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No. 33402
ID: cfe73e
The 1969 film, The Battle of Britain, was released on Blu Ray and I was amazed that it actually looks quite good. The film lavishly used actual WW2 aircraft that could still be flown and fixed up many that couldn't. The old planes were manicured to more resemble 1940 aircraft (adding elliptical wingtips, period canopies and other changes) and made air-worthy for the film. Eventually 100 aircraft were employed making the film's producer in charge of the "35th largest air force in the world". The film used Spanish-built versions of the German planes such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters and Heinkel He 111H-16 bombers. This film's use of spectacular flying sequences looked terrific in contrast with the unsatisfactory model work seen in previous air war movies like Angels One Five (1952) and was on a far grander scale than had been seen on film before. This cost a lot of money to produce and the film failed to make a profit (at the time, although DVD and Blu Ray sales have since moved it into profit). The film lost ten million dollars worldwide, mostly because of anti-war public sentiments at the time (1969) and bad critical reviews, but I recommend it.
War Thunder - The Battle of Britain https://youtu.be/ee8HUhwmIjw
Squire makes man humorous videos of the War Thunder, a World War II-inspired massively multiplayer online combat game for the PC and PlayStation 4. I was considering purchasing a PS4 just for War Thunder, but I don't like free-to-play games using micro-transactions. I would rather buy the full game (much later after launch, on sale) and unlock things by achievements. And I would prefer air war games focused on single-player campaigns and missions than multi-player furrballs.
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