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As we come across the channel
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Lancaster

As we come across the channel we looked down,you couldn't see the sea for boats

As we come across the channel we looked down,
you couldn't see the sea for boats

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As we come across the channel
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we looked down, you couldn't see the sea for boats.
Duration
10 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
01:24:12
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
All the landing barges and everything was going in - Lancaster 00:14
All the landing barges and everything was going in
I reckon I could have put my wheels down - Lancaster 00:08
I reckon I could have put my wheels down
The war was not won - Lancaster 00:06
The war was not won
After four years of flying at night - Lancaster 00:07
After four years of flying at night
With the allies in control of the air - Lancaster 00:10
With the allies in control of the air
The German troops and tanks assembled at the Caen area - Lancaster 00:15
The German troops and tanks assembled at the Caen area
That pinpoint bombing was taken a step further - Lancaster 00:08
That pinpoint bombing was taken a step further
Barnes Wallis had developed two new bombs - Lancaster 00:07
Barnes Wallis had developed two new bombs
One was the tallboy at 12,000 pounds - Lancaster 00:11
One was the tallboy at 12,000 pounds
So immediately after D Day - Lancaster 00:08
So immediately after D Day
And the first operation was on a major rail tunnel. - Lancaster 00:06
And the first operation was on a major rail tunnel.
German troops had been sent through that tunnel - Lancaster 00:10
German troops had been sent through that tunnel
So we were achieving great accuracy with our bombing. - Lancaster 00:06
So we were achieving great accuracy with our bombing.
Yet despite these achievements - Lancaster 00:18
Yet despite these achievements
My father got me into a school in Dresden - Lancaster 00:12
My father got me into a school in Dresden
Most of the war we felt safe and we were safe - Lancaster 00:08
Most of the war we felt safe and we were safe
In those days they didn't have enough fuel or whatever. - Lancaster 00:05
In those days they didn't have enough fuel or whatever.
With the Russians advancing - Lancaster 00:10
With the Russians advancing
Four cities in front of the Soviet push were selected as potential targets. - Lancaster 00:06
Four cities in front of the Soviet push were selected as pot...
Of those cities, the bed army requested that Dresden - Lancaster 00:13
Of those cities, the bed army requested that Dresden