PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Spitfire

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Spitfire was the lead track from Public Service Broadcasting's new EP, 'The War Room', a collaboration with the BFI first released on May 28 2012 on Test Card Recordings. The track later featured on PSB's debut album 'Inform - Educate - Entertain'.
Video by PSB collaborator and all-round talented chap Owain Rich.
Footage from 'The First of the Few' is (c) BFI National Archive / COI and used with kind permission.
J. Willgoose, Esq. and Wrigglesworth sample old public information films and archive material and set them to new music. Live, the films are screened simultaneously as laptops are fiddled with, drums are pounded, theremins are wafted at, guitars are bashed and banjos furiously plucked. Teaching the lessons of the past through the music of the future.
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[@scottyb4046]

Heard this on Radio 2 this morning. Cracking tune. Remembrance day '23.

[@petey9338]

Ha haa I heard on the radio this morning to,,brilliant,,great minds 👍🤣

[@steveread1798]

Me too. Well done Dermot O’Leary!

[@deltaframes-os4km]

​@@steveread1798dermit o diddly

[@misdangered4326]

BBC Radio 2 redeems itself for 4 minutes and one second. I bet there were a few Leftist tears over that 🤣😂

[@antonyshepherd7835]

"can't see a Spit in the air without getting a kick out of it" Words as true today as when they were written.

[@Londonfogey]

Yep, I speak as a middle aged man who ran out of his house to see a Spit that was flying over north London as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

[@angryalways6069]

Never get tired of this track. My old man even liked it. Must be 30yrs since he watched a music video....

[@stevencarr2518]

And your problem is.....?

[@mikesharp4033]

We had a Spitfire on a static display podium at the entrance of our Base. We would salute it upon entering, ignoring Officers - we had our priorities organised.

[@somebloke2238]

I live near Biggin hill so I am lucky enough to see spits quite a lot, but it's still completely amazing every time.

[@eugenemurray2940]

'Wing, body & tail... All in One' Spitfire Bird!

[@SimonRobinson137]

The only thing more incredible than this song is that I’ve only just discovered it in 2021. I have no idea how I have managed to never even have heard of these chaps, but at least Spotify worked out that I needed to hear it by recommending it to me.

[@simonstokes6561]

Some proper treats in store for you👍🎸

[@peterritchie1084]

it turns on a sixpence

[@bugshack1]

Same for me. I heard it in a bar in Auckland NZ late in ‘21. Still cant stop playing it. Im old and maybe a bit jaded and it takes a lot to hear a new tune that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up now as I have listened to so much music in my time. Absolute brilliance.

[@nickthompson8194]

I heard this on radio 2 years ago and stopped the car to listen and find out who it was..immediately bought the dvd .. it's awesome.

[@craigspinks4174]

I discovered these guys a few days ago…. Converted half the family to them over the weekend including a 16yo 😬

[@hubbskiboy]

How can something that is 70 years old still evoke such emotion and pride. This music does the plane proud.

[@tarikwildman]

Rather like Hedi Lamarr, it has beauty that transcends time, that's why...

[@serenityflies1462]

@@tarikwildman well put! Love from Australia ❤❤

[@DapperChappy1010]

The Spitfire was some aeroplane indeed, and the Hurricane as well.

[@questionmaker5666]

The Spitfire helped us when we needed it, as did the Hurricane.

[@paulsturgess3651]

Wait until you fly in one. Awesome, life enhancing.

[@markarianludd5930]

I love the Krautrock undercurrent. A strange and compelling piece.

[@lenafan492]

I love irony 🤪

[@deltaframes-os4km]

shades of Neu!!!

[@Londonfogey]

As the German officers used to say to the Brits in the war comics, 'Ach, ve are not zo different, you and I'.

[@ChinaRosesMagicArse]

My Dad flew Spits in WW2. Don't know what he'd have made of this but I love it!

