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Lancaster

Just spellbound by it wondering whether we could everhave done the same thing

Just spellbound by it wondering whether we could ever
have done the same thing

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Just spellbound by it
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wondering whether we could ever have done the same thing.
Duration
10 seconds
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29
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:38
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.
Whatever it achieved was to our advantage. - Lancaster 00:06
Whatever it achieved was to our advantage.
It proved to Hitler and the German hierarchy - Lancaster 00:12
It proved to Hitler and the German hierarchy
When people saw this and read about it - Lancaster 00:25
When people saw this and read about it
It raised the thought, "we're winning something. - Lancaster 00:05
It raised the thought, "we're winning something.
Is this a turning point in the war?" - Lancaster 00:07
Is this a turning point in the war?"
The dams raid caused great destruction - Lancaster 00:09
The dams raid caused great destruction
Despite these setbacks at home and on other fronts - Lancaster 00:08
Despite these setbacks at home and on other fronts
Morale in bomber command was very low indeed - Lancaster 00:18
Morale in bomber command was very low indeed
The most effective of these defences - Lancaster 00:07
The most effective of these defences
Flying heavily armed, twin—engined aircraft - Lancaster 00:14
Flying heavily armed, twin—engined aircraft
Now, a night fighter was guided by a ground radar operator. - Lancaster 00:07
Now, a night fighter was guided by a ground radar operator.
And once he picked up your blip, he would then guide the aircraft on to you. - Lancaster 00:07
And once he picked up your blip, he would then guide the air...
That's how most aircraft got shot down - Lancaster 00:06
That's how most aircraft got shot down
But British scientists came up with a deceptively simple device - Lancaster 00:08
But British scientists came up with a deceptively simple dev...
Window was a strip of metallic paper - Lancaster 00:16
Window was a strip of metallic paper
The German defences were poleaxed in a way - Lancaster 00:09
The German defences were poleaxed in a way
In July 1943, using window for the first time - Lancaster 00:10
In July 1943, using window for the first time
With the defences blinded - Lancaster 00:10
With the defences blinded
We went to Hamburg to bomb that place. - Lancaster 00:06
We went to Hamburg to bomb that place.
After the first night, place was still burning. - Lancaster 00:07
After the first night, place was still burning.