A wonderful watch. I graduated from the RAF College Cranwell 32 years after this film, retiring from the Royal Air Force 34 years later.

@johnbarnes9379

2 ай бұрын

Good man Mike .

@clivethewritermadenglishma4042

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service.

@johnhaycock1269

Ай бұрын

My Dad was at Cranwell for a short time in the war, also Bomber Command he ended up in RAF intelligence in West Africa. I was going to Join the RAF but I was married and a bit worried about money, so I did not join, now 79 years old I still regret not joining I think it was the biggest mistake of my life,

@johnbarnes9379

Ай бұрын

@@johnhaycock1269 you've had a good life regardless mate

@robertdell4612

Ай бұрын

My dream! In reality I had to pay for my own flying lessons.

Nice to see a movies with an honest military adviser. I didn't see ONE instance of improper wearing of the uniform. The inflight scenes were outstanding. As a retired Air Force pilot I appreciated the realistic detail

@anthonyeaton5153

12 сағат бұрын

@@billmarcontell930 Which film did you watch and which flying school did you attend. The Hero wouldn’t have made past the first scene landing unannounced and swaggering in to the parade of recruits. The military adviser should have been sacked.

When I was a child living near Farnborough, being close to this wonderful airport was beyond every kids dream at the time. This was about 1957 ( sputnik time ) and the stuff that flew over our house ( at a lot closer height by the way! at about 100 feet ) was amazing. I got to see the Vulcan, the Victor, the Hawker Hunters, Vampires etc, and the most wonderful plane that has ever flown according to my child fantasy --- the Lightning! Why? because this damned thing could 'drift' like my son does in his skyline, ' and right over my head, as it did a very fast U turn to go back over the airdrome, so fast and so much power, and to top it off, SILVER all over, and that bloody incredible shape, ........way out !.

@BaronFlyingClub

Ай бұрын

Wow, I have only flown the Lightning in VR and that was frightening enough.

@mydogsmylifecircusdogtrainer

Ай бұрын

I agree with you about the lightning I was at farnborough when the whole squadron maybe 111 took off in line flew horizontal just to get the undercarriage up and then each one straight up vertical, one after the other

Good entertainment.....old cars, old planes and old humour...good stuff.

@anthonyeaton5153

2 ай бұрын

Yes I confess I liked when I first watched in 1957 and still do.

@marckg6950

2 ай бұрын

I'm still living in old humor. And if no one gets it , it's twice as funny, to me

Great to see Uncle Sergeant Arthur Wilson also served in The RAF

@robshirewood5060

Ай бұрын

ww1 officer for real

Splendid film, shows RAF at its best, wish those times had never ended.

@anthonyeaton5153

2 ай бұрын

It was nothing like the RAF was in terms of behaviour.

The aeroplane between 17 and 19 minutes is a Vickers Valetta T3 which was used as a basic navigation trainer. The domes on top of the fuselage were for sextant training. Together with the Vickers Varsity it was in service until well into the 1960s

@BaronFlyingClub

2 ай бұрын

My day was a Nav in the mid 50's, he trained on Varsitys, Valetta and the C47 at PEI.

THE BEST MOVIE, I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. ⭐👌👍🥇

I am a retired USAF member who was deployed to England during the '91 Gulf War. I was among those who were assigned to the officer cadet dorms after the local off base housing was fully occupied. It turned out to be a much better arrangement, lol.

@dmwspoons60

2 ай бұрын

I was billeted to the old single officer dorms at RAF Sculthrope in 83 for 5 months. F111’s. Same base chow hall, Quonset building #360 offices, all ranks club,and pub my FIL served at 51-54’ B36’S

@64mickh

2 ай бұрын

@@dmwspoons60, I was just “down the road” on Jags at RAF Coltishall

Those were the good old days. Brilliant cast. I think Winchester would’ve been out on his ear before even started, in real life. 😂

The actor playing the inspecting officer Field Marshal Montgomery at 52:13 (uncredited) was Meyrick Edward Clifton James. He was also the actor who played himself acting as himself acting as Montgomery in the film "I was Monty's Double" 1958, well worth a watch, starring John Mills. Clifton James was part of Allied Forces deception plans against the Germans during World War 2. He was one of several Monty doubles I believe.

@howardjolley2215

Күн бұрын

Not only did he play Monty in the film, in 1944, he was selected to portray Monty to confuse the enemy.

