NOVA - Season 39 Episode 10
In 1943 a squadron of Lancaster bombers staged one of the most audacious raids in military history: destroying two gigantic dams in Germany’s industrial heartland and cutting the water supply to arms factories. Their secret weapon? A revolutionary bouncing bomb invented by British engineer Barnes Wallis. Wallis and the pilots of 617 Squadron—a lively mix of Britons, Australians, Americans, and Canadians—were hailed as heroes who dealt a mighty blow to the German war machine. Now, NOVA recreates the extreme engineering challenges faced by Wallis and the pilots. A crack team of experts, including dam engineers, explosives specialists, mechanics, and aircrew, steps into the shoes of the "dambusters" and attempts to overcome each of the obstacles the original team faced. They must adapt a vintage World War II DC-4 to carry a bomb the size of an oil drum, train to drop it from a dangerously low altitude in pitch darkness, and get it to bounce over obstacles and onto the target, a scale model the German dam struck by the original dambusters. Can they succeed in destroying the dam and unraveling the mysteries of the one-of-a-kind bouncing bomb?
First Air Date : 1974-03-03
Last Air date : 2024-11-27
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary
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Subtitles :
- Season 39 : Episode 12011-09-07
- Season 39 : Episode 22011-09-28
- Season 39 : Episode 32011-10-19
- Season 39 : Episode 42011-10-26
- Season 39 : Episode 52011-11-02
- Season 39 : Episode 62011-11-09
- Season 39 : Episode 72011-11-16
- Season 39 : Episode 82011-11-23
- Season 39 : Episode 92012-01-04
- Season 39 : Episode 102012-01-11
- Season 39 : Episode 112012-01-18
- Season 39 : Episode 122012-01-25
- Season 39 : Episode 132012-02-01
- Season 39 : Episode 142012-02-08
- Season 39 : Episode 152012-03-28
- Season 39 : Episode 162012-04-04
- Season 39 : Episode 172012-04-11
- Season 39 : Episode 182012-04-18
- Season 39 : Episode 192012-04-25
