RAF At War - Unseen Films - The Complete Series DVD

Advantages: Genuine footage
Disadvantages: How the Amercians won the war

...correspondents, who would bravely record and/or broadcast back their bombing raids over Axis targets. When you can hear the flack bursting outside the aircraft you can hear a change in the tone of Jack Westerly the war correspondent. But only just! There was a man with a cool head under fire. After all, he could do nothing to defend himself. He had to leave that to the aircrew of his bomber. The film also included some captured German film of antiaircraft units attack Allied airplanes The programme then turns to the RAF, who, whilst the USAAF decided to make daytime attacks, were making night-time attacks. With a commentary over the first scene of RAF crew being served what looked like biscuits by a padre, we seem how the RAF crews dealt with their "equally harrowing experiences," as the American narrator put it. The American narrator pointed... Read review

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Advantages: Outstanding special effects
Disadvantages: weak story, too much US trumpet blowing

...This has to be the most hyped film of 1997, the story of the alien invasion of earth. As with most summer blockbusters the story is a lame one, although humorously performed by Will Smith, but the real bonus to this is the effects, I mean any self respecting Brit can only laugh at the White House being detonated from above by giant laser beam. The alien craft are awesome and the combat scenes are second only to the new range of Star Wars offerings but this is really marred by the amount of pro-American trumpet blowing that moves the film along, especially the cringe worthy scene of RAF officers waiting for the Americans to provide a solution. The completely unsubtle environment message relayed by Jeff Goldblum may have been an attempt at a worthwhile statement, but was far too over the top and obvious.... Read review

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Advantages: Great adventure movie
Disadvantages: Not to everyones taste.

...This is a double DVD of the entire television series. It follows Charlie Boorman and Ewan McGregor on their journey from John O'Groats in the north of Scotland right down to Cape Town in South Africa. There journey was on BMW GS motorcycles with a support crew in off road cars. It is an excellent documentary especially for those who love motorcycles. It is the sequel to their previous adventure Long Way Round. The bikes are a newer model than they used on the Long Way Round and have snazzy paint jobs, one is blue and the other red. They also have a bit of zebra paintwork on eone bike and leopard on the other. The DVD features episodes 1, 2 and 3 on Disc one along wtih some extras. Disc two has the rest of the episodes, namely 4-6 and also some extras. The case is the same thickness as a single DVD so even though it is a two disc vesion... Read review

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