🎬 Documentary, History, War

Whittle: The Jet Pioneer

"It was a race against time and the Nazis"

2010 1h 11m Dir. Nicholas Jones

About this movie

Whittle: The Jet Pioneer reveals the titanic struggle of a young aviator and engineer as the Nazis took Europe into total war. It was a race for air superiority between Germany and the Allies. Ultimately the young inventor became one of the most influential Britons of the 20th century with an invention that changed the face of our planet.

Quick facts

Year
2010
Runtime
1h 11m
Genre
Documentary, History, War
Director
Nicholas Jones
Language
EN

Cast

👤
Dave Austin
Narrator
👤
Hans von Ohain
Himself
👤
Sir Frank Whittle
Himself
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Whittle: The Jet Pioneer has a runtime of 1h 11m (1 hour and 11 minutes).
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The cast of Whittle: The Jet Pioneer includes Dave Austin, Hans von Ohain, Sir Frank Whittle.

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