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One was the tallboy at 12,000 pounds
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One was the tallboy at 12,000 pounds and the other was the grand slamat 22,000 pounds, the...

One was the tallboy at 12,000 pounds and the other was the grand slam
at 22,000 pounds, the ten ton bomb

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One was the tallboy at 12,000 pounds
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and the other was the grand slam at 22,000 pounds, the ten ton bomb.
Duration
11 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
01:25:59
Uploaded
Mar 27, 2025
Genres
documentary
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The Lancaster Bomber, synonymous with the Dambusters and night raids on Nazi Germany.
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
And Dresden was full of refugees - Lancaster 00:09
And Dresden was full of refugees
They all came because, well, that was safe. - Lancaster 00:06
They all came because, well, that was safe.
The attack was planned as a deliberate effort to destroy morale - Lancaster 00:09
The attack was planned as a deliberate effort to destroy mor...
I was born in Stoke—on—Trent - Lancaster 00:13
I was born in Stoke—on—Trent
That... that did affect me at the briefing - Lancaster 00:08
That... that did affect me at the briefing
The briefing was no different - Lancaster 00:05
The briefing was no different
We were told to Mark the marshalling yards and that sort of thing - Lancaster 00:12
We were told to Mark the marshalling yards and that sort of ...
People think that we bombed a little town - Lancaster 00:07
People think that we bombed a little town
It was also a staging point for the people defending Berlin. - Lancaster 00:07
It was also a staging point for the people defending Berlin.