Monthly Archives: August 2009
Dambuster John Pulford’s crash site remembered
Guy Gibson’s relationship with the crew who flew with him on the Dams Raid is one of the interesting sub-plots of the whole Dambusters story. In contrast to the scene in the 1955 film where his old crew discuss his … Continue reading
Filed under Dams Raid crews, Memorials, Operation Chastise
New German film shows Eder Dam after raid
Thomas Schindler, a correspondent from a German TV station, has sent me this link to the recent broadcast of some hitherto unseen film of the aftermath of the destruction of the Eder Dam on 17 May 1943. During the war, … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary reports, Operation Chastise
Jackson shows Dambusters clips to press
More news from the Great One on the remake of the Dambusters film. At a recent briefing for the press, Peter Jackson told the assembled hacks that the movie was likely to be shot in 3D, and also showed some … Continue reading
Filed under Dambusters remake, Peter Jackson
Time Magazine: report on Dams Raid from May 1943
An interesting report from May 1943 on the Dams Raid from Time Magazine’s online archive. It contains a number of inaccuracies, due to the restrictions imposed by the censor, but nevertheless has a certain breathy contemporaneity: It was a matter … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary reports
I bet he drinks…
The chief of the agency responsible for one of the most famous ever TV ads has revealed that its punchline started life as one for milk. ‘The “I bet he drinks a lot of milk” slogan we pitched to Milk … Continue reading
Filed under Britishness, Carling Black Label, Oddities
David and Ann Shannon’s headstones
Although David Shannon was an Australian, he stayed on in England after the war, joining Shell as an executive. He spent some time in both Colombia and Kenya before returning to the UK. He died on 8 April 1993, shortly … Continue reading
Filed under David Shannon, Memorials, Uncategorized
AV Roe and 100 years of British flying
In the rush of dealing with a major computer problem and getting away on holiday (in which I completed the Coast to Coast walk, 192 miles from St Bees Head to Robin Hood Bay — more on this later) I … Continue reading
Filed under Anniversaries, Avro Lancaster
