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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr.) ; 295915034 bytes |
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In 1943, a squadron of Lancaster bombers staged one of the most audacious raids in history - they destroyed two gigantic dams in Germany's industrial heartland with a revolutionary weapon, the bouncing bomb. The brainchild of British engineer Barnes Wallis, the five-ton bomb 'bounced' across the surface of the water like a skipping stone before coming to a gentle rest next to the dam wall - the point at which the bomb's blast would do the most damage.Now, almost seventy years later, a team of engineers, explosives experts and aircrew attempt to recreate the famous raid. But this is no dramatic reconstruction. The team actually build their own 40- metre wide dam and modify a World War Two era aircraft to carry a spinning 'bomb' the size of an oil drum.After conducting their early experiments in Cambridge, the group travels to Mackenzie in British Columbia where the huge dam is under construction. Canada is the perfect place for this challenge - acres of uninhabited forests and an enormous lake for test drops. The program follows the trials and tribulations of the team as they race to hit the dam before the winter storms set in. (From the UK) (Documentary Series) (Part 2 of 2) PG CC Follow the conversation on Twitter #SBSdoco |
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Broadcast 2012-04-20 at 21:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 9.
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Airplanes -- Design and construction.
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Blast effect.
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Bombing, Aerial.
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Teams in the workplace.
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World War (1939-1945)
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England -- Cambridge.
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Germany.
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British Columbia -- Revelstoke.
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Streaming video
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Duncan, Ian, director
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Bellavance, Jim, contributor
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Donnelly, R. (Rick), contributor
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Hunt, Hugh, contributor
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Schreder, Arnie, contributor
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Stopes-Roe, Mary, contributor
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