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Lancaster

If you can blow a hole in this wall you'll bring the Ruhr steel industryto a standstill...

If you can blow a hole in this wall you'll bring the Ruhr steel industry
to a standstill and do much other damage besides

Full Transcript

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If you can blow a hole in this wall
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you'll bring the Ruhr steel industry to a standstill
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and do much other damage besides.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:44:41
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
I'm showing you the targets - Lancaster 00:07
I'm showing you the targets
And these are the models of the two other dams - Lancaster 00:07
And these are the models of the two other dams
Having proved the concept - Lancaster 00:07
Having proved the concept
The Lancaster was adapted to carry the four—ton bomb. - Lancaster 00:05
The Lancaster was adapted to carry the four—ton bomb.
To fly at precisely 60 feet - Lancaster 00:08
To fly at precisely 60 feet
A motor was used to spin the weapon before it was dropped - Lancaster 00:08
A motor was used to spin the weapon before it was dropped
No other bomber at that time was capable of carrying out the operation. - Lancaster 00:06
No other bomber at that time was capable of carrying out the...
For obvious reasons you've had to work without knowing your target - Lancaster 00:07
For obvious reasons you've had to work without knowing ...
The AOC was there - Lancaster 00:09
The AOC was there
You're going to attack the great dams of western Germany. - Lancaster 00:06
You're going to attack the great dams of western German...
Gibson explained that he would take off - Lancaster 00:13
Gibson explained that he would take off
Five crews were briefed for the Sorpe - Lancaster 00:06
Five crews were briefed for the Sorpe
They had no towers, so there's no sighting means of it - Lancaster 00:10
They had no towers, so there's no sighting means of it
Instead we were briefed that we had to fly along the dam - Lancaster 00:11
Instead we were briefed that we had to fly along the dam
It meant we weren't going to use any of the bombing techniques - Lancaster 00:06
It meant we weren't going to use any of the bombing tec...
As the film showed - Lancaster 00:09
As the film showed
As we crossed the coast - Lancaster 00:10
As we crossed the coast
Our pilot Joe McCarthy saw a couple of sand dunes on the coast - Lancaster 00:08
Our pilot Joe McCarthy saw a couple of sand dunes on the coa...
At zero feet, our biggest problem was the guns down there. - Lancaster 00:05
At zero feet, our biggest problem was the guns down there.
The first thing that we saw was on the side of the hill - Lancaster 00:12
The first thing that we saw was on the side of the hill