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Spitfire 944 (2006)

Spitfire 944 poster
Directed by
William Lorton
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
14 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An 83-year-old WWII pilot watches footage of his own 1944 Spitfire crash for the first time. He recalls the event 61 years later.

poignantreflectiveintimatequietnostalgicmildly emotionalpersonal

What happens

Spitfire 944 is a short documentary in which the 83-year-old World War II pilot John S. Blyth views 16mm footage of his 1944 Spitfire crash-landing for the first time, 61 years after the event. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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