FlyPast 06.2018

June 2018 FLYPAST 129

COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FAMOUS WWII RAID

Historian and TV presenter Dan

Snow (also recently announced as

the patron of Stow Maries Great

War Aerodrome – see News) will

host official commemorations

at the Royal Albert Hall on May

17, and will introduce the second

screening of the restored film. The

one-off event will be simultaneously

broadcast into over 300 cinemas

nationwide. Tickets for the London

show are available from: http://www.

thedambusters75.co.uk/royal-

albert-hall-event/

“It’s really pleasing that the new

version of the film debuted at the

International Bomber Command

Centre,” affirms John. “It looks

amazing on the big screen. At the

Royal Albert Hall we’ll be projecting

it on to a 40ft screen in 4K, so it

will certainly look striking. I think

people attending these events will

see the difference in the quality of

the imagery. You’ll see more detail

in the aerial footage, and more than

anything it represents how it was

always intended to be.”

If you can’t catch the new version

of the film at a cinema, The Dam

Busters will be released on DVD

and Blu-ray via Studiocanal’s

Vintage Classics label from June

4, with extras set to include an

exclusive Making of The Dam Busters

documentary. The film will also

be available in a Special Collector’s

Edition featuring a 64-page booklet,

a print of a rare aerial photograph

showing the Möhne Dam following

the attack, and a set of five art cards.

Words by Steve Beebee.

http://www.thedambusters75.co.uk

Left centre

A scene from the

fi lming of ‘The Dam

Busters’. A Mosquito,

three Lancasters and a

Canberra are visible in

the background.

Left

Historian and TV

presenter Dan Snow

will present the Royal

Albert Hall screening on

May 17. VIA STOW MARIES

GREAT WAR AERODROME

Below left

An air-to-air view of

Avro Lancasters used in

the fi lming.