Dam Busters Recalled

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1545

Date Released

12 Jan 1959

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

6 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Dam Busters Recalled. DESCRIPTION: The recent draining of the Sorpe dam reservoir in West Germany revealed an unexploded, 12,000 pound bomb dropped by the RAF over fourteen years ago. (Flashback now to 1943: Lancaster bombers of the RAF preparing for the first of the dam-busting raids. The famous and successful attack was led by Wing Commander Gibson, who won the VC). The de-fusing of the bomb was a nice bit of Anglo-German co-operation: between Herr Walter Mitzke, a German expert, and Flight-Lieutenant James Waters of the RAF. SHOTLIST: GV pan reservoir. CU bomb (2). CU fuses in back of bomb. Closer same. Slip pan to GV Bombers on tarmac. MS tracking bombs brought out. MS fitting bombs under plane. GV same. CU Guy Gibson. MS same with friends. MS pan bomber takes off. Same. MS bomber in flight. MS bomber in flight. Same. MS bomber in flight. Same. Slip pan to CU Gibson. MS King George shakes hands with Gibson. BS same talking. CU Gibson demonstrates to King. MS same. GV slip pan to Reservoir. GV crowd round bomb. MS two bomb experts. CU German expert. CU English expert. CU fuse. GV crowd round bomb. CU three fuses. CU English expert.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Weapons; Aviation; War damage; Engineering; Military

Locations

England; West Germany

Footage sources

France
Germany
Library

Card file number

75965

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

165

Story extras:

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