[@darkdante23]

You must be posh. My grandad was on a boat with thousands of other poor people being ordered to their deaths lol

[@DuncanHewitt70]

@@darkdante23 Didn't have to be posh to fly in the RAF in WW2. My second cousin flew and he was a back street Brummie. If you were young, had the cojones, and were good at your job, you were in.

[@darkdante23]

@@DuncanHewitt70 most poor were on boats to their deaths.

[@darkdante23]

@Ethiopia Hindu x

[@drtonyhaworth6287]

Please tell your dad thank you for his service it’s appreciated sincerely …….

[@ircha]

"After all, what I want isn't as easy as all that"

[@thatguybiklker]

A Spitfire Bird... I get chills every time :D

[@vladdkristmanov3057]

As an American (a Conservative American, it must be said) I truly appreciate the accomplishment represented by the Spitfire. And, as a compatriot of the Free World, I share the pride of our shared success known as the Mustang. Together these two planes and nations led the fight against tyranny. Together we all can look back on those terrible times of loss as well as the eventual pride of success. Oh, how the world has changed since the best of us have gone; I pray their sacrifice will not be forgotten. I wonder, would we be able to do it if called?

[@richardforshaw-smith7111]

We would fly Typhoons, mate

[@wako194]

6 music is the dogs, heard this song a while ago, bloody brilliant, if ever a country had a guardian angel the Spitfire was ours cheers R J Mitchell

[@robhallas5551]

Only just discovered this band today. I heard this song on the Dermot O'Leary show. What a great band!!

[@jernaugurgeh451]

Oh man, you are in for a treat. Over a decade of awesomeness to catch up on!

[@VitoC.]

Ditto! Time to buy their vinyl

[@meritpoint]

Dermot's just gone up in my estimation.

[@jncfc1967]

Could listen to this on loop forever.

[@philiphayes7122]

You know..... I think I have!

[@n1ck2k]

A piece of music worthy of Mitchell and his beautiful creation!

[@plumb-bob8597]

Only heard of this band yesterday and cant stop listening. I wondered what their videos would be like and after flicking through youtube i can say they are exactly what i wanted them to be like.

[@robertfoster3687]

A Great British film - The First Of The Few. A Great British plane - The Spitfire. Great British (and our Allies) spirit - The Pilots. A Great British band - PSB. Seen these guys live and they are brilliant, so clever!

[@operator6471]

Spitfire, Merlin engine and Public Service Broadcasting- perfect.

[@TProfileG]

My Grandfather flew Spitfires through ww2. Burma and N Africa mainly. What a Job!

[@aghost7597]

Your ancestors probably invented the airplane too. (...looking at your last name that is )

[@abigailthomas1823]

You should check out Andy Brockman and Tracey Spaight's new book 'The Buried Spitfires of Burma' it's fantastic! It follows the legend and history of spitfires in Burma and their archeological exploration there. buriedinburma.com/book/

[@bluefireyoutubezxprofireba7755]

My grandfather was a WWII Soldier Medic, he was the last of his team because his team had been killed. There were thousands of Germans chasing after my grandfather and my grandfather was shooting back at them with his pistol while he was running' a German skimmed my grandfather's head which is extremely lucky because it didn't even hit his ear. he survived WWII and died in like 2009. R.I.P

[@bluefireyoutubezxprofireba7755]

Let's just say my grandfather is just incredible.

[@7125Mhz]

Respect.

[@jack6539]

The right tool, at the right time for tackling the right problem. No nonsense, down to the task at hand.

[@legshakermaker1968]

1:10 goosebumps every time! The single most iconic silhouette for any Brit.

[@hughn]

The sound of a merlin at full chat should be the national anthem, or used for the British citizenship test - no raised hair on the back of the neck, no passport! 😁

[@freedomson1]

Today is the first time I heard PSB and I love them! Spitfire is great!

