The Lion Has Wings (1939)

The Lion Has Wings: Directed by Adrian Brunel, Brian Desmond Hurst, Michael Powell, Alexander Korda. With Merle Oberon, Ralph Richardson, June Duprez, Flora Robson. A look at the current might of the Royal Air Force. Place – Great Britain, time – two months after the start of World War ll.

“While this movie is certainly a propaganda piece, Britain was most assuredly NOT u0026quot;beaten downu0026quot; and u0026quot;cowering in their cellarsu0026quot;. As I recall they won the Battle of Britain alone that very year of 1940. In fact, at the time , they were the only ones standing up to the Nazis. Visit the Museum of London and the section where you get to relive the Blitz. As we all know, the Nazis were ultimately defeated by the Red Army; the United states and the British Empire only helped relieve the pressure by attacking in the west, bombing their cities and winning the war against the U-boats. This movie was just about the same as all the other propaganda films made by all sides during the war.”