person or book cover
Screen cap from promotional trailer
form y separately published work icon Reach for the Sky single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of Reach for the Sky : The Story of Douglas Bader, D.S.O., D.F.C. Paul Brickhill , 1954 single work biography
Issue Details: First known date: 1956... 1956 Reach for the Sky
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The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.

Notes

  • The promotional trailer for this film is available to view via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy_R97_5sMk (Sighted: 14/9/2012)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
      c
      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Angel Productions ,       1956 .
      person or book cover
      Screen cap from promotional trailer
      Extent: 135 min.p.
      Description: Black and white
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Works about this Work

Heroes and Villains Don Watson , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Monthly , June 2023; (p. 14-16) 'IF, AS SOMEONE SAID, “No man is a hero to his valet”, it is also true that every man is a valet to his hero. Well, as we make them, we can break them. So, I have cancelled Sir Douglas Bader. Others may choose to follow my example, but for now it is a personal cancellation, not a global one' 

(Introduction)
Heroes and Villains Don Watson , 2023 single work column
— Appears in: The Monthly , June 2023; (p. 14-16) 'IF, AS SOMEONE SAID, “No man is a hero to his valet”, it is also true that every man is a valet to his hero. Well, as we make them, we can break them. So, I have cancelled Sir Douglas Bader. Others may choose to follow my example, but for now it is a personal cancellation, not a global one' 

(Introduction)
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