[@chrisgregory8573]

They are awesome... 'Go!' is probably my favourite out of an extremely strong catalogue

[@bluehazeburnout]

NOTHING makes me more proud to be British than this song. Gives me goosebumps every single time. Makes me think of my grandad who was obsessed with spitfires.

Have you been to London lately?

[@CHRISDABAHIA]

Aye, lad, gooese pimples indeed....

[@dragonpunch9459]

Your Grandad was a Great Man. 🌠 👍

[@MrRock1878]

fifty years can you elaborate on that

[@endgameyt2060]

Becky Pilling lets be honest who doses not like the spit beside the nazis

[@earthman6700]

I get to see these birds flying over Kent regularly. The Merlin always gets me running out the house to watch them.

[@Korisniknovi]

WTF:?!?! How is even possible to create something so insanely incredible as this song is?!?!

[@patbetts3038]

+Korisniknovi I know it's SO AWSOME the song anyway

[@nigeh5326]

Korisniknovi the best person to ask is Paul McCartney 😀. He and John Lennon wrote hits that will still be popular in a hundred years IMO.

[@Korisniknovi]

+Nige GSX14 Zero fucks given for those two vegetarian, drug-gulpin', hippie, commie-bastard punks: goo.gl/1hkDaq

[@ikmuojekwu1276]

Hi

[@synchra3614]

History

[@buzzclark2268]

Only just arrived at the PSB party. Feel like I have known them forever. Mindblowing music and sentiments. Every track an emotion that is felt rather than heard.

[@nigeh5326]

Excellent shivers down my spine. The Spit is 1 of those things that makes all of us Brits feel proud of our past. This was their finest hour, thank God for the few regardless of nationality,heroes all

[@angryalways6069]

Never fails to get me. Even after so many listens. All those young lads. Bravery most couldn't grasp now.

[@juliarobinson5313]

They are brilliant

[@geordieinjapan]

like the ones who fought on our side to defeat the far right?

[@sekretsquirrel8672]

tit.

[@cloudy9548]

Robert Bardita mmmmmmm... smells like ignorance

[@666madd]

The most beautiful aeroplane to ever grace our skies :)

[@SharonJonesConnell]

Goosebumps with all of this. amazing.

[@fsendventd]

"it's got to be able to do 400 miles an hour, turn on a sixpence, climb 10,000 feet in a few minutes, dive at 500 without the wings coming off, carry eight machine guns" The crazy thing is that it actually did all of those things. The Mk I could carry the guns and turn like crazy. The Mk IX did 400 MPH eventually. The Mk XIV made it possible to reach 10,000 feet in two minutes. And the Mk 21 finally gave it the wing strength to dive at 500 safely. This thing's still an amazing machine. Long live the Spitfire.

[@liverpoolscottish6430]

Erm.......MK IX Spitfires were dived to Mach 0.92 by Pierre Cloistermann in 1943 during high speed trials- well before the Mk 21, and well past 500 mph. It was banging on the door of breaking the sound barrier!

[@fsendventd]

@@liverpoolscottish6430 Oh I knew that. But as far as I know (correct me please) those were specially designed trials and not common occurrences, and many of the airplanes involved in said trials suffered some damage afterwards. Also, those were likely at high altitude, where the indicated airspeed is lower than the true airspeed. Not that those things completely discount the flights, but the later wing designs could perform those high-speed dives under combat conditions at fairly low altitudes.

[@headshot6959]

"Long live the Spitfire." You don't have to worry m8, the Spitfire is immortal.

[@paulsnell534]

Still one of the best prop planes ever built and they even considered it capable of breaking Mach 1. Madness I know but if any prop plane could do it it would be the spit or the mustang.

[@headshot6959]

@@paulsnell534 If they ever fitted it with a Rolls Royce Crecy... About the most powerful engine of WW2. A 26 litre two-stroke v12, 3000 HP.

[@Toby4929]

The opening 5 secs gives me goosebumps - was there ever a more evocative sound than that of a 27-litre, liquid-cooled V12 Merlin engine??!!

