(Dambusters: Building the Bouncing Bomb)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Canada,

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

94 minutes

Year:

2011

Directors:

Ian Duncan

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Production companies:

Windfall Films

Actors:

Narrator (Voice)

Self - Engineer

Self - Pilot

Self - Dam Designer

Crews:

Director

Producer

Writer