Of all the internal combustion engines ever built, the Rolls-Royce Merlin, a 27-liter supercharged V-12 that powered fighters, bombers, boats and tanks, is arguably one of the most famous in history.

Developed on the eve of World War II, the Merlin helped win the Battle of Britain and eventually the liberation of an enslaved Europe. It was manufactured on both sides of the Atlantic by two of the finest carmakers in the world. This is the story of how it was developed, and what it meant to the many (and the few).

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MUSIC CREDITS:

"Open Sea" by Frank Schroeter
https://filmmusic.io/song/9447-open-sea-epic
https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

"Chinese Blues" by George Gershwin
CC 1.0

"Main Theme (The Grand Score)" by Alexander Nakarada
https://filmmusic.io/song/4960-main-theme-the-grand-score
https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

"Dragonsong" by Alexander Nakarada
https://filmmusic.io/song/9301-dragonsong
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"Freedom" by Alexander Nakarada
https://filmmusic.io/song/4881-freedom
https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

"The Curtain Rises" by Kevin MacLeod
https://filmmusic.io/song/5007-the-curtain-rises
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"Bachs Bouree" In Celtic Minor by Alexander Nakarada
https://filmmusic.io/song/5869-bachs-bouree-in-celtic-minor
https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

"Toward The Horizon" by Lilo Sound
https://filmmusic.io/song/5538-towardthehorizon
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"Call to Adventure" by Kevin MacLeod
https://filmmusic.io/song/3470-call-to-adventure
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"Garryowen" (Irish Traditional)
Performed by the United States Army Band
(Public Domain)

Carry On Bach 3 (Bach Goes North) by Paul Arden-Taylor
(Public Domain)

"Hermann Goering March"
(Public Domain)

Roscoe Turner Interview, 1952
U.S. National Archives
(Public Domain)

Winston Churchill Radio Broadcast
Speech to Parliament, June 18, 1940
(Quotation Under Fair Use)

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