13 Hours That Saved Britain

2010

Documentary / History / War

4
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 402 402

war documentary world war ii war documentary

Plot summary

In this documentary, experts dissect the Battle of Britain, which took place on Sept. 15, 1940 — a day that determined the fate of the nation.

Director

Stephen Saunders Photo
Stephen Saunders

Top cast

Vera Lynn Photo
Vera Lynn as Self - Eyewitness, age 23
Nicholas Parsons Photo
Nicholas Parsons as Self - Eyewitness, age 16
Arthur White Photo
Arthur White as Self - Eyewitness, age 6
Mary Sterry Photo
Mary Sterry as Self - Eyewitness, age 18
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450.37 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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25 fps
12 hr 48 min
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834.02 MB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   cz   dk   de   gr   es   fi   fr   hr   hu   it   no   nl   pl   pt   ro   ru   sv  
25 fps
12 hr 48 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Phil_Chester

Informative and involving

Short, to the point and effective. Very informative and involving, but feels slightly one-dimensional without at least some German interviewees. Clever use of stock footage from 'The Battle of Britain' adds an extra level of polish to the documentary. Definitely a must-see for military and aviation history enthusiasts.
Reviewed by pibwl 3 / 10

Recycled disappointment

"The Battle of Britain" was epic classic movie, with beautiful in-flight sequences of almost original aircraft, but usage of edited out material from this film in a documentary, is a misunderstanding. "Almost" makes a difference in this case. One could think, that Messerschmitts and Heinkels really had Merlin engines with huge radiators, because they saw it in a document... And, with due respect, special effects in the movie are not up to date. The documentary makes ridiculous usage of poorly disguised American vehicles as German ones in completely redundant scenes. But was I expecting too much?.. Well, the allegation alone, that any given "13 hours" saved Britain, should have given some hint as for seriousness of this production... By the way, the authors surely haven't heard, that in spite of "saving Britain" on 15 August, it was 18 August to be dubbed "The Hardest Day".Despite civilian witnesses' perspective is quite interesting, but personally I was hoping to see some in-depth analysis of peculiar air raids, numbers of aicraft involved and squadron numbers... Not to mention, that it would have been nice to hear, that not only British pilots took part in that glorious day.
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