[@antonyshepherd7835]

Ten and more years ago I was fortunate enough to learn to fly at Biggin Hill, and I shall always remember the late summer day when I was doing pre-flight checks and heard a very distinctive noise. As I looked up, I saw a Spitfire and Hurricane fly overhead and come in to land. I felt like I'd gone back in time. I always felt honoured to have the opportunity to fly from there.

[@granola929]

Very lucky to have them regularly overhead in Cambridgeshire. Can't mistake the engine noise!

[@somebloke2238]

I live near Biggin hill too. I was out in the field at the northern end of the runway and I saw a hurricane in the distance. Ended up flying right over me and disappeared over some trees just before landing... Brilliant Hurricanes seem to be a bit quieter than spitfires I have noticed🤔

[@Smoopy]

That's fantastic!

[@gusgould4420]

I also live near the Biggin hill airport but I don’t think it’s the biggin hill you’re talking about?

[@DhafinFausta]

LOVE THIS BAND!!! greetings from Indonesia

[@jamesthomas-uc9wq]

Superb stuff, PSB's excellent musicianship over the early wartime film First of The Few. Leslie Howard, here playing Spitfire creator R J Mitchell would himself be shot down by enemy activity a year later in 1943. Love the look on the fighter controllers face at 3.22!

[@billbarton9046]

This track coupled with this film is pure class.😮

[@Rick-Jangle]

This is a splendid song, about a splendid plain, performed by a splendid band. Well done old chaps!

[@mjlotus]

Great song, great movie, featuring the great David Niven and the incredibly great Leslie Howard. Bravo!

[@odommcallister9351]

Name of film please?

[@mjlotus]

@@odommcallister9351 The First of the Few (US title Spitfire)

[@celeri6497]

This is the perfect combination of war footage, black-and-white films, and amasing music. Sure to please many, young or old.

[@cliveboaden]

It's worth buying a decent turntable to hear these guys on vinyl.

[@wallerpaul70]

+Clive Boaden They are really good live.

[@cliveboaden]

+wallerpaul70 yeah for sure, but they won't play live in my lounge.

[@garethrattee9048]

+Clive Boaden maybe if you asked them and put some food on they might......i'm sure they would turn up for dip

[@BonhamsBongo]

+Clive Boaden Got all my PSB vinyl copies signed at Southbank show! Have a photo of me grinning like a cheshire cat..

[@ernestolombardo5811]

Then as a bonus, you can hear other stuff on that turntable!

[@DirtyMerkin]

Bless them all.🇬🇧

[@bernardcharlesworth9860]

The world's symbol of freedom

[@somebloke2238]

Best music video of all time

[@SpitfireCGI]

Thank you PSB for re animating the great endeavours of our now mostly long gone relatives.This incredible little fighter plane played a pivotal role in saving our country and after that war generated a huge interest in aviation .The younger generation should watch and learn and perhaps understand the effort put in by the R.A.F in WW2 which saved us being conquered and overrun and in the Reichs plans of Operation Sea Lion once Britain fell we were all to be mostly exterminated but that was not to be. It was in fact instead to become the first battle of ww2 the Third Reich actually lost thank largely to the Spitfire and the Hurricane . So the R.A.F really did save our bacon.

[@MorrisseysMonkey]

Wonderful aircraft! But give the Hurricane a thumbs up!

[@stevedalbor1001]

Underrated aircraft, overshadowed by the Spitfire but still invaluable.

[@666madd]

The most beautiful aircraft to EVER grace the skies xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@wonkyal3097]

Utterly fantastic piece of music. Just love the switch in riff at 2:14

[@robertfoster3687]

2.14 - Know just what you mean!

