I'm not sure if this is a post-patch issue, a long-standing bug, or an undocumented feature.
When I select "use recorded views" in the film viewer, and play the film, everything runs fine. I can see myself selecting the different views and looking around.
The problem is that if I double-click on an opponent's name, so that I can see things from his cockpit, the film viewer continues to use my own recorded views. I wondered why the opponents were looking everywhere except at me; I realised that although the viewpoint is from the other man's cockpit, the view directions are my own.
The film player's help file doesn't mention the "recorded views" button, and I can't find anything about this in the forums.