Coastal Command (film)
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Coastal Command is a 1942 British film made by the Crown Film Unit for the Ministry of Information. The film, distributed by RKO, dramatised the work of RAF Coastal Command.
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Directed by | J. B. Holmes |
Produced by | Ian Dalrymple |
Starring | Roger Hunter Charles Norman Lewis |
Cinematography | Teddy Catford (credited as Edward Catford) Fred Gamage Jonah Jones |
Edited by | Michael Gordon |
Music by | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
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Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (1944) (USA) |
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Running time | 72 minutes (UK) 60 minutes (US) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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Coastal Command is a documentary-style account of the Short Sunderland and Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats during the Battle of the Atlantic. The film includes real footage of attacks on a major enemy ship by Hudson and Beaufort bombers based in Iceland.