Lancaster

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Lancaster

2022

1h 50m

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Archival material and extraordinary aerial footage tells the story of the Lancaster, the iconic British bomber that's responsible for some of the most famous flying missions during World War II.

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Carol Midgley

The Times (UK)

07/29/2022

4/5

In the end this was less a film about the Lancaster bomber as a piece of military hardware, and more about what it meant to those young men, some only teenagers, who risked their lives in it.

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Edward Porter

The Times (UK)

06/02/2022

4/5

This sturdy account, with lots of striking details, sees no need to be preachy and judgmental about the damage done by British bombing raids. It lets the veterans give their thoughts on the matter, and these — unsurprisingly — are humane and reasonable.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

05/29/2022

3/5

It’s solid, no frills film-making, but that’s entirely appropriate given the sobering stories recounted by surviving members of Bomber Command, now in their 90s.

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

11/10/2022

4/5

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the words of the people that were there, in the sky and on the ground, paint a vivid portrait of the destruction brought from above.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

08/31/2022

4/5

Their warts-and-all, often emotional testimony (at times, as questioning of their own actions and critical of their command, as they are of the opposition they were there to stop) is what really makes for enlightening and compelling viewing.

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Matthew Bond

The Mail on Sunday (UK)

05/30/2022

4/5

As well as telling a fascinating story, they get the all-important tone just right, certainly marking the bravery and skill of the aircrew but also quietly acknowledging that the raids of Bomber Command remain a sensitive issue almost eight decades on.

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John J

01/26/2024

It is a very good representation of what it was really like according to my uncle who was a Lancaster pilot.

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Jake C

07/30/2023

Finally an honest account of what these brave men went through from the men themselves. No other branch of the armed forces suffered bigger losses than the men of bomber command, a 50% survival rate. And no other branch was treated as badly after the war. Inspirational and humbling in equal measure. A beautifully crafted film that needs to be watched.

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Peter G

11/07/2022

This is an extraordinary mixture of real newsreel of WW2 bombing raids, with extracts from the 1950s film "The Dambusters", with thoughtful interviews with former crew who must have been in their late 90s, with the Battle of Britain Lancaster starting up and taking off. In the credits is a tribute to NX611 "Just Jane", being restored to flying condition as a tribute to Bomber Commnad at the Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre - currently to taxying condition only. I saw it take off from Sydney in 1965 - once heard, never forgotten.

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Robert P

10/16/2022

As great as their Spitfire documentary… Hope they have a Hurricane one in the works. The aerial photography is superb. It's as much a story about Bomber Command as it is about the Lancaster. Informative and emotional, the Lanc was as beautiful a bomber as the Spitfire was as a fighter.

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Synopsis

Archival material and extraordinary aerial footage tells the story of the Lancaster, the iconic British bomber that's responsible for some of the most famous flying missions during World War II.

Director: David Fairhead, Ant Palmer
Producer: Trevor Beattie, Jeremy Chatterton, Gareth Dodds, Keith Haviland, Steve Milne
Production Co: British Film Company, Trevor Beattie Films, Haviland Digital
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: British English
Runtime: 1h 50m

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