I really wasn't expecting to see a documentary when I saw the names Merle Oberon and Ralph Richardson, but a documentary it was. "The Lion Has Wings" is a propaganda film produced by Alexander Korda, showing the world as the Nazis begin to take over Europe.
If you know about England at this time in history, and I do, you perhaps won't be as interested in this as others.
The British really wanted to fight, but they were afraid that America wouldn't join them, and they really didn't know how they could stave off the Germans without the U.S.
Whether they could withstand the Germans or not, the Brits wanted to show that they were ready to fight.
Some interesting actual footage. Oberon and Richardson were just there to get people into the theaters. This is pretty dry stuff, although back then, a film of this type was important for morale.
If you know about England at this time in history, and I do, you perhaps won't be as interested in this as others.
The British really wanted to fight, but they were afraid that America wouldn't join them, and they really didn't know how they could stave off the Germans without the U.S.
Whether they could withstand the Germans or not, the Brits wanted to show that they were ready to fight.
Some interesting actual footage. Oberon and Richardson were just there to get people into the theaters. This is pretty dry stuff, although back then, a film of this type was important for morale.