| Record Number |
771879 |
| Title |
The dam busters [videorecording]. |
| Edition |
Classics Remastered ; Special Anniversary Editon. |
| Publisher/Date |
[New Zealand] : Studio Canal, 2017. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, black and white ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. |
| "D49369". |
| Based on the books "Dam busters" by Paul Brickhill, and, "Enemy coast ahead" by Wing Commander Guy Gibson. |
| Creation Note |
Directed by Michael Anderson. |
| Performer note |
Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave. |
| Summary Note |
Dr. Barnes Wallis was possessed with a crazy idea - the creation of the bouncing bomb designed to destroy the Ruhr dams and paralyse the enemy's industrial nerve center. Through the skill, determination and courage of R.A.F. Wing Commander Guy Gibson and his squadron, the mission succeeded. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification: PG. |
| Language note |
In English. No subtitles. |
| Subject |
Great Britain Royal Air Force. -- Squadron, 617 -- Drama. |
| Operation Chastise, 1943 -- Drama |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany -- Drama |
| War films -- Great Britain |
| Feature films -- Great Britain |
| Added Author |
Brickhill, Paul Dam busters,
author. |
Gibson, Guy Enemy coast ahead,
author. |
| Anderson, Michael film director. |
| Todd, Richard, 1919- actor. |
| Redgrave, Michael, Sir actor. |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F DAMB |