[@somebloke2238]

Just re-winded so I could listen to it again

[@sharksniper8263]

Listening to that switch seems like to jump and start flying

[@arthurlee3627]

My new favourite record.I was surprised this is 10 years old and it had gone under my radar (😁) . It's only the first week of January and I already know what my top track for Spotify wrapped is. The great shame for me is they will never come close to topping this track.

[@stevekelly2018]

Just picked it up today on spec, so glad I did. Every time I hear it now I'll see this.

[@user-gp1kb3cd6w]

I heard it as well, then I bought the album.

[@ernestolombardo5811]

For five years I've kept coming back to this song quite frequently, still get shivers. Rousing, masterful stuff, which gained a new immediacy last summer thanks to Chris Nolan and "Dunkirk".

[@TommyCoughlinHomespunYarns]

One Helluva good video. Should make History accessible to youngsters for decades to come. Hats off to the lads and lasses of the RAF, RNAS and FAA, The Few.

[@andy4ward.slavaukraini.364]

A fabulous song, and plane!

[@ronniemac2850]

Due to this track, any time I hear the word Spitfire I have to say “a Spitfire bird” out loud in a posh voice. I have a feeling this will continue until the day I die

[@lightning1975]

This has restored my faith in the ability of people to make great music! - Like, like and LIKE again!!!

[@evilrobottolhurst]

I volunteer at an old people's home where one old gent used to fly Kingston-built Sea Hurricanes to protect Atlantic convoys. His plane was not launched off a proper aircraft carrier. I worked with another bloke who was a paratrooper in the Waffen-SS. As time goes by we seem to be losing our connection with the war. Thanks to PSB for making an exciting and relevant track.

[@anatolyboukreev8187]

Robert Tolhurst Why lie son?

[@dubsy1026]

He isn't lying. The CAM (that was what they were called, iirc) Sea Hurricanes were launched by rocket from converted freighters. The plane would then ditch next to the ship, and they would attempt to recover the pilot. The plane was toast though. Sounds like a waste, but they were used to shoot down FW 200 Condors. If one of those blokes got a message to the U-boats, which they would, the convey was in trouble, so 1 plane vs thousands of tons of shipping isn't to bad of an idea.

[@KerbalRocketry]

Sea Hurricanes an amazing aircraft for its time, the Hurricane is a stuningly simply constructed aircraft which gave it highly regarded durability (safe landings where known with gaping holes in the wings, of the sort that would cause the stressed-monocoque of a spits to fail!) and the most significant for the sea hurricane; it can be taken apart and reassembled by just about anyone... even aboard a merchant vessel out on the atlantic. And that's just how the sea hurricane was used, as Dubsy 102 has covered these converted merchant ships would carry a launch sled, a handful of built hurricanes and crates of parts to build more!

[@The_Crimson_Fucker]

"paratrooper" "Waffen-SS" And this, ladies and gentlemen, is how you catch a bullshit peddler.

[@Hurts1983]

@@The_Crimson_Fucker en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500th_SS_Parachute_Battalion

[@matthewdrennan8800]

Hats off to the brave lads who flew these grand machines

[@evilrobottolhurst]

Just superb. Extremely moving, too. Today (4th June) we remember the people who fought and died to maintain our freedom to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, or not, as we choose! That is the British way that we defend.

[@simonjackson5417]

Fell in love with 'Every Valley' a few years back after hearing a couple of tracks on Mark Radcliffes 6 Music show.. Lo and behold sat in the car in traffic this morning and Lauren Laverne..just happened to be playing ' Spitfire'..what a great music track to accompany the narrative..Will be adding the "War Toom CD to that of Every Valley and the CD single for the "Titanic" also obtained after hearing it on Six Music.. Sheer Brilliance... Ps..Was only watching the Leslie Howard Spitfire film on talking pictures recently..aswell...spooky..but brilliant coincidence..

