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!
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.
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.
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.
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
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.
A young engineer's dream of becoming a fighter pilot for the Royal Moroccan Air Force is put on hold until he unravels the mystery of his missing parents.
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.
About the war effort in the West Indies.
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.
This documentary traces the history of the Short Sunderland Flying Boat, from its introduction to service in the RAF in 1938 it was to become one of the longest serving careers of any front-line aircraft. The Sunderland was one of the very few types to remain in operational service through the Second World War and the only RAF aircraft to perform front-line duties for the whole of the Korean War. When it finally retired in 1959, it had served for a total of twenty one years and had built up a reputation as a tough and reliable workhorse.