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On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely.On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely.On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
Luca Slade
- RAF Serviceman
- (uncredited)
Mario Torella
- Naval Commander
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAlthough this is the short story's first screen adaptation, the story has been read nearly every Christmas Eve, or the Friday night closest to it, on CBC Radio One's radio show, "As it Happens" by Alan Maitland since 1979.
- GoofsCanadian pilots used the standard RAF palm out salute - not the palm down 'snap' of the US forces. The phonetic alphabet in WW2 used Charlie Mike Love Dog for C, M, L and D (not Not 'Crocodile', 'Monkey', 'Delta, 'Lima''). The NATO 'standard' was not adopted until 1956 No-one in the RAF ever referred to it as 'the Force' - it was 'the mob' Finally, collar attached shirts didn't come along until 1963. The closest RAF base to Norwich would have been RAF Coltishall.. The Early Warning radar at RAF Trimingham would have picked up a Vampire while it was still in Germany.
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Johnny Kavanagh: Okay, we're three miles out. Follow me down, I'm taking you home.
- SoundtracksIn the Bleak Midwinter
Written by Christina Georgina Rossetti (as Christina Rossetti)
Performed by Sam Brophy
Courtesy of BMG Music Production
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A Lovely Christmas Treat!!
A short story that will warm your hearts for Christmas. This movie gave me so much hope and reminds that the end of the year and the holidays are all about hope, and love. It was merry, suspenseful, and had so many emotions that it brought tears to my eyes. I am so happy I got to start my holidays with this beautiful movie.
For the plot, it is a story of a young flying officer who wants to go home for Christmas to his girlfriend whom he dearly loves, however mid air his flight suffers multiple technical failures and he gets stranded over the north sea. The rest, you better watch and find out.
I remember a lie which really touched me, I guess it goes like "Lizzie I am not scared but sad of all the things we would not be able to do together..." Definitely lovely!
For the plot, it is a story of a young flying officer who wants to go home for Christmas to his girlfriend whom he dearly loves, however mid air his flight suffers multiple technical failures and he gets stranded over the north sea. The rest, you better watch and find out.
I remember a lie which really touched me, I guess it goes like "Lizzie I am not scared but sad of all the things we would not be able to do together..." Definitely lovely!
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