[@duggiebader1798]

I saw Brian Kingcombe in there a few times. CO of 92 Squadron Bigin Hill. Read his book 'A Willingness To Die'. There's also Geoffry Wellum's book 'First Light'. In the same Squadron during the Battle of Britain. And if you're really wanting to get to grips with all this kinda muggins - read 'The First And The Last' by Adolf Galland - one of the Huns trying to shoot down our chaps! All great reads and even better in a soft arm chair and a good bottle of red!

[@timewasteland]

SorcererDave's video brought me here and now I love PSB's music :3

[@DerSpielerMabuse]

"Tomate Eins an Staffel, Indianer auf 6 Uhr. Pauke Pauke". Ah, klassisch!!! Best plane ever!

[@paulputnam8211]

Heard this on Radio Caroline this morning - now I'm hooked !

[@stephensmith1343]

I still listen to Caroline

[@antinous1309]

This always makes me want to climb in to a spitfire... while listening to the song!

[@fightersweep]

Oh man! This record is just "plane" awesome. From someone that has loved the Spitfire, and had the fortune to work around them, this is a fantastic tribute and a great track.

[@gailal]

A lot of my pals are suggesting this band and citing this as a good place to start. Well, I loved it so this is my next project..

[@joannepaquet5721]

Dale's dad flew one of these Spitfires in WWII, with Douglas Bader. RAF, Eyes of Malta. Remembering those who saved our freedom.

[@goldieblue01]

Heard this recently on Radio Scotland...What a great tune , sounds very seventies /eighties influenced ......

[@billydudley3739]

Wings body tail all in one thats actually pretty inspiring

[@legshakermaker1968]

If the silhouette doesn't make every hair in your body stand on end then I feel bad for you. This and Concorde are the iconic achievements of British engineering in the last century. I hope there will be many more in the century to come.

[@milkywhite2939]

Heard this for the very first time last week while driving through france .. awesome tune just fanfuckintastic

[@mxwhitty]

What a fantastic tribute to the Spitfire! Great track for a fantastic plane :) Nuff said.

[@jamesabell9494]

This is great, it has elements in it that remind me some of Hawkwin'd's tracks from the 1980s, ie Spirit Of the Age and also of the concept album Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters, awesome!

[@CapnChapster]

My life is now pre PSB and post PSB. On the surface it's aimed at nerdy Airfix gluing telescope viewing quantum man on the moon Gerry Anderson mustard coloured nylon Stanley Kubrick Space Odyssey yes Gagarin is a hero chaps like me, and on the other hand, pop hooks that grab like crack cocaine. My life will never be the same again. And the Apollo 8 thing , sublime. I'd take my specs off and rub my eyes to that . Mind blowing 45 years later.

[@evilrobottolhurst]

+CapnChapster I hear Gerry Anderson. The name "Thunderbirds" was from his older brother's squadron IIRC.

[@anatolyboukreev8187]

CapnChapster Get a grip son

[@SimonRichardMasters]

#Grip@@anatolyboukreev8187

[@martindycer8401]

Where have I been?? Brilliant brilliant brilliant. 😎

[@DR3ADER1]

This is the music you hear during the results boards of the ITV4 broadcasts of the BTCC. Shows that whoever's managing the sound at ITV4 knows their stuff.

[@thegardengourmet1803]

The birds fly a lot better than we do See how they wheel and bank and fly (perfect) And all in one Wings, body, tail All in one Someday I'm going to build a plane just like a bird It isn't exactly a bird I'm creating, is it? At least a curious odd bird A bird that breathes fire and spits out death and destruction A spitfire bird A spitfire bird Faster, always faster What a strange looking machine Can't see a spit in the air without getting a kick out of it Why it is like a bird A spitfire bird A spitfire bird It is tiring always stretching out for something that's just out of reach But I'll get it After all what I want isn't as easy as all that It's gotta do 400 miles an hour Turn on a sixpence Climb ten thousand feet in a few minutes Dive at 500 without the wings coming off Carry eight machine guns Hello, Hunter leader, Hunter leader Bandits approaching Beachy from Southeast angels one to five, over Bandits are now about three to four miles south of Beachy You should see them any minute, they're now south of you Hello, Hunter leader, Hunter leader Flight plan control can you see them? Can you see them? A spitfire bird A spitfire bird

[@masterbuilder4708]

This song is AWESOME!!!!

