The Dam Busters Premier And Re-Union (1955)
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- 1st Item.
R.A.F. Lancaster Bombers in mid air, air to air shots and night landings. Pilots and crew leave the aircraft. The air crews gather in the operations room to report on their raid. King George V1 visiting the Dam Busters and Wing Commander G.P. Gibson, D.S.O., D.F.C. in front of Lancaster's on the runway. Guy Gibson and the King look at photos of the raid. Three shot of Gibson and King and Queen. Ext. Buckingham Palace with crowds. VG shots of Gibson and his team from 617 squadron. 12 years later in the lounge of the Empire theatre the Dam Busters, in civvies, are crowded in front of a large model of the Dam. VG shot of Barnes Wallis and the airmen. Also featured are, Wing Commander Micky Martin, Sq. Leader Shannon, Mrs Hopegood, Joe McCartney, Jimmy Buckles, Basil Feneron, Bill Townsend and Dudley Heal. General shots of the airmen and their families in the foyer.
Ext, shot of cinema and spectators with their umbrellas up, "Dam Busters" sign is lite up.
Crowd waves as Princess Margaret arrives. Margaret is greeted in the foyer by Lord de L'Isle and Dudley, and Lord and Lady Tedder.
A guard of honour from R.A.F. line the route through the theatre. After Margaret is presented flowers, she is introduced to the actors by Richard Todd. Barnes Wallis then introduces his family and youngsters who lost their fathers in action.
Lord Tedder presents the actual Dam Busters, and Eve the widow of Guy Gibson chats with Margaret followed by the mothers of those who failed to return from the raid. WS as reception moves into the theatre, and MS of Margaret as she sits in her seat. Opening titles from the film followed by "Dam Busters" sequence.
2nd Item, Pathe Newsreel.
"Dam Busters Royal Premiere" This is different coverage of the same event, there are better shots outside the Cinema of the stars including Janette Scott, Patrick Barr and Air Commodore Mills. There are more shots of the crowds waving enthusiastically and better shots of the cinema hoarding. More coverage of Margaret arriving with Billy Wallis and her meeting the stars and Airmen in the foyer.
FILM ID:2267.01
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As a direct benefactor of Barnes Wallis largesse to sons of Royal Air Force sons of serving personnel I simply cannot get enough of what.these wonderfully selfless heroes achieved on our behalf.
Operation Chastise was a complete failure.
It was also a war crime.
This is ‘the right stuff’ on display here.. What a debt we owe these boys. Lest We Forget 🌺
The raid was a war crime and a complete failure.
Brave men from a stoic and gutsy generation look what we've descended to since
They were war criminals.
I don’t know anything about you but I can infer a lot of information from your comment . It tells me that your a product of ignorance and stupidity who repeats parrot style statements of nonsense without any irony . 55 thousand young men died so you could grow up in a country where you and your peers can be morons .
I’m glad these men of a selfless generation have passed . It would make them question the pain ,horror and sacrifices they endured for a generation of feckless ,useless weak child/adults we have today . And that’s just the media and politicians and never forget the TV watching brain dead phone addicted drones who’s most energetic task is opening the door for the takeaway/ delivery driver . I despair .
@James Henderson not war criminals you utter piece of shixt
They did their duty. What did you do cowardly piece of shixt
@@JamesHenderson-wk4hd coward
Wonderful, clear narration by Edward Ward, so rare nowadays.
The americans were amazed when gibson mentioned how many sorties he had done
Their crews did 25 or less then went stateside!
Where did we get such men!.
They were terrorists, like ISIS.
@@JamesHenderson-wk4hdWhat about the crews of German bombers who killed Spanish, Polish, Dutch, and British civilians? What do you call them?
Same place you always get them.
It must have taken real guts to get in those bombers knowing you might never come back.
Like ISIS.
@@JamesHenderson-wk4hd Again I ask you, what about the fact that the Luftwaffe killed civilians, and so did the Americans, the Japanese, the Italians...why do you only point the finger at the British?
Happy to hear my first cousin get a shout out at the reunion.
Literal balls of steel those men.
They were like ISIS.
Britain at its best.🇬🇧
Guy Gibson was 24 years old when he led the mission. He was dead at 26.
The failed mission was a war crime.
Legend ..Less we forget .. HERO .
@@kelvinlewis4065 He was a terrorist and a war criminal.
@@JamesRichards-mj9kw Grow up!
@@MichaelZZRrider He should have been tried in 1943.
Marvellous footage there!
What wonderful memories to share.
So many died for really so little result. Everything was quickly rebuilt. Very good for the English moral at that time though. Many who returned from that raid died within 12 months. Such was the sacrifice during those war years. Sad.
One of my favourite movies.
I beg to differ: yes, the dams were soon rebuilt. Of essential significance is the fact that hundreds of labourers were diverted from the cardinal projects on the west front reinforcing the Atlantikwall, the main structure along the west coast of Europe from the Netherlands, through Belgium down into France and the Normandy beaches that would be stormed on D-Day.
@@chrissholl4440 D-Day was to save western Europe from Stalin.
The Atlantic Wall was only built as propaganda. It was never going to stop the invasion.
@@JamesHenderson-wk4hd BS. The aim of D-Day was to liberate western Europe from the Nazis. Once again you attempt to distort the truth.
For all the effort the results were mixed, at best.
It was a daring raid and succeeded but at great loss
I love this movie... BUT! .... The whole film falls apart a 29 mins.... "n*****"! OMG... if it wasn't for the bloody dogs name.... funny thing is, Guy Gibson lived just around the corner from me...
The failed raid was a war crime.
What's wrong with the dogs name nothing. Gibson named his own dog. It's the modern softies of today that get up set.
@@lizlawrence4553 Gibson was an anti-Semitic racist.
@@lizlawrence4553You sound more upset than they do.
And now we are considered "Right Wing" for appreciating this film, oh how things change 🤡🤡🤡
Gibson was openly anti-Semitic.
@@JamesHenderson-wk4hd 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
@@paulpaintshop103 He was also a racist.
@@JamesHenderson-wk4hd How do you know?
@@JamesHenderson-wk4hd Once again, how do you know?
Its amazing how women can expose their top anatomy
But men keep theirs covered!
How could they have a reunion ? All the original blokes were dead .
Not all died during the raid. Some died later in the War like Gibson but quite a few survived.
As is said in the film, this is only twelve years after. Of course there were a good number still alive.
Poor margaret couldnt marry
Peter a battle of britain pilot
Due to church interference
Something charles got away with!
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