Powell & Pressburger’s One of Our Aircraft is Missing Getting A BFI Blu-ray Release

If there was influential partnership in British cinema, it has to be Powell & Pressburger. The influence they had on British film during the 1940’s and 1950s is unbelievable. Their filmography is world renowned and gave us some of the greatest films in cinematic history and next month the BFI will release one of those wonderful films on Blu-Ray.

War drama One of Our Aircraft is Missing is set for a Limited Edition Blu-ray, which will include a raft of extras includes a newly recorded audio commentary and four archival films from the 1940s.

Shot down over occupied Holland, the crew of a Wellington bomber must navigate their way to safety through enemy territory in this Second World War classic, written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (The Red Shoes, A Matter of Life and Death). An early success for the directing duo, this Oscar-nominated* drama stars a medley of British acting icons, including Eric Portman, Bernard Miles and Googie Withers, appearing in one of her first major film roles.

With contributions behind the camera from David Lean, Ronald Neame and Guy Green, this tense and suspenseful drama is a true landmark of British cinema ripe for rediscovery.

Special features

• Presented in High Definition
• Newly recorded audio commentary by film scholar Ian Christie
• An Airman’s Letter to His Mother (1941, 5 mins): Michael Powell’s powerful propaganda short, narrated by John Gielgud
• The Volunteer (1944, 44 mins): an entertaining look at the Fleet Air Arm, directed by Powell & Pressburger and starring Ralph Richardson
• Target for Tonight (1941, 50 mins): Harry Watt’s acclaimed documentary reconstruction of a Wellington bomber’s mission over
• The Biter Bit (1943, 14 mins): A propaganda short detailing the destructive force of wartime aerial bombardment, produced by Alexander Korda and narrated by Ralph Richardson
• Image gallery
• Includes reproduction of the original storybook based on the film by Emeric Pressburger
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jennifer Dionisio

• ***First pressing only*** Illustrated booklet with essays by Ian Christine and Sarah Street, an excerpt from A Life in Movies: An Autobiography by Michael Powell, a selection of original film reviews, notes on the special features and full credits

UK / 1942 / black and white / 103 minutes / English language, with optional subtitles for the Deaf and partial hearing / original aspect ratio 1.37:1

One Of Aircrafts Is Missing will get an a Limited Edition Blu-ray release from BFI on 27th September.