‘One of Our Aircraft Is Missing’: WWII Drama in the Present Tense

British airmen downed in the Netherlands struggle home with the help of the Dutch Resistence.

Danger abounds in “One of Our Aircraft Is Missing.” Anglo-American Film Corporation

NR | 1h 22m | Adventure, Drama, War | 1942

In 1942, when cinema often doubled as both entertainment and national duty, “One of Our Aircraft Is Missing” arrived with a sense of immediacy. Directors Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger were fresh off the success of “49th Parallel.”