Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb (2011)

ALL 01/01/2011 (en) Documentary 94 Min
  • Release
    01/01/2011
  • Production
    Windfall Films
  • Rotten tomato
    65%
  • Original title
    Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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War Documentary hosted by Jim Carter, published by Channel 4 in 2011 - English narration

Overview

In 1939, visionary aircraft designer Barnes Wallis designed a very special bomb that would bounce across water and destroy German dams. The raid in 1943 was a success and a 1950s feature film carried the the Dambusters story into British legend. The science behind the bouncing bomb is highly complex, and many of Barnes Wallis' vital working calculations have been lost. Now, Cambridge engineer Dr Hugh Hunt, is going to attempt to solve the scientific puzzle of exactly how Wallis did it. Starting from scratch, he will rediscover the brilliance of Wallis's achievement when he tries to hit a dam with a bouncing bomb. It is the first time this has been attempted since the war.

  1. Ian Duncan

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Tom Cook

    Producer



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  1. Jim Carter

    Narrator (Voice)

  2. Hugh Hunt

    Self - Engineer

  3. Arnie Schreder

    Self - Pilot

  4. Rick Donnelly

    Self - Dam Designer

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 4 , Crews : 3

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Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb (2011) 94 Min

ALL 01/01/2011 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 01/01/2011
  • Production
    Windfall Films
  • Original title Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

War Documentary hosted by Jim Carter, published by Channel 4 in 2011 - English narration

Overview

In 1939, visionary aircraft designer Barnes Wallis designed a very special bomb that would bounce across water and destroy German dams. The raid in 1943 was a success and a 1950s feature film carried the the Dambusters story into British legend. The science behind the bouncing bomb is highly complex, and many of Barnes Wallis' vital working calculations have been lost. Now, Cambridge engineer Dr Hugh Hunt, is going to attempt to solve the scientific puzzle of exactly how Wallis did it. Starting from scratch, he will rediscover the brilliance of Wallis's achievement when he tries to hit a dam with a bouncing bomb. It is the first time this has been attempted since the war.

  1. Ian Duncan

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Tom Cook

    Producer