Rounding It Out
I had a bit of money left in my Amazon.com account after my Christmas/Birthday purchase, so this week I tried to find something that I could buy to round it out. This is a challenge because you don't really know what shipping is going to cost till you actually place the order.
So what I got: another DVD...three WW2-vintage war movies from Britain.
* One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing--a damaged and crewless RAF bomber careens aimlessly over England before it crashes. What happened to the men who had been aboard? This movie follows them as they make their escape from German-held Holland with the aid of the Dutch resistance. Peter Ustinov has a cameo role as a Dutch clergyman who helps hide the fugitive airmen during Sunday services.
* Spitfire (a.k.a. First Of The Few)--Leslie (The Scarlet Pimpernel) Howard plays Reginald Mitchell, the chief designer at Supermarine whose vision of sleeker and more powerful planes brings British aircraft technology from the stick-and-fabric biplanes of the Twenties through the Schneider Trophy-winning racers and the ultimate machine...the Spitfire fighter. David Niven plays Mitchell's good friend, a test pilot who sees and experiences the whole story.
* We Dive At Dawn--A Royal Navy submarine is sent against a German battleship and this is the story of the boat's officers and crew. I'm not sure that I'd seen this one before...I happened to have the other two on VHS and that was my main reason for buying the set.
So what I got: another DVD...three WW2-vintage war movies from Britain.
* One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing--a damaged and crewless RAF bomber careens aimlessly over England before it crashes. What happened to the men who had been aboard? This movie follows them as they make their escape from German-held Holland with the aid of the Dutch resistance. Peter Ustinov has a cameo role as a Dutch clergyman who helps hide the fugitive airmen during Sunday services.
* Spitfire (a.k.a. First Of The Few)--Leslie (The Scarlet Pimpernel) Howard plays Reginald Mitchell, the chief designer at Supermarine whose vision of sleeker and more powerful planes brings British aircraft technology from the stick-and-fabric biplanes of the Twenties through the Schneider Trophy-winning racers and the ultimate machine...the Spitfire fighter. David Niven plays Mitchell's good friend, a test pilot who sees and experiences the whole story.
* We Dive At Dawn--A Royal Navy submarine is sent against a German battleship and this is the story of the boat's officers and crew. I'm not sure that I'd seen this one before...I happened to have the other two on VHS and that was my main reason for buying the set.