As with so many of my generation who spent their boyhood up in bedrooms ,fingers covered in 'airfix glue and paint',my love affair of the 'Spitfire 'has stayed with me and grown,inexplicably intertwined with family,from lost uncles as pilots in WW2 themselves to parents and grandparents . The movie starts with a comment early on from a present day fighter pilot, that " the Spitfire is the most beautiful machine ever built by man " who could argue ?, Eloquently narrated by Charles Dance conjuring up the essence of a quintessential United Kingdom now sadly lost ,you are taken on a journey from engineering genius to impossible bravery ,with commentary from the last of the "few"who share a lifetime of feelings so many years later.In the last scene ,but so as not to spoil it, a very well known WW2 lady is reunited with a plane she delivered back in 1944 and you realise that the Spitfire is about people, thats why we love them,PS ,hold on to your heart strings during the closing flight scene ,accompanied with beautifully scored music. A dvd i will treasure.George Wheelwright.

This is a must see documentary on the people and the flying machine they perfected to protect and defend Britain during the WW2 German attacks.

The Spitfire fighter plane was both functional and beautiful in form. The citizens of Britain honor this machine and it's pilots for their bravery during one of the most frightful times for their country.

Yes, this is an emotional walk into the memory of those directly involved with the history of this plane. But how can it not be emotional when these brave people got through the nightmare of WW2 by the skin of their teeth.

SPITFIRE is a well-shot documentary looking at the presence of Britain's most iconic plane and its place during the defence of the country in WW2. It mainly consists of talking head footage with various survivors of battles and those who flew the planes at the time; it was so long ago now that some of them have died since release. This isn't really about teaching the viewer anything new, but rather to summon up a mood of danger, heroism, self-sacrifice, courage and bravery, all mixed together. It's appropriately moving and engaging.