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Castles in the sky / produced by Simon Wheeler ; directed Gillies MacKinnon.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander, Sir, 1892-1973--Drama.
- Watson-Watt, Robert Alexander.
- Engineers--Great Britain--Drama.
- Engineers.
- Radar--History--Drama.
- Radar.
- Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940--Drama.
- Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940.
- World War, 1939-1945--Radar--Drama.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain--Drama.
- Genre:
- Historical films.
- Biographical films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (90 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2014.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Eddie Izzard stars in this funny, moving and inspiring factual drama about the pioneering work on radar by a little known team of scientists in the run up to the Second World War. On 26 February 1935, Robert Watson-Watt demonstrated for the first time that aircraft could be detected by bouncing radio waves off them. By the time the war began in 1939, radar stations were dotted along the British coast, tracking aircraft at distances of 100 miles away. It was this invention - more than any other - that saved the RAF in the 1940 Battle of Britain. This drama follows those early years as Robert Watson-Watt and his team of scientists worked tirelessly to see their invention taken seriously, from the highs and lows, to the battles for funding and the political wrangling, before getting a final taste of victory.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 23, 2021).
- OCLC:
- 1245590335
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