The Dam Busters

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"The film The Dam Busters was released in 1955, when war films were popular. Both critics and audience applauded and it made more at the box office than any other film of its year. With neither glamour nor stars to recommend it, this was a remarkable achievement. Director Michael Anderson succeeded in making a film of higher quality and deeper meaning than other war films of its time. It celebrated the gutsy ingenuity of the 'Brits at War', a sense of pride, John Ramsden argues, that has remained in British popular memory." "John Ramsden's lively and incisive book investigates the background, context and making of The Dam Busters; gives full attention to the film itself and reviews critical and popular reception. It proposes that the value of Britain's bombing campaign is now difficult to assess partly because it is influenced by the cultural impact of this film and asks how accurate a portrayal the film provides, though accuracy was both aimed at and claimed for the finished film."--BOOK JACKET.