Hello, Mutt. Wallis. Good morning. What is it you want? I've got an idea for destroying...

Bomber Harris: [Wallis and Summers have come into his office] Hello, Mutt. Wallis. Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: Good morning. Bomber Harris: What is it you want? Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: I've got an idea for destroying the Ruhr Dams. The effects on Germany would be enormous. Bomber Harris: I know all that. I've read the report. [thumps file folder on his desk] Bomber Harris: But, do you *really* think you can knock down a dam with *that* thing? Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: Yes. Bomber Harris: Well, it looks clever enough on paper. But that goes for *all* of these wheezy ideas. When you try to make them work, they fall down *flat*. Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: This one doesn't. Bomber Harris: How do you know? Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: We've tested it and proved it. I've got some films here I'd like you to see. Bomber Harris: [mildly surprised] Why... If you've proved the thing, why hasn't it been taken up? Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: I don't know. But the films only take five minutes to run. You could see them and judge for yourself. Bomber Harris: Well... All right. [gets up from desk and heads toward projection room] Bomber Harris: Send the projectionist out of the room. If this thing's as good as you say, there's no point in letting everyone know. [indicates his aide, Air Vice-Marshall Saundby] Bomber Harris: Saundby can run the film.