The Dambusters - The First Dam

The Lancasters attack their first target.

A lot of people have compared the climactic scene in Star Wars Episode IV to this scene, although Lucas admitted he was inspired by the climax of "633 Squadron."

From the movie "The Dambusters"

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[makky123]

just out of interest, how do the do the anti aircraft effects on these old war films?

[HenryvKeiper]

@makky123 I believe here they drew the flak strafes onto the film itself. They started doing that in the silent era, and were doing it still well into the 1970's. Pretty cool concept, although painstaking considering I could probably do the same in After Effects in a matter of minutes.

[teddybear63953]

lets not forget the real heros of the 2nd world war this was a mission they knew some would never come back so i say thank you barnes wallis for the bombs they hit the marks nicely and thank you to the pilots who flew that mission i salute you all god bless you

[HenryvKeiper]

@teddybear63953 There's that good scene at the end where Wallis is feeling horrible about the men who died, and Gibson tells him that they would have gone even if they knew they were never coming back.

[fireamusmus]

To this I say an Apache with a few Hellfires or a Typhoon would have done a better job!

[HenryvKeiper]

@fireamusmus Well, they didn't have too many Apaches back then :P

[Skyrinity]

One dam which has been destroyed is like 5 km away from my house :)

[juliecarson100]

Southern accents my fucking arse!...the avro lancaster was designed and built in Manchester. the bouncing bomb was developed and tested on the Derwent/Ladybower reservoir dam on the A57 snake pass in derbyshire. Barnes Wallace was born in Ripley, down the road from the dam. Many of the crew were from Lancashire & Cheshire as well as Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Don't be fooled by actors southern accents.

[nlimchua]

truly amazing how the RAF was able to accomplish this in the 1940's. Both great piloting and ingenious plan for the spinning bomb! An attempt was made by Canadian engineers to emulate this feat in 2010(?) but they had a very hard time doing it!

[zarniwoop42]

@Trashcansam123 AND.. with two large lights turned on. Nothing like saying, "I'M RIGHT HERE" !!!

[zarniwoop42]

Would any of you think the movie could be done today with the dog's name and the code word for the dam was busted unchanged?

[billd66]

@gewerhmann And now we know where Lucas got the idea for the Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy, as well.

[Trashcansam123]

Much respect from America. You had to have some balls to fly that low, through all that flak, and do that! Top notch job gentleman.

[englishguy2010]

This movie always makes me so damn proud to be British!!! Yeah ok, so this dams raid didn't really do anything to hinder the enemy, as the floods subsided, affected German production started up again shortly after and the dams themselves were repaired very quickly....but this was still one of the RAF's biggest achievements. Well done boys!

[skybird137]

Inspired by 633 Squadron?

Line from Dambusters "I'd say about 10 guns, some in the fields and some on the towers"

From Star Wars "I'd say about 20 guns, some on the surface and some on the towers."

Dambusters "My goodness, It's big isn't it!"

Star Wars" Look at the size of that thing!"

Dambusters “I’ll fly across the dam as you make your run, and try and draw the flak off you.”

Star Wars “I'm going to cut across the axis and try and draw their fire.”