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Reaching for the Skies

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The 11th programme in this 12-part series
Narrated by Anthony Quayle Victory Over the Sea
Early in the Second World
War, aircraft began to wrest the traditional control of the sea from the battleship.
Flimsy Swordfish biplanes, launched from Royal Navy aircraft carriers, flew daring torpedo raids which crippled the Italian fleet at Taranto and the giant German battleship, Bismarck. In the Pacific, American and Japanese carrier-borne aircraft attacked each other's fleets. A new warfare had developed. British innovations like the angle-deck allowed faster, heavier jet aircraft to land at sea, leading to the giant American super-carriers of today.
Film editor MICHAEL DUXBURY Series producer IVAN RENDALL Executive producer JOHN GAU Producer GWYN RICHARDS BBC Pebble Mill
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Anthony Quayle
Producer:
Ivan Rendall
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