Quanta presents

Whittle: The Jet Pioneer

Name: Whittle: The Jet Pioneer
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Released: 2010-08-10

directed by Nicholas Jones

“It was a race against time and the Nazis”

20101h 11mDocumentary

Quanta presents

Whittle: The Jet Pioneer

directed by Nicholas Jones

“It was a race against time and the Nazis”

20101h 11mDocumentary

On your list

—

sign in to rank

Across the community

—

not yet ranked

§ Your notes

what you think →

Sign in to keep a note.

§ Synopsis

Documentary · History · War

Whittle: The Jet Pioneer reveals the titanic struggle of a young aviator and engineer as the Nazis took Europe into total war. It was a race for air superiority between Germany and the Allies. Ultimately the young inventor became one of the most influential Britons of the 20th century with an invention that changed the face of our planet.