Since the film is adapted from Jeffrey Dell's stage play Official Secrets, much of the action takes place on the ground. Spies of the Air (1939) Scotland Yard catches someone trying to sell the plans of a top-secret airplane to the enemy. It wasn’t an expose on officials in the Soviet Union or a worrying account about Cold War attitudes toward the United States. In 1984, U.S. spies monitoring the Soviet press found an alarming piece in a Russian magazine. The Spy Who Kept the Cold War From Boiling Over. The title Spies of the Air tells all: The central character is a test pilot who turns out to be in the employ of The Enemy. Spies of the Air (1940) Set just before the outbreak of WWII, this is the story of a test pilot who works for the (unnamed) enemy. Spies of the Air 1940 https://krotjes.lemdas.com/0033090?cljb Made in 1939, by the time it … Suspense in the air and hazardous intrigues on the ground clanciai 10 December 2018 What makes this film remarkable is the extremely skilful editing, by which it was put together, and the editor was no one less than David Lean.