Category Archives: Dam Busters 1955 film
The Dam Busters – Heffer’s view
If you watched The Dam Busters earlier today on ITV4, and are now paying your first visit to this blog, welcome. You may be searching for more information about the remake of the film, which is in the hands of … Continue reading
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BFI shows off Dam Buster stills
The British Film Institute has revamped its stills website, so that it now displays many more items from its collection. The first thing I searched for was, of course, The Dam Busters, where there are 24 items including most of the … Continue reading
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Dambuster mothers in 1955
I mentioned in an earlier post the Pathé newsreel shot at the premiere of The Dam Busters in 1955. Four middle-aged women are shown being presented to Princess Margaret, and are identified only as the mothers of four aircrew who … Continue reading
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Pathe News coverage of Dam Busters premiere
The British Pathe archive site now has an eight minute film clip about the Dam Busters. The first section shows 1943 newsreel of the King and Queen’s visit to Scampton after the Dams Raid and the later investiture at Buckingham … Continue reading
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George Baker, 1931-2011
Photo: BBC The actor George Baker, who died on Friday, had a long and distinguished career on the stage, in TV and films, most recently as Inspector Wexford in the long running series based on Ruth Rendell’s detective stories. Dambuster … Continue reading
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New life for Scampton?
For a number of years the only flying unit based at RAF Scampton has been the elite demonstration flight, the Red Arrows. Now they are on the move to Waddington, the airfield will lie largely empty. Many of the buildings … Continue reading
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Just in case…
… you’ve never seen it before, or you don’t have it on video/DVD, there will be another chance for UK viewers to see the original 1955 film The Dam Busters tomorrow night, Sunday 17 October, at 11.30pm on BBC2.
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Filming The Dam Busters – Richard Thorp remembers
In 1954, Richard Thorp was a young actor at the start of a career which would take him to the dizzy heights of playing the pub landlord in Emmerdale when he was offered the role of one of the pilots … Continue reading
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A wizard show: RC Sherriff and The Dam Busters
Say the name RC Sherriff to most people and their instant reaction is likely to be ‘the man who wrote Journey’s End.’ He is certainly best known for this, and the popular identification with his first widely produced play will … Continue reading
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Jaw dropping, emotional inflection now an option
If you are a Dam Busters fan and have a Blu-ray player, then you might want to invest in the new Blu-ray edition of our favourite film. The picture quality is much better, apparently: The recent DVD from Anchor Bay … Continue reading
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