Journey Together
Date: 1945
Director: John Boulting and Roy Boulting
Production Company: Royal Air Force Film Production Unit
Stars: Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson, Sid Rider, Stuart Latham, Hugh Wakefield, Bromley Challenor, Z. Pezanowski
Location(s): Arizona, Cambridge, Norfolk
Region(s): N. America, South East A-D
Storyline:
Two pilots become friends while serving with the Royal Air Force in a plot that emphasises the importance of team work in a bomber crew especially the significant role of the navigator.
Additional Information:
Page compiled by Phil Wilkinson
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An Avro Anson Mk.1 takes off with Corporal David Wilton on board.
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Following a successful interview, Corporal Wilton reports to the Aircrew Reception Centre.
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After receiving their uniforms and kit, David Wilton sits with Smith and John Aynesworth as they and the other new recruits are addressed by the Wing Commander.
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Following medicals and physical fitness tests . . .
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. . . the new entrants march to Cambridge . . .
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. . . to begin their training. Facing northward on St. John's Street in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.
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The camera follows the Men as they enter St. Johns College Gateway from St. John's Street, Cambridge.
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Having become friends, Ainsworth and Wilton test each others knowledge as they spend time relaxing on the river. Looking through Clare Bridge towards Garret Hostel and Trinity Bridges on the River Cam in Cambridge.
Nick Boorman found no changes to this bridge over the famous river.
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Ainsworth scrapes through his examination before he and Wilton are sent for grading as pilots.
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Smith (David Tomlinson) asks a question about flying solo.
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The Chief Flying Instructor (Anthony Hulme) walks away as David Wilton (Richard Attenborough) watches Ainsworth land solo.
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With the assessment completed, Wilton, Smith and John Ainsworth (Jack Watling) shake their Flying Instructor (John Justin) by the hand before setting off for Manchester Aircrew Distribution Centre.
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Pilots Ainsworth and Wilton are sent to the United States for training while Air Bomber Smith is sent to Canada. This is the railroad depot on West Broadway Road at Mesa, Arizona.
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The British Flying Training School at Falcon Field in Arizona.
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Panning left, the camera settles on the Men as they're allocated Instructors, with Ainsworth and Wilton being placed in the care of Dean McWilliams.
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During a bumpy flight, Wilton swoops over the base before crashing after being allowed to fly solo. Falcon Field near Mesa in Arizona.
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Failing to complete his training to gain his wings, Wilton is sent to Canada to become a navigator.
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Wilton travels to the coast for the sailing to England and a posting at 522 Squadron Bomber Command where he finds his pal Ainsworth. Manuel Gurtner tells us that the Canadian National Railway train is pulled by a nearly new 4-8-4 "Northern" type tender loco of CNR Class U-2-h , No. 6235–6264, built by Montreal Locomotive Works in 1944. At the time, the U2 class formed the backbone of CNR express service between Toronto, Ontario province, and Montreal, Quebec province.