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Reach for the Sky (1956) |
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'Brave' tale
of Douglas Bader who lost both legs in an air |
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accident in
1931. He learned to walk on artificial legs and flew in WWII.
Lots of stiff upper lip and laughing in adversity. |
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Not a great
film but his example was an inspiration for others, |
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The film
starts with Bader's first day in the RAF. From the |
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beginning
he's good at the practical, flying and sport and |
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The trainee
pilots are warned not to do any low-level |
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acrobatics,
2 pilots have already been killed that month. But |
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Bader has to
show off and he crashes. He survives but his |
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right leg is
amputated and then his left leg is also amputated |
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With British
doggedness and a positive approach which would |
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put any
American TV disease of week film to shame he 'gets back in the
saddle' and flies in WWII. |
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He was shot
down over France and ended the war in a |
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Notes
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