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- The story of Irish fighter pilot Brendan "Paddy" Finucane, who at the age of just 21, became the youngest ever Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force, and one of its greatest and most celebrated fighter aces during World War Two.
- Oscar-winner Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist) headlines this critically praised drama about a young woman, just out of prison, who finds spiritual redemption working at a cafe in Maine.
- In August 1944, as Allied bombers prepare to strike Nazi Germany, British intelligence discovers a potential trap. An unarmed pilot must photograph Berlin to reveal the threat and prevent the loss of 1, 200 lives.
- Aircraft designer/patriot R. J. Mitchell, alarmed at growing German militarism, works to perfect a defense against the German Messerschmidt at the cost of his health.
- The story of the fighter plane and pilots that helped win the Battle of Britain in World War II.
- A sultry assassin is the target of two separate operatives in this globe-trotting action flick shot on location in the Bahamas, Athens, Rome and Hong Kong.
- A story about a savage girl in an American outback who is suspected of witchcraft.
- The life and WW2 career of Irish fighter ace Brendan "Paddy" Finucane.
- Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita's fiery Latin temper, a meddling aunt and a conniving ex-fiancee who's determined to break up their marriage.
- Secret Spitfires is the story of of young girls, boys women and handful of elderly men who built thousands of Spitfires in secret during WW2. Spitfires were the nemesis of the Luftwaffe and the instrument which halted Hitler's plans for invasion. At a great costs to themselves, Luftwaffe was ordered to destroy the Spitfire factories and upon completing this task, Germans were convinced they had now halted the production of the Spitfires for good. After the destruction of the main factories in Southampton by Luftwaffe, manufacturing of Spitfires were moved to shadow factories in small towns and villages. One such place was Salisbury in Wiltshire. Here, sheds, workshops, garages, bus depots and a local hotel were used to build parts and then assembled to complete aircraft which were then flown out by ATA girls from local fields to awaiting RAF pilots. The film, three years in the making, tells the amazing story of the secret Spitfires through the testaments of the surviving workers and eye witnesses for the very first time. The film contains many unique archive footage and images never seen before.
- Carmelita and Uncle Matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy agents who are trying to frighten away visitors in order to develop a nitroglycerin bomb.
- A British expeditionary team attempt a dangerous, world-first circumnavigation of the Earth in an 80-year-old vintage World War II fighter to inspire a new generation through the freedom of flight.
- Dennis mistakenly believes Carmelita is going to have a baby. Little does he know that the blessed event is her cat's new kittens.
- Using interviews, archive footage and reconstruction, this documentary looks at the Air Transport Auxiliary, a band of female pilots who aided the war effort in World War II.
- With husband Dennis preoccupied with a business deal, Carmelita decides to teach him a lesson by running off to Reno and filing for divorce.
- Tells the story of the remarkable ladies who flew for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) in World War Two.
- A pilot from World War 2 is transported to modern times, but how, why and what happens next?
- It is the Lindsay's wedding anniversary and they are fighting. To help them settle down with a house and children, Uncle Matt writes Lord Epping for his help in getting the Lindsay's a war orphan. Unfortunately, he does not state which war and Epping gets one from WWI. The orphan is Fifi who is in her twenties and there is trouble for Uncle Matt and Dennis if their wives find out. So Uncle Matt takes Fifi to the Bide-A-While Inn to hide her, but Miss Pepper believes that something is wrong with this couple with the same last names. Trouble brews when Uncle Matt pretends to be Lord Epping and Fifi's boyfriend Pierre comes looking for her.
- Guy Martin joins the two-year restoration of a Spitfire that was buried in a French beach for decades, and tells the Boy's Own-style story of its pilot, Squadron Leader Geoffrey Stephenson.
- Dizzy Carmelita and Uncle Matt inadvertently become involved with thieves smuggling jewels inside a ceramic elephant.
- Beyond the Spitfire is the brainchild of 12 year old boy Charlie Connew. Coming from both a performing arts and armed forces background Charlie is ideally placed to bring this imaginative and timely story to life, with the help of a fascination for Spitfires. Charlie has teamed up to Direct his first film with Alyson Connew (Mum) who scripted and produced the film. If you were 12 how would you feel if you were transported to a world without the internet, TV or mobile phone? Could you cope? That's what happens to young Eric when he is magically transported back to war torn Britain in 1941 amongst a group of evacuees. I could tell you more but walls have ears and careless talk costs lives!
- A married couple, on an ocean voyage honeymoon, quarrel and she shoves him out of their cabin and into the neighboring cabin, coincidentally of his old girlfriend, triggering an escalation of mistaken identities and chaos.
- Young pilots follow in the footsteps of the men who fought the Battle of Britain.
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- Bruce Morson, a young American, returning from travels in Egypt, is robbed of some valuable jewels in a London hotel, and chases the thieves to the yacht, "Spitfire," at Calais, which the crooks have boarded and taken command of under forged orders from its owner, Marcus Girard, who is in London. The yacht is just about to sail out of port, but by a ruse, Morson manages to get aboard, and promptly falls in love with Girard's pretty daughter Valda, who is also a "spitfire." The crooks tell Valda her father is a smuggler, show her the jewels they have stolen, and convince her they are guarding them for her father, and that Morson is a custom officer, spying upon her in order to trap Girard. Valda indignantly turns upon the helpless Morson, orders him into seaman's costume, and compels him to work his passage to New York, On the homeward voyage, Morson undergoes many ordeals, both humorous and dramatic, and is even finally accused of the theft of his own property, before the final denouement, which shows the burning of the yacht and the heroic rescue of Valda by Morson, who is at last able to right himself, baffle the thieves, and win the woman he loves.
