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Plevna Branch | DVD First | On loan until: 03/May/24 |
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Title Statement | First light [DVD] / a Lion Television/Manray Media production ; written by Matthew Whiteman, Caleb Ranson ; produced and directed by Matthew Whiteman. |
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Series | Best of British (BFS Video (Firm)) |
Additional Contributors | Whiteman, Matthew |
Heughan, Sam | |
Lewis, Gary,1958- | |
Aldridge, Ben | |
Publication | Richmond Hill, Ont.: Distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia, [2011] |
Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (ca. 79 min.) |
ISBN | (v.r.) |
Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 066805310850 |
Other Number | 2291848 |
General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally broadcast on television in 2010. Based on the book by Geoffery Wellum. "As seen on BBC"--Container. Widescreen version. |
Performance Credits | Sam Heughan, Gary Lewis, Ben Aldridge, Alex Robertson, Paul Kynman. |
System Details | DVD, Dolby digital. |
Terms of Use | For home use only. |
Summary | "In May 1940 eighteen-year old Geoffrey Wellum joins the 92 squadron of the Royal Air Force and is taken to the pub,where pilots who have seen action sign their names on a blackboard. Next day,with no flying experience,he is expected to pilot a Spitfire;he is nervous but exhilarated. Soon he is seeing action against the Luftwaffe,his sense of duty dispelling fear,and,having taken part in the Battle of Britain,is awarded a medal,though he never signs the blackboard. By 1941 he has flown fifty missions and feels invincible,though he sees friends die and in 1942 the stress causes him to have a breakdown. However he survives the war and,in the present,talks direct to camera,voicing his feelings about his service experiences"--from www.imdb.com. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Fighter pilots--Fiction--Great Britain |
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction--Aerial operations, British | |
By Name | Wellum, Geoffrey |
Great BritainRoyal Air Force--Fiction | |
By Genre | Biographical films |
War films | |
Made-for-TV movies |