The Dam Busters (1955 film)

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British film film war film

The Dam Busters (1955 film) is a British war movie dramatizing the RAF’s World War II mission to destroy German dams using Barnes Wallis’s innovative “bouncing bomb.”

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Label	Occurrences
The Dam Busters (1955 film) canonical	9
The Dam Busters	7
Dambusters	1
The Dam Busters (screenplay)	1
film "The Dam Busters"	1
film "The Dam Busters" (1955)	1
film The Dam Busters	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film ⓘ film ⓘ war film ⓘ
basedOn	Enemy Coast Ahead ⓘ The Dam Busters (book) ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	Guy Gibson ⓘ Paul Brickhill ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Erwin Hillier ⓘ
colorProcess	black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
depictsEvent	Operation Chastise ⓘ
depictsOrganization	Royal Air Force ⓘ
depictsPerson	Barnes Wallis ⓘ Guy Gibson ⓘ
depictsUnit	No. 617 Squadron RAF ⓘ
director	Michael Anderson ⓘ
distributor	Associated British-Pathé ⓘ
editedBy	Alan Osbiston ⓘ
era	1950s British cinema ⓘ
featuresWeapon	bouncing bomb ⓘ
filmingTechnique	model effects for dam attacks ⓘ
genre	drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ
hasTheme	courage in war ⓘ military innovation ⓘ
musicBy	Leighton Lucas ⓘ
narrativeFocus	RAF mission to destroy German dams ⓘ development of bouncing bomb ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of Operation Chastise ⓘ iconic theme music ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producer	Robert Clark ⓘ
productionCompany	Gaumont-British Picture Corporation ⓘ surface form: Associated British Picture Corporation
releaseDate	1955-05-16 ⓘ
releaseYear	1955 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	124 ⓘ
screenwriter	R. C. Sherriff ⓘ
setDuring	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
settingLocation	England ⓘ Germany ⓘ
stars	Basil Sydney ⓘ Derek Farr ⓘ Ernest Clark ⓘ Michael Redgrave ⓘ Nigel Stock ⓘ Patrick Barr ⓘ Richard Todd ⓘ Ursula Jeans ⓘ

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Operation Chastise → hasMediaAdaptation → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ

Barnes Wallis → subjectOf → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: film "The Dam Busters" (1955)

Guy Gibson → subjectOf → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: film "The Dam Busters"

No. 617 Squadron RAF → nickname → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dambusters

Derwent Reservoir → hasFilmAssociation → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ

Upkeep → mediaDepiction → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: film The Dam Busters

bouncing bomb → mediaDepiction → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ

Guy Penrose Gibson → subjectOf → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ

The Dam Busters (book) → hasAdaptation → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters (book) → inspiredWork → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: The Dam Busters

R. C. Sherriff → notableWork → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Dam Busters (screenplay)

Ursula Jeans → notableWork → The Dam Busters (1955 film) ⓘ