Anthony Newly...oh my! Fun flick - thanks for uploading it 😀

As an Ex Submariner throughly enjoyed watching the Brylcream boys

@robertstack2144

Ай бұрын

That's funny

Ian Fleming 007 Fame, portrayed as Bishop and Ray Milland did an excellent englishman's voice!

Excellent film. Thoroughly enjoyed. Thank you for posting.

Served in RAF 1955 - 57 National Service had the best planes then. Super Film true to life.

Good cast, excellent aerial footage. When I saw the TCM logo in the corner (Turner Classic Movies), I stuck with the silly plot. Worth the watch.

A superb & enjoyable watch thank you for this upload.

Thank you for sharing this Movie Graham @Baron Flying . I never knew Ray Milland , was Welsh . He was a great actor. Off to enjoy the movie 🍿 🎦

He got very close to that propeller when stepping out of that Lanny @05:51 !! You should never approach a propeller driven plane from the front always from the back !

@trescatrevor

Ай бұрын

Yes, I was thinking just that too.

@philiprufus4427

Ай бұрын

Learned that one when a kid on H M S Sanderling sixty odd years ago. Got bawled out by a P.O.,Nice old guy actually,never forgotton. All adults are old,when you are a nipper. The Former H M S Sanderling is Glasgow Airport now. The Former nearby Ordanance Factory at Bishopton is houses too. Sanderling used to be a big station,The Yanks and Canadians used to fly there on occasion. A nearby shipyard had a phone link,in case of unwary incomers due to its cranes. Long Gone.

Love this film, went into the RAF in 84 .

Gotta love the MG cameo at the beginning.

"Push button warfare and robot aircraft". A little dig at Duncan Sandys MP, who's view of the immediate future was that the EE Lightning would be the last manned fighter, and kiboshed so much research in the process.

Those dashing 50's low flying fighter jocks, the reason why we don't get any chicken milk any more.

In this movie the reluctant hero would been arrested and probably jailed for invading the air space of an RAF station and flying without a flight plan. Also in no way would he have got away with talking to a wing commander like he did. The film rolls out like a schoolboys comic.

@Biggles2498

2 ай бұрын

Public Schoolboys' Comic Old Boy ? I was one too and Boarder. Not one of us even with 8-10 O levels and 2 A Levels even got into the RAF ! I took up flying commercially.

@typhoon2827

2 ай бұрын

When the Commandant grows up he'll become Sergeant Wilson in the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard.

@rcdogmanduh4440

2 ай бұрын

Whàaaaaaaaaaat, then blanc screen lots of nothingness!

@MitchellRoberts-dk2mb

2 ай бұрын

That's why it's called a movie 🤔🧐

@forsdykemontague1017

2 ай бұрын

A MATZ is open airspace in the U.K.

One of the aircraft seen flying in this film is the Piston Provost, at another point in the background you see Sycamore helicopters. I joined the RAF as an engineering apprentice in 1970, the two aircraft were first apprentices worked on.

@akcarrington

5 күн бұрын

I know this is a rather American cliché, but the sentiment is genuine: Thank you for your service to our late Queen and to our nation.

@davegoldsmith4020

5 күн бұрын

@@akcarrington thank you,

Brilliant.Thank you.☘️☘️☘️

Never seen this one, thanks for the upload.

That was not a group of new recruits at the initial stand to attention and stand easy!

Never seen this before, very good 👍

Movies are the best teacher.

My father was commissioned at RAF Cranwell 29th June 1954 and retired 29th June 1969. He was a surgeon and ended up ranked Wing Commander, last posting was RAF Ely.

@riprapter6322

Ай бұрын

The would not work when I was in the USAF. All Wing Commanders were Pilots not Doctors. I was in the 437th MAWg 21st Air Force.

@robshirewood5060

Ай бұрын

@@riprapter6322 Wing Commander =Lieutenant Colonel an RAF rank from 1918 when the USA never had an Air Force

@timwingham8952

12 күн бұрын

@@riprapter6322 Wing Commander is an RAF rank not an RAF role title.

@riprapter6322

11 күн бұрын

@@timwingham8952 Hello, I regret that I was mistaken about the position and title. I failed to consider that different militaries would have different rank and position hierarchies. I do wish to thank you for the correction and for be civil. Military soldiers deserve our respect and also our gratitude for their service. To be willing to take a chance on being shot or wounded in battle to protect your county and the world is the highest honor I can think of other than serving God. Be well, long life and happiness.

@maxwellfan55

10 күн бұрын

I was a patient at RAF Ely hospital, circa, 1960. I cannot thank or applaud the elite RAF doctors, sisters, nurses, all the staff at Ely enough for their care.

