Dambusters Reunion

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

67/42

Date Released

25 May 1967

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Queen At The Zoo
2. 2Princess Margaret In Cumbernauld
3. 3Dambusters Reunion
4. 4Chelsea Flower Show

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

A lone Lancaster bomber touches down on the famous RAF airfield. It’s a landing which turns memories back 24 years for the men on board. For then they were heroes, the men who flew in similar planes to destroy the Mohne and Eder Dams. They were the Dam Busters. With them, Dr Barnes Wallis, inventor of the ‘bouncing bombs’ which made the raid possible. It was re-union time for those that survived. Pathe News proudly recalls those dangerous and exciting moments with extracts from ‘The Dam Busters’ film which brilliantly reconstructed the raid.

Keywords

Aviation; Military

Locations

Scampton

Footage sources

ABP Elstree

Credits:

Camera

George Young

Length of story (in feet)

253

Story extras:

Film clip

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Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

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London
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Notes

Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.

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