dam busters

Krztalizer wrote:

It's Barnes Wallis - Wallace was the guy played by Gibson ...

I remember that one - his dog was named Gromit, right? )

Nah!

Gibson's dog, because of his colour (and the fact that "political
correctness" hadn't been invented in '43), was named ******.

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:35:45 +0000, Robert Briggs
wrote:

Krztalizer wrote:

It's Barnes Wallis - Wallace was the guy played by Gibson ...

I remember that one - his dog was named Gromit, right? )

Nah!

Gibson's dog, because of his colour (and the fact that "political
correctness" hadn't been invented in '43), was named ******.

Did ****** like Wensleydale as well?

Robert Briggs wrote:
Krztalizer wrote:

It's Barnes Wallis - Wallace was the guy played by Gibson ...

Barnes Wallace was quite clever on the family front. His son's name happens
to be ..... Barnes Wallis.

[snipped]

Richard.

Didn't they do another version with the dog named Digger for the US?

"Robert Briggs" wrote in message
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Krztalizer wrote:

It's Barnes Wallis - Wallace was the guy played by Gibson ...

I remember that one - his dog was named Gromit, right? )

Nah!

Gibson's dog, because of his colour (and the fact that "political
correctness" hadn't been invented in '43), was named ******.

Subject: dam busters
From: "Tacitus"
Date: 2/23/2004 20:42 Eastern Standard Time

Didn't they do another version with the dog named Digger for the US?

Actually they called the dog Sambo
here in the US. It was only a couple
of years ago that I learned that my
copy of "The Dam Busters" was
different from the UK version of
the book, wherein the dog's true
name is given. As far as the movie,
on the rare showings on TV, they
even dub out the name Sambo.

Paul

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(PPowondra) wrote:

Subject: dam busters
From: "Tacitus"
Date: 2/23/2004 20:42 Eastern Standard Time

Didn't they do another version with the dog named Digger for the US?

Actually they called the dog Sambo here in the US. It was only a
couple of years ago that I learned that my copy of "The Dam Busters"
was different from the UK version of the book, wherein the dog's true
name is given. As far as the movie, on the rare showings on TV, they
even dub out the name Sambo.

I still think the book would make a *great* current movie or miniseries,
after successes like "Band of Brothers." Effects tech would let them
recreate some of the more interesting missions later in the war, too.
I'd like to see a "live" version of the Grand Slam/Tallboy missions,
like the Bielefeld Viaduct Grand Slam raid or some of hte U-boat pen
hits.

They'd definitely have to skip over the whole dog name thing, though...

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.

Did anyone see the TV show earlier this yr where they put a group of
RAF bods in a Lanc simulator and asked them to re-create the raid,
including navaigation to the target and the bomb run - really
interesting show, well put together.

David.

(ANDREW ROBERT BREEN) wrote in message ...
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Hamisha3 wrote:
Not to take anything away from BarnesWallis but why does a simple torpedo not
do the same as the boune bomb, detonate against the dam wall at a pre set
depth?

The simple torpedo runs into a simple anti-torpedo net before it reaches
the dam. The bouncing bomb skips over the net. The germans had thought
of torpedo attack against the dams and laid nets. The bouncing bomb,
it may fairly be said, must have come as something of an unpleasent
suprise.

One of the great commercials (all the best ones are adverising ...beer!)

Cheers
David

Ken Duffey wrote in message ...
Peter Stickney wrote:

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Peter Kemp writes:
On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 04:21:51 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:

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(B2431) wrote:

Hey, watch the dam language.

Sorry, I've been under a lot of pressure lately.

Great, one bad joke trigger another, and then the floodgates open.

Man, that's, like, deep.

--
Pete Stickney
A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many
bad measures. -- Daniel Webster

I don't suppose any of you guys from overseas ever saw a great ad put out
in the UK by Carling Black Label ??

Carling makes a lager beer - and the thrust of their ads at the time had
someone doing some spectacular stunt or achieving something - all had the
punchline 'I bet he drinks Carling Black Label'

For instance, they had a good-looking guy driving a Ferrari, surrounding by
gorgeous girls etc etc - all done with consumate ease. His jealous mates
would grudgingly admire him - with the line- 'I bet he drinks.........etc'

Anyway, Carling put out an ad showing a German guard patrolling the top of
the Moehne dam on a cold night. He hears the sound on an aircraft....

In the Lancaster we see the RAF crew preparing to drop the mine, there is a
voiceover in a typically clipped British accent over the intercom (with a
crackling, echo sound) - "OK skipper, steady, left a bit, steady, down a
bit - bombs away".

The bomb is dropped and bounces towards the dam.........

The German guard on the dam ramparts, puts his rifle down, and as the bomb
bounces towards him, puts his hands up and palms the bomb away - like a
goalkeeper pushing the ball over the net!

This happens two or three time - as he 'saves' the dam - then comes the
punchline 'I bet he drinks Carling Black Label' !!!!!

The ad was very well made - in B&W - with wartime/training footage of the
bomb etc - all very real looking. In fact so real, that when you first see
it, it looks like a documentary - up until the guard palms the bomb away!!!

The very last bit of film shows the Lancaster climbing away - and bomb
aimer - without his mask on - talking in that same clipped voice that you
heard over the intercom - the joke being that he really does talk like that
!!!

(try talking into your cupped hands in a British wartime accent to create
the effect of an intercom and you will get what I mean)

The ad ran for only a few weeks - the veterans associations complained and
it was withdrawn.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++

PPowondra wrote:

Subject: dam busters
From: "Tacitus"
Date: 2/23/2004 20:42 Eastern Standard Time

Didn't they do another version with the dog named Digger for the US?

Actually they called the dog Sambo
here in the US. It was only a couple
of years ago that I learned that my
copy of "The Dam Busters" was
different from the UK version of
the book, wherein the dog's true
name is given. As far as the movie,
on the rare showings on TV, they
even dub out the name Sambo.

Paul

I also thought they'd called it 'digger' when shown on TV ??

At least here in the UK they did - or is my memory playing tricks -
again!

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++
Ken Duffey - Flanker Freak & Russian Aviation Enthusiast
Flankers Website - http://www.flankers.co.uk/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++

David McArthur wrote:
Did anyone see the TV show earlier this yr where they put a group of
RAF bods in a Lanc simulator and asked them to re-create the raid,
including navaigation to the target and the bomb run - really
interesting show, well put together.

David.

There's also another one where they put some recruits through the Spitfire
training program.

--
James...
www.jameshart.co.uk