One of Our Aircraft Is Missing - BLU-RAY

Bertie is an RAF bomber whose crew bails out over the Netherlands after one of it's engines is damaged during a nighttime raid on Stuttgart. Five of the six airmen locate each other; but the sixth goes missing. The Dutch, led by English-speaking schoolteacher Else Meertens (Pamela Brown), are suspicious. No aircraft is reported to have crashed in the Netherlands. However, the Dutch agree to help, despite their fear of German reprisals. The disguised airmen bicycle to a football match. To their amazement, they discover their missing crewman playing on one of the teams. Reunited, they hide in a truck carrying supplies to Jo de Vries (Googie Withers), a woman pretending to be pro-German. Jo hides the men in her mansion, then leads them to a rowing boat where they can reach the North Sea to safety. Else Meertens said of the Germans Do you think that we Hollanders who threw the sea out of our country will let the Germans have it? Better the sea. A remarkable WWII film - unforgettable! (100 minutes - 1942 - Black & White - 4 3).

One of Our Aircraft is Missing, from the writing/producing/directing team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus, 49th Parallel) is the very epitome of the propaganda films coming out of Britain during World War II. This, their first film for the production entity known as The Archers, weaves together a stirring tale of courage, sacrifice and patriotism. Having abandoned their aircraft over Holland following an aerial attack by German fighters, the RAF bomber crew lead by John Haggard (Hugh Burden, Funeral in Berlin) and Tom Earnshaw (Eric Portman, 49th Parallel) must escape their potential capture by Nazi forces with the aid of local villagers. Following on the heels of their previous war-themed effort, 49th Parallel, One of Our Aircraft is Missing features a sterling acting ensemble which includes Bernard Miles (Great Expectations), Pamela Brown (The Tales of Hoffmann) and Googie Withers (The Lady Vanishes), and behind-the-scenes talent of future film directors David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia) as the film's editor and Ronald Neame (The Poseidon Adventure) as it's cinematographer.

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