The Dam Busters

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The story of Dr Barnes Wallis's bouncing bomb and the training of specialised RAF teams to use it to destroy the Ruhr dams in 1943. A true-life drama, heightened with newsreel footage of the actual raid.

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Article - "British Second World War Films" by Jonathon Hamer
Sunday 1st July 2001

Much has been written about the golden era of British films. In the book The Finest Years: British Cinema of the 1940’s, Charles Drazin underlines the importance of the Second World War as an inspiration to filmmakers. The nation suddenly found itself galvaniz...  View article in full

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