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The story begins in 1940 as the Low Countries and France are occupied by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union has not yet entered the war--and the Luftwaffe begins to litter Britain, especially London, with thousands upon thousands of bombs. The only thing standing in the way between Britain and the German army was the English Channel. Onto this stage emerged Winston Churchill, a prime minister in whom not every Briton had a great deal of faith under such critical circumstances. The documentary juxtaposes the fears individuals had at the switch in leadership with Churchill's own struggle to solidify his leadership and shore up morale--all in the face of the nightly blitz. Behind the scenes, Churchill found it essential to bring the United States into the war. His and Roosevelt's political relationship evolved into a kind of friendship, but initially the popularity of isolationism at home restricted Roosevelt's ability to contribute to the British war effort, despite his vehement personal opposition to Nazism.
This two-tape set will be one of the definitive visual histories of Britain's struggle, and no serious historian should be missing it in a collection. --Erik Macki
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Nick Read |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2000 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Pbs Paramount |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Documentary, Movie, War Documentaries |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097368778344 |
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Customer Reviews of Finest Hour - The Battle of Britain
A little disappointed I had read the book which prompted me to get the DVD. I enjoyed the book far more than the video . The book captured the dog fighting between the Luftwaffe and the RAF as if one was actually in the airplane. The DVD dealt with the Battle of Britain in the air in not so detailed a fashion and the writing did not come across nearly as well as the book. My wife (who had also read the book) and I were somewhat disappointed with the DVD.
God in a cup of tea
Like Ken Burns' haunting "The Civil War", "Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain" (not to be confused with many other "Finest Hour" productions) is the last word in documentary magic. Arguably no other society since the Spartans has shown the raw, hanging-by-the-fingernails courage that the British summoned to hold out against the Nazi war machine. Narrated by the great Will Lyman, this documentary's strength lies in the personal accounts of profoundly British individuals who survived staggering hardship, and went on to enjoy their four o'clock tea; and in its standard-raising, professional quality.
Like all great documentaries, this production leaves the viewer with a profound sense of history as an aggregate of individual acts of courage, eccentricity, and occasionally just plain opportunism - all of which lead to Churchill's "broad, sunlit uplands" of the mind and spirit.
Superb account of the human side of the Battle of Britain!
This documentary goes really deep into the feelings and thoughts of actual World War II survivors - Spitfire and Hurricane fighter plane pilots, Royal Navy members who survived Nazi U-boat attacks and floated in the middle of the Atlantic for days before being rescued, two girls whose ocean liner was sunk-again by a U-boat and who also were rescued; Churchill's secretary, women who worked in the RAF control/war room. The images of the battle are truly amazing, and are interspersed with scenes where dramatization of actual events was done, so you'll see B&W battle footage mixed with colour dramatizations but the latter does not in any way take away from the "realism" or detract from the facts.
The strongest part of these series are the interviews with British war veterans, both men and women, as well as with some Americans (like a prominent journalist who wrote about the War to the U.S. public with wonderful detail and humanity). You almost feel like you're there and have met these people. The account of Sir Winston Churchill's amazingly strong and relentless character is quite an eye-opener for it was precisely his strength of character which suited him as the perfect candidate as a "war-time leader" after the rather idealistic and passive (some might say Pacifist) Neville Chamberland (who would have probably made a good "peace-time leader").
The quality of the footage is again very good and the narration excellent - with much power and emotion. The interviewees sometimes have very heavy British or Scotch accents, making them hard to understand, but this is only a minor issue in an otherwise charged and concentrated account of one of the most important battles in history which saw the British stand up, all alone, against an unspeakably formidable Nazi monster, while the people were dancing and singing and playing baseball in the United States, thinking that this was a "European" war... Only after the British stood up and defeated or held back the Nazis, and only after the American press and Franklin Delano Roosevelt managed to convince congress to help, did the U.S.A finally bothered lifting a finger to help out...
A must see if you are a WWII enthusiast and want to see the emotional and human side of the Battle Of Britain, as opposed to the cold hard facts you would read in a history book.