The Last Flight story
A British World War I fighter pilot flies through a strange cloud and lands his biplane on a modern-day American airbase. Directed by: William F. Claxton. Story by: Richard Matheson.
10 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| cowardice | choice | Decker described all the cowardly tactics he employed to avoid getting shot down by the Germans. He was moreover ashamed to face his fellow squadron member Mackaye because he has left Mackaye to face seven German planes on his own. |
| heroism | choice | Decker scolded himself for being a coward, the took himself by the scruff and flew off to become a war hero by saving Mackaye. |
| military related work | major | The story unfolds on an American Air Force base in France. |
| time travel | major | World War I fighter pilot Decker was transported 42 years into the future to the year 1959 after flying through a strange cloud. |
| what if I found myself in the future | major | The World War I pilot Decker was transported bout 40 years into the future after flying through a strange cloud. |
| what if I told the truth and nobody would believe me | major | Nobody would believe Decker when he told them he was from the year 1917. |
| human self-sacrifice for another | minor | Decker ended up giving his life to saved his compatriot Mackaye from getting shot down by the Germans. |
| past point of view | minor | Decker, who was a fighter pilot from 1917, was astonished at the advances in aviation technology that had been had by the year 1959. |
| World War I | minor | A World War I fighter pilot found himself in the year 1959 after flying through a strange cloud. |
| World War II | minor | It was mentioned that Mackaye distinguished himself for his heroics during the Blitz of London. |