OH! My ATC days as a Cadet ! Flew around Cranwell aswell!

I say, how absolutely spiffing.

The early days of the Cold War, the Jet Age, Vampires, Venoms, and Hunters.

Beautiful movie.

Flight Sgt Discipline, the second most scary guy on the Station, apart from, the Station Warrant Officer, lovingly known as GOD…

@lauriestlyon8773

5 күн бұрын

A little bit after this (1983-1989) I was SAC Fireman. Was a naughty boy while stationed at RAF Binbrook with the lightnings and wound up on Jankers! After 10pm Orderly Officers inspection I nipped in the JR mess to scrounge a plate off the supper menu. Was not supposed to but the cook was OK as I had been frickaseeing the chicken for him earlier. Just as I set to eating ...IN WALKS THE SWO! I thought I would be on jankers for the rest of my career! He came and sat with me and the other "janker walla" who had come with me. Turned out to be a really decent man was around 12 months from retirement I think. He should not have been there either but, as he said, he preferred what we had on the menu that night and nothing further was said! He seemed as old as the hills to me. But, if "God" saw fit not to mention anything neither would I.

What a gem.

Was this film the inspiration for 'Top Gun' I wonder? 🤔

In 1991 gulf war, my unit shot down British airplane...it was hard days .

@BaronFlyingClub

Ай бұрын

OOps....on purpose or by mistake?

@drmustafa00

Ай бұрын

@@BaronFlyingClub It seems that my comment was not clear enough. I was a soldier in the Iraqi army at that time, so shooting down the plane was intentional because it was enemy aircraft, and as I remember it was a Tornado plane.

@lauriestlyon8773

5 күн бұрын

@@drmustafa00 These things happen in war.

@drmustafa00

5 күн бұрын

@@lauriestlyon8773 Yes, it is.

British Top Gun

Be interesting to play this back through an old TV with teletext and see what info is in the pages

Chocks away - spiffing good old chaps - couldn’t spit Alfred Burke (later Frank Marker - Public Eye) anywhere, I was only a year old when this was made.

@BaronFlyingClub

2 ай бұрын

I am not far behind you old bean, 1961.

@mrt3870

Ай бұрын

1:15:27

@robshirewood5060

Ай бұрын

ATC officer in the Germany scenes "they are getting a bit close"

Very realistic.

Ray Milland did a fair job of a British accent imo

@user-rr4po3he1n

Ай бұрын

Ray Milland was born in Wales.

@robshirewood5060

Ай бұрын

He was in the Household Cavalry pre ww2, mounted Trooper and damned good on a horse in his westerns

@patrickgriffitt6551

Ай бұрын

Another Welshman. Excellent. Richard Burton. 24th Regiment of Foot. Etc.

@robshirewood5060

Ай бұрын

@@patrickgriffitt6551 Trained as an RAF Navigator with Warren Mitchell late in ww2. 2nd Bn 24th Foot were the 2nd Warwickshire Regiment not Welsh

I join the RAF in 1957 This should be good

@BaronFlyingClub

2 ай бұрын

That was before I was born. (1961)

@philiprufus4427

Ай бұрын

@@BaronFlyingClub Bummer ! I'd been around for four years at that point. Magic time to be a kid,clued up adults and lots of things to poke child like hands into,especialy if you were a Navy Brat. Sometimes wonder how I did'nt lose em. One Stone Frigate I was on the station commanders daughter being slightly older,usedto put us up to all sorts of malarky. The young Matelots were always good humoured though, they must have felt like kicking our backsides on occasion. Great Days !

The vickers varsity ,not many made 😅flew as an air cadet on one of those out of RAF manby in the early 60's 😊😊

@mike.47

Ай бұрын

I thought it was a Varsity as well, in the film Winchester called it a Valetta which I believe is a variant of the Varsity. Who knows, maybe they got it wrong.

@robshirewood5060

Ай бұрын

@@mike.47 Varsity had a nose wheel, Valetta a tail wheel Both had magnesium main spars which if an engine caught fire meant you had 30 seconds to get out, one crashed in the UK carrying photographers and burned/ My late uncle as an ATC cadet flew in Varsities from RAF Gaydon with 2 Air Navigation School c 1969 it is now the vehicle testing track for Jaguar etc

the flying saucer thing was probably all BS, but it is interesting how it foreshadows todays drones

Great movie 5/15/24

Six minutes in and I already like it a lot better than "Top Gun",

57:43 Cameron Reservoir, south of Leuchars

@philiprufus4427

Ай бұрын

Remember Leuchars and H M S Condor Arbroath and Rosyth Dockyard,Faslane Sub Base,Cairnryan. No nuclear boats in those days. Security consisted of an eighteen year old Matelot in gaiters and white belt and a fifty year old then Admiralty Plod. Nowadays you get an HK stuck up your Jack, Courtisy of M O D Plod, Bootnecks with no humour,or Bemused Cloggies. Even Known Serving Coppers Out Fishing to disapear for a few days !

