Other Titles • Battle of Britain • Die Luftschlacht um England (1969)
Quotes from Battle of Britain (1969)
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Squadron Leader Skipper: How many time have I told you - never fly straight and level for more than 30 seconds in a combat area!
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Squadron Leader Canfield: The engine's overheating and so am I. Either we stand down or blow up. Now which do you want?
(2 votes)
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[Park has just landed, to be met by Group Captain Hope] Group Capt. Hope: Bad as we thought, Sir? Air Vice Marshal Keith Park: Worse! Kenley and Biggin are a shambles and the rest not much better. God Knows how many aircraft we'll have in the morning. All because 12 Group couldn't do their stuff. Leigh-Mallory and his big wings! Might as well stay on the ground for all the use they are!
(2 votes)
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Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding: But the essential arithmetic is that our young men will have to shoot down their young men at the rate of four to one, if we're to keep pace at all.
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[Narration] Winston Churchill: Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
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[to his flight of non-English-speaking Polish pilots] Squadron Leader Edwards: Shut up! Silence - in Polish!
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Squadron Leader Skipper: [his squadron having just been scrambled] Well don't just stand there, get one up!
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[Responding to Baron Von Richter's ultimatum] Sir David Kelly: We're not easily frightened. Also, we know how hard it is for an army to cross the channel. Last little corporal who tried came a cropper. So don't threaten or dictate to us until you're marching up Whitehall! And even then we won't listen.
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Section Officer Maggie Harvey: I left out the bit about the wolf whistles. You're better at it then I am. WRAF Corporal Seymour: The Erks have other things on their minds these days thank goodness!
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Squadron Leader Skipper: Did you get one? Sgt. Pilot Andy: All I got was a bellyful of English Channel!
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Warr. Off. Warrick: Put that cigarette out! The mains have gone, can't you smell gas? Section Officer Maggie Harvey: Don't you yell at me, MR Warrick!
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[Sgt Pilot Andy is reading a letter, while the pilots are waiting for the call to scramble] Sgt. Pilot Andy: Silly Bitch! Pilot Officer Archie: He's calling you names again, Arnold! Sgt. Pilot Andy: I spend half my leave getting her settled in the country, and now, "I'm bored", she says!
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[With the aid of an interpreter, Edwards has berated the Polish pilots for attack German bombers against orders] Squadron Leader Edwards: Finally, and God alone knows why, I've recieved the following signal. Cogratulations, as of today, this Squadron is operational. Signed, Air Vice Marshall Keith Park, AOC 11 Group [the men start cheering] Squadron Leader Edwards: [Scene changes to Dowding's office] Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding: I was wrong about the Poles. Air Vice Marshal Keith Park: We also have the second Polish Squadron. Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding: [Donning his cap] I thought you'd mention them. Allright, make them operational. Air Vice Marshal Keith Park: And the Canadians? Air Chief Marshall Sir Hugh Dowding: And the Chechs. We need them all!
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[British pilots in France are listening to a French officer talking about the German advance] Pilot Officer Archie: For the benefit of the uneducated among us, I shall now translate.
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[the Germans are about to overrun the airfield] Squadron Leader Skipper: Right! Let's get the hell out of here! Pilot Officer Archie: Where are we going, sir? Squadron Leader Skipper: [Walking rapidly toward his plane] Why don't you follow me and find out?
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[after berating a young pilot] Squadron Leader Skipper: How many hours in Spits? Simon: Ten and a half, sir. Squadron Leader Skipper: Let's make it eleven, before Jerrie has you for breakfast. Pilot Officer Archie: Spring chicken to shitehawk in one easy lesson.
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Squadron Leader Skipper: Corporal! Re-fuel them immediately. Corporal at French airfield: Yes, sir. So anyway... [continues his conversation] Squadron Leader Skipper: Corporal - I don't mean with your blood. Corporal at French airfield: Yes, *sir*!
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Squadron Leader Colin Harvey: I'll give you a piece of advice: stay single.
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