Monthly Archives: December 2009
Arise, Sir Peter
Peter Jackson is to receive the same accolade as that given to other great film directors such as Sir David Lean and Sir Alfred Hitchcock, with a knighthood. (Another report here.) Regular readers of this blog will know that amongst … Continue reading
Filed under Dambusters remake, Peter Jackson
Christmas greetings 1942 style, from Dambuster Cyril Anderson
Card image © Dominic Howard I don’t know if any Christmas cards signed by other Dams Raid participants survive from the latter part of the war, but this pre-Dams Raid ones does. It was sent by Sgt Cyril Anderson to … Continue reading
Filed under Cyril Anderson, Dams Raid crews, Operation Chastise
Jackson speaks: Dam Busters remake to start shooting in 2010
Here’s a great seasonal present for all Dambuster film fans. Speaking on Campbell Live, a New Zealand TV show, on Monday 14 December Peter Jackson confirmed that the remake is going ahead, and that shooting is likely to start sometime next year. … Continue reading
Filed under Dambusters remake, Peter Jackson
Unseen stills from ‘The Dam Busters’ film
Over on the Classic British Flight Sims forum (yes, there is such a thing!) member Trevor Clark has posted a wonderful find: Whilst installing an internet connection at a friend’s house this morning, she asked if I was interested in … Continue reading
Filed under Dam Busters 1955 film, Erwin Hillier, George Baker
The Dams Raid: contemporary report in The Times
It may well vanish behind a paywall again shortly, but at the moment you can read The Times’s contemporary accounts of the Dams Raid. The page available is from 19 May 1943, two days after the raid. The previous day’s … Continue reading
Filed under Contemporary reports, Operation Chastise
Richard Todd, 1919-2009
In the early 1950s, Richard Todd was halfway through a seven-year contract with Associated British Pictures when its director of productions, Robert Clark, bought the film rights to Paul Brickhill’s book The Dam Busters. Todd was already an established star, … Continue reading
Filed under Dam Busters 1955 film, Richard Todd
The sinking of the Lutzow
As I have said before, this blog is mainly concerned with events in 617 Squadron round about the time of the Dams Raid, but occasionally strays into other events during the war. This is another example! Flg Off Joe Merchant … Continue reading
Filed under Lutzow
