Coastal Command (film)
| Coastal Command | |
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DVD | |
| 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 |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures (1944) (USA) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 72 minutes (UK) 60 minutes (US) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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.
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.