- The Spitfire, P-51 Mustang, and Messerschmitt Bf 109 were exceptionally great fighters of WWII, and, with the use of authentic and rare color and B&W footage, this program details what made them so special. Also featured are the P-40 Warhawk, P-38 Lightning, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-36, Focke-Wulf 190, ME 262 Jet Fighter, Mosquito, Corsair, Hawker Hurricane, Poli Karpon 116, Fiat G.50, MC.200 and MC.202.
- The incredible story of one of the best heavy metal bands in the country. Spitfire had everything going for them until one day, lead singer Dinos Costakis was involved in a tragic accident that forced him to retire from the stage after sustaining a serious injury. Over the course of one night, his marvelous voice became metal history before he even reached his peak. Despite adversity, Spitfire found the strength to go on. This documentary features previously unreleased tracks with the legendary "First Attack" line-up. Manager Yanis Koutouvos and founder-lead guitarist Elias Loginidis take a walk down memory lane. "Spitfire: Back to Zero" documents a long overdue reunion after a fifteen year hiatus, giving rise to memories, disagreements and conflict. But what is it all about? Art? Glory? Money? The only one who can provide the answers is Dinos Costakis, the voice that forever ceased... Because life surpasses art and it always will.
- On March 22, 1940, a special photo reconnaissance Spitfire of the Royal Air Force, is shot down over the Netherlands. Who was the pilot, what was the mission back then and what is the present day role of aerial reconnaissance now?
- TV Series
- Following a scandalous poker party, Douglas Kenyon acts as escort to Marcia Walsh, a showgirl whom he "wins" in a game. When it is discovered that she has spent the night in his apartment, though innocently, he is discharged from the bank where he works. He then is separated from his sweetheart, Jean Bronson, who becomes an actress when he plans to prosecute her grandfather. After many complications, including the heroine's rescue from an unscrupulous theatrical producer, the lovers are reunited.
- Betty is reminiscing when she was in the ATA with her granddaughter Kate when they visit a Spitfire in an aircraft museum. Two hours before, The White House announced an asteroid will hit the earth. What will Betty and Kate do?
- An inmate with unquestioned authority over even the prison guards forces a feebler prisoner, with the skill he lacks, to make him a model spitfire. When his true fascination in model air-crafts is accidentally exposed, contradicting his tough persona, their power dynamic shifts.
- As he lies dying, Don Salvador, the leader of a political outlaw band in the mountains near Seville, tells his daughter Carmelita to marry the best man in the band. After Pedro and Leonardo duel, Carmelita agrees to marry Pedro, the winner, at the Fiesta of Roses, and saves Leonardo. American artist Kent Staunton, painting in the mountains, poses Carmelita, who is dressed as a boy to compete with a friend. After she spends the night in Kent's cabin to avoid a storm, Pedro, misunderstanding, fights Kent and gets arrested. Although attracted to Kent, Carmelita vows revenge when Pedro says that Kent is a spy who killed her father. In Seville, she poses for Kent, but an impulse stops her from stabbing him. After learning that Pedro was lying, Carmelita refuses to marry him when he escapes from jail. Pedro slashes her portrait and, threatening to kill Kent, forces a marriage ceremony. Leonardo, however, learns of this and shoots Pedro. Kent and Carmelita then marry.
- This documentary recounts the thrilling history of the Supermarine Spitfire, revealing the dramatic stories of those who designed and built the iconic aircraft, and of the brave 'Few' who flew and fought in this legend of the skies.
- Famed WWII fighter pilot Alex Herbst confronts his painful yet incredible journeys, in order to realize his bright, undiscovered future.
- Set in 1954, a comic-book crazy kid has his world rocked when he confronts a badly burned Spitfire pilot.
- In 2005, an 83 year-old World War II pilot views 16mm footage of his 1944 Spitfire crash for the first time.
- Reol's seventh feature is the Semi-Western drama. Spitfire tells the story of Guy Rogers a son of a well-known Black publisher, who has written a novel entitled The Uplift but is told by his publisher that it lacks the aura of reality because he has not lived among the lowly folk about whom he attempts to write. The search for the authentic experience for his novel requires that the novelist declare that he will take Washington as his model and prove that he too, can work as well as write and thus try to emulate our great leader. Rogers promptly travels to a Maryland settlement and meets Spitfire (Morton), the high-spirited daughter of a local farmer. They fall In love but not before a plot develops that as one reviewer put it "just teems with action".
- Recording the film score for Spitfire (2018).
- The temper of Lucy Jennings had become so notorious in the village that she was almost always called the "Spitfire." Her parents could not cure her temper by kindness, so the father thought to cure her be sterner methods. He caught her in the street after she had disobeyed her mother and broken the dishes that she should have dried. Fastening her hands together, he hauled her through the village and tied her to the public hitching post. At that time the young pastor was coming down the street, and seeing an unusual commotion, hastened to discover the cause. Finding the "Spitfire" fastened to the post, he unfastened her at once and harangued the villagers, who disappeared shamefacedly. He then took the girl home to her parents, and after telling them that kindness, not force, was needed, arranged to send her to a boarding school for two years. After the two years had elapsed she returned a beautiful young lady. Of course the inevitable happened. The parson loses his heart to the much accomplished Lucy.