The Lion Has Wings (1939)
• November 3rd, 1939 • 1h 16min
Documentary, War
Overview
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Land Without Bread
Released on: 1933-12-01
Documentary
An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extrem...
Railway Station
Released on: 1980-01-01
Documentary
Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw...
Full Metal Jacket
Released on: 1987-06-26
Drama, War
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow rec...
The Great Dictator
Released on: 1940-10-15
Comedy, War
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecu...
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Released on: 1942-04-24
War, Drama
On its way back from a raid on the city of Stuttgart, Germany, a British bomber is shot down over Na...
Nuclear Savage: The Islands of Secret Project 4.1
Released on: 2011-11-16
Documentary, History, War
A shocking political exposé, and an intimate ethnographic portrait of Pacific Islanders struggling f...
Living in the Age of Airplanes
Released on: 2015-04-25
Documentary
LIVING IN THE AGE OF AIRPLANES offers a fresh perspective on a modern-day miracle that many of us ta...
The RAF at War: Part One
Released on: 2004-01-01
War, Documentary
Three part documentary of the history of the Royal Air Force during World War Two. They combine actu...
Dark Blue World
Released on: 2001-05-17
Action, Drama, War
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young fl...
Victory Through Air Power
Released on: 1943-07-17
Animation, War, Documentary
This is a unique film in Disney Production's history. This film is essentially a propaganda film sel...
The White Diamond
Released on: 2004-11-13
Documentary
This 2004 documentary by Werner Herzog diaries the struggle of a passionate English inventor to desi...
Guy Martin's Lost WW2 Bomber
Released on: 2024-07-07
Documentary
Guy joins an ambitious engineering project to recover a crashed WW2 Lancaster Bomber – and the remai...
WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception
Released on: 2004-12-12
Documentary
There were two wars in Iraq--a military assault and a media war. The former was well-covered; the la...
The Atomic Cafe
Released on: 1982-03-17
Documentary, History
A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed...
Italian Wings Over the Skies of Brazil
Released on: 1931-01-15
Documentary, History
On an expedition through Latin America, Italian General Italo Balbo made the Atlantic crossing with ...
The Real Top Gun
Released on: 2022-05-22
Documentary
The 2022 film "Top Gun: Maverick" continues the adventures of the ace fighter pilot made famous by T...
Stolz der Nation
Released on: 2009-08-21
War, Action, Drama
Director Quentin Tarantino tasked Eli Roth to craft a mini-movie called Stolz der Nation (Nation's P...
Captains of the Clouds
Released on: 1942-02-12
Action, War
Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean and t...
The Tuskegee Airmen
Released on: 1995-08-25
War, History, Drama, TV Movie
During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate Africa...
Flight of the Intruder
Released on: 1991-01-18
Action, War
U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Jake Grafton and his bombardier buddy, Lt. Cmdr. Virgil Cole, are two soldiers e...