# " FIGHTER PILOT " WWII MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FILM BATTLE OF BRITAIN ROYAL AIR FORCE 31264

This early 1940s black and white film about the mindset of a fighter pilot during WWII is presented by The Ministry of Information, produced by British Movietone News, and written and narrated by Air-Marshal Sir Philip Joubert, a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the 1930s and in WWII. It opens with dressed pilots waiting on the ground, laughing and talking with each other. A line of RAF fighter planes is shown, with uniformed pilots dashing out a door. The camera scans a control room where military officers on multiple floor levels contemplate a giant mat on the table. Pilots stand and talk with officers. A group of pilots lounge in a room, fully dressed and waiting to be called into action. They read, smoke cigarettes, and nap (:32- 1:36 ). An RAF Spitfire that has FOSH (the O is a bulls-eye) on the side arrives and the pilot climbs out. The cockpit instrument panel is shown. The pilot is scanned from the ground-up, beginning with his boots, pants with front pockets at the knees, parachute, Mae West life jacket, and helmet with the face mask hanging. He climbs back in wearing all this bulky gear. He is belted in and secures his combined face oxygen mask and radio telephone. His hand is shown on the throttle and stick and the plane takes off. He shifts the Chassis switch and the wheels come up ( 1:37 - 3:30 ). The patrol group flies three across and climbs above the clouds. The Height and Feet dial is shown as the planes climb to 20,000 feet. The rear aircraft…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/31264FighterPilotVwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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