Angels One Five (1952)

Directed by

George More O'Ferrall

Genre

war film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 34 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young pilot joins the Royal Air Force just before the Battle of Britain. It follows his training and his first combat missions against the German Luftwaffe.

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What happens

Angels One Five is a 1952 British war film directed by George More O'Ferrall and starring Jack Hawkins, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, John Gregson, Cyril Raymond and Veronica Hurst. Based on the book What Are Your Angels Now? by Pelham Groom (who was also technical adviser to the film under his full title of W/Cdr. A. J. C. Pelham Groom), the plot centres on a young fighter pilot immediately before and during the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. Some scenes in the film were shot at RAF Uxbridge, where there was a wartime operations room. "Angels One Five" refers to RAF radio procedure from the Second World War. Angels stands for altitude. One Five means 15,000 feet. The film was the first British post-war production to deal with the Battle of Britain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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