Run Away First

0:17:20 Maybe the tide is out? A lot!

1940 ," We need more pilots ,must have more pilots..!!!! "Stuffy..D...........you can teach monkey's to fly better than that...!!!!..........lol............Don't you yell at ME,...Mister Warwick......!!!!!!!!!!.......................lest we forget........................THE FEW.......................RAAF Amberley over Here in Australia ,................love it ,when it's a scramble SIR.....F18 's up...... Australian style....................Did my marching at 19 flight cadets....... civilian pilot still.............eyes still cast skywards............great trip back into the past , ......just hope Germany finally learnt that lesson....lol

is the plane at 19:08 an Avro Anson?

@BaronFlyingClub

2 ай бұрын

I think it is a Vickers Valetta.

@th723

2 ай бұрын

@@BaronFlyingClub I think you are bang on, never heard of the valetta, thanks. 😁

@jimacklaw

2 ай бұрын

​@@th723valetta no doubt. Nothing like an anson?

@michaelbraybrook1316

2 ай бұрын

Is a Valletta, far too large for an Anson.

Hawker Hunters🇬🇧

Is it true that at precisely 3:00pm all England drops everything for a spot o' tea.

@BaronFlyingClub

Ай бұрын

No. the English drink tea all day.

Does anyone have English or Portuguese subtitles for this film?

@lordeden2732

Ай бұрын

English?

@irmaox

Ай бұрын

@@lordeden2732 Yes, thanks

@irmaox

Ай бұрын

@@lordeden2732 yes, if possible

@irmaox

Ай бұрын

@@lordeden2732 Yes. please

Winchester was a bludger and was only after compo and a pension.

Ray Milland.

Vampires!

Three different Vampires were used in the scenes of when the ‘Hero’ takes off against orders in one Vampire is seen flying thru a storm in another and lands in yet another. Great continuity I must say. Also another court martial offence. Jolly hockey sticks chaps.

@patrickgriffitt6551

Ай бұрын

At least they were all Vampires. Better than some movies I've seen.

@marconatali5296

Ай бұрын

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😅😅😅😅😅

The music was like a thousand instruments playing with no music sheets all trying to be heard totally irrevelant.

360p is not good enough for clarity

1:09:53 Top Gun plot 1:15:47 and again

@arthurennimore-empties6709

Ай бұрын

But the British did it first.

@typhoon2827

Ай бұрын

@@arthurennimore-empties6709 yes. Obviously.

1:09:05 Lossie

See the Producer was Albert Broccli of Bond fame…..

Castellano

Co produced by Albert Broccoli, who would later on found Eon Productions, the makers of all the James Bond films. The actor who plays the Flight SGT in this film is Bernard Lee. Many know him as M from the Bond films up to For Your Eyes Only. I notice this has been recorded from the old TCM, before they went woke and tried to cater to a new demographic. Now, the hosts on that network would say, wrongly, that such films as this promote war. The late great Robert Osbourne, who used to host TCM for so many great years would disagree.

@howardjolley2215

Күн бұрын

And, as mentioned by another contributor, Ian Fleming played the Bishop.

9:50 do you think that's wise sir.

Et * ! 1 Si bon film vous n ' êtres apparemment pas fichu de nous le présenter aussi ' en langue > FRANCOPHONE - FRENCH < DINGUE non ? Zut !

@BaronFlyingClub

Ай бұрын

Je suis vraiment désolé de ne pas avoir traduit tout le film en français mais je n'ai pas le temps et je ne suis pas instruit dans la mesure où je ne parle pas français.

I watched for a while until it just got too silly ......click.

Landing without PPR, and entering a military zone is defo an arrest.

Two big faults - cropped and distorted - sadly make it unwatchable for me.

@BaronFlyingClub

2 ай бұрын

Shame it looks ok to me.

@typhoon2827

2 ай бұрын

@@BaronFlyingClub yes it looks fine to me too, thanks for posting it. It's not a film I've ever seen before. 👍🏻

1:13:30 Lossie again... Not very German.