The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic docudrama war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, that was directed by Michael Anderson. Adapted by...
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Operation Chastise. The Dam Busters (book), a 1951 book by Paul Brickhill about Operation Chastise The Dam Busters (film), a 1955 film about Operation Chastise...
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The Dam Busters is the theme for the 1955 British war film The Dam Busters. The musical composition, by Eric Coates, has become synonymous with both the...
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The Dam Busters is a 1951 non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill about Royal Air Force 617 Squadron originally commanded by Wing Commander Guy Gibson V.C...
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Upper Derwent Valley (category Valleys of the Peak District)
attack on the Ruhr dams. The Dam Busters film was subsequently filmed at the Derwent Dams, and the area sees occasional commemorative flypasts by the Battle...
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Christian Rivers (category New Zealand film directors)
Jackson's films since Braindead. He made his directing debut in the film adaptation of Mortal Engines, and planning a remake of The Dam Busters, both produced...
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Michael Anderson (director) (redirect from Michael Anderson (film director))
include the World War II film The Dam Busters (1955), the dystopian sci-fi film Logan's Run (1976), and the comedy adventure epic Around the World in...
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The Dam Busters is a combat flight simulation game set in World War II and published by U.S. Gold. It was released in 1984 for ColecoVision and Commodore...
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Nigger (dog) (section Portrayal on film)
at the time.[citation needed] Nigger was portrayed in the 1955 British war film The Dam Busters, in which he was mentioned by name frequently. In 1999...
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Paul Brickhill (category Participants in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III)
fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky. Brickhill was born in Melbourne, Victoria to...
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The Dam Busters is a 1954 Australian radio serial written by Morris West and produced by Gordon Grimsdale. It was based on the book The Dam Busters by...
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of the Live at Madison Square Garden show, the latter also including the filmed footage on DVD. All tracks are written by Ian Anderson, except where noted...
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Ben Lockspeiser (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
height system used by 617 Squadron, RAF during the Dam busters raid , unlike in the film The Dam Busters (film) in which it is credited to Guy Gibson In 1946...
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Richard Todd (category British male film actors)
the 1949 film The Hasty Heart. His other notable roles include Jonathan Cooper in Stage Fright (1950), Wing Commander Guy Gibson in The Dam Busters (1955)...
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television series The Avengers. He is known particularly for three films: The Dam Busters (1955), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), and Look Back in Anger (1959),...
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Operation Chastise (redirect from Dams raid)
Dam Busters, using special "bouncing bombs" developed by Barnes Wallis. The Möhne and Edersee dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr...
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John Fraser (actor) (category Scottish male film actors)
He is best known for his performances in the films The Dam Busters (1955), The Good Companions (1957), The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), El Cid (1961)...
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facility. The 1955 film, The Dam Busters chronicled the British attack on the dam. The 2003 video game, Call of Duty, has a playable level of the dam. List...
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during the American Civil War. The story was adapted from the 1889 memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger. The film stars Buster Keaton...
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Derek Farr (category English male film actors)
British films and television from 1938 until his death in 1986. His more famous roles include Group Captain John Whitworth in The Dam Busters. After working...
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inspiration for the 1955 film The Dam Busters. He ended his days as a barber in Letchworth. Tees was born in Chichester on 16 June 1922, the son of Henry Tees...
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Ernest Clark (category English male film actors)
5 Group RAF in The Dam Busters (1955). He is perhaps best remembered for his role as the irascible Professor Geoffrey Loftus in the television comedy...
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R. C. Sherriff (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
C. Sherriff". film reference. Wales, Roland (2016). From Journey's End to the Dam Busters: The life of R.C. Sherriff, Playwright of the Trenches. Barnsley:...
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the Doctor series of films, with Bogarde featuring in the first three. Box office information for film at Box Office Story "'The Dam Busters'", The Times...
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Henry Eric Maudslay (category Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom))
Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF). He was killed in action while taking part in Operation Chastise, popularly known as the 'Dam Busters' raid. Henry...
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Harold Goodwin (English actor) (category English male film actors)
in the war films The Dam Busters (playing Guy Gibson's batman, 'Crosby'), Bridge on the River Kwai and The Longest Day. He can also be seen in films such...
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Echoes (Pink Floyd song) (redirect from The March of The Dam Busters)
returned in later work. The song was performed live regularly by Pink Floyd from 1971 to 1975, including a performance in the film Live at Pompeii (1972)...
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Lane Meddick (category British male film actors)
the pseudonym Lane Meddick for TV and film work. Film appearances include: Journey's End (1954), The Dam Busters (1955 - uncredited RAF orderly), Touch...
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RAF Hemswell (category Royal Air Force stations of World War II in the United Kingdom)
Scampton in all the ground-based filming of the 1954 war film The Dam Busters The first airfield on the site was opened in 1918 by the Royal Flying Corps...
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John Vere Hopgood (category Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom))
Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF). He was killed in action while taking part in Operation Chastise, popularly known as the 'Dam Busters' raid. John...
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