[@joanab8367]

This whole album is great

[@joylunn3445]

The character 'Bunny' at 1:30 in the film was a BofB pilot who saw out the war.

[@johngowans2108]

Saw these at freedom festival in hull, last night. One of the best gigs I've ever seen, and it was free!!!

[@practicalmediocrity3329]

They were in Hull? I can't believe that I missed it.

[@jamie2051]

First time I've ever seen my home city mentioned in a youtube comment

[@alexives4302]

Love everything about this. The song, the video, the voice inputs. 'A spitfire bird' 🎸🎸 bloody brilliant

[@DadsRCHangar]

I really want to use this when I maiden my scale spit 😊

[@magic_hotel]

Brings back memories of The Blue Aeroplanes, whose frontman talked rather than sang most of the time. I like it.

[@briandoig4488]

Quite simply one of the finest songs and accompanying videos ever! EVER!

[@Fogeyspasm]

Heard this on Radio 1 one night at work. Love it. Guitar parts remind me of recent Marillion stuff.

[@atilllathehun1212]

This is just stunning. Why have I only just discovered it.....

[@MsDionisis1976]

Just came across this on Spotify, what a brilliant song 👍👍

[@markbygrave3573]

I` I am so Intensely proud of that plane and all that flew them

[@i_am_a_donkey.9179]

As both an aviation and experimental music fan this is my favourite thing ever!

[@andrewbrown-hf6wx]

spitfire pilots ...the real top guns xxx

[@milehighclassics]

How his black cross shines, first class you know

[@jlworrad]

Such an inspiring tune. I always put it on when I really need to work on something.

[@pantrash01]

I had the privilege of serving on two RAF Squadrons that hold The Battle of Britain among their battle honours. An incredible track.

[@TheNathan1818]

2023... 1st time hearing it! Awesome!

[@captaincutout]

Informed, Educated and thoroughly Entertained at The Fleece tonight. Still love this track so much a year on. So glad to have experienced it all live.

[@ThaBeatHunter1987]

I heard this on BBC radio 2 last night. How has music like this never reached my ears before. Epic !!

[@jdraver]

this video fills me with so much pride

[@mark_alleyne]

+Simon Lewis Why? What did you do? 'Admiration' may be a better word.

[@illiteratethug3305]

+YoooChooob One single sentence that manages to highlight the massive hole in the concept on Nationalism. Beautiful :)

[@jdraver]

makes me proud of all the young lads that served us in 2nd world war and for my family that also served in war.

[@illiteratethug3305]

Simon Lewis You can't really take pride in accomplishments that you had no hand in. Again, 'admiration' is what is appropriate.

[@ARLO999]

+illiterate thug Your name is perfect...of course you can take pride in the endeavour of others, fellow countrymen in time of war. What would you do...scarper and cower i bet.

[@jimjasper9851]

Proper job!

[@marcvandenherik7262]

Would love to see the original ' someday i'm going to build a plane thatll be just like a bird ' clip

[@hedgehogevader530]

i need a 30 mins version of this. would be awesome to roll this while dogfighting in a spitfire in war thunder.

[@Grimhilde7]

Mitchell to the Supermarine bosses when they hemmed and hawed about his new fast seaplane racer designs..."i,m going to win....it,s a question of whether or not you,re coming with me..."

[@paulsmith8993]

'It's time we gave those bandits a jolly good wigging old chap!'

[@johnfinnigan7161]

2023 Right Now ❤

[@jasonmory4967]

It’s already 2024 son wake up ❤❤❤

[@johnfinnigan7161]

@@jasonmory4967 haha