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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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	Associated British Picture Corporation →
releaseDate	1955-05-16 →
releaseYear	1955 →
runtimeMinutes	124 →
screenwriter	R. C. Sherriff →
setDuring	Second World War →
settingLocation	England → Germany →
stars	Basil Sydney → Derek Farr → Ernest Clark → Michael Redgrave → Nigel Stock → Patrick Barr → Richard Todd → Ursula Jeans →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Barnes Wallis ("film "The Dam Busters" (1955)") → Guy Gibson ("film "The Dam Busters"") →	subjectOf
Operation Chastise →	hasMediaAdaptation
No. 617 Squadron RAF ("Dambusters") →	nickname