The Dam Busters [HD Remastered Edition]

[Machine Translation] Spring 1943, at the height of World War II. The British plan to bomb the huge dams that power the Ruhr industrial area, which supports Germany's war effort. To attack the fortress-like dams, Dr. Barnes, the planner, develops a special bomb. The bombing mission is entrusted to the 617th Squadron of Lieutenant Colonel Gibson, a veteran pilot. On the night of May 17, the special bombing squadron led by Gibson, who had undergone intense training, launched a sortie. This is a masterpiece of aerial warfare film based on the true story of the bombing of a huge dam in Germany, which was said to be impossible, with the full cooperation of the Royal Air Force. The film is a typical British film in that it focuses not only on the bombers, who play the main roles, but also on the people behind the scenes, such as the bomb developers, and visualizes the course of the operation from multiple perspectives. The flight scenes of the massive Lancaster bomber have become the talk of aviation fans, and a remake by Peter Jackson, who fell in love with this film, is in the works. ( Premiered in Japan in 1955 )

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第2次大戦たけなわの1943年春。イギリスは、ドイツの戦力を支えるルール工業地帯の電力源である巨大ダム群を爆撃する計画を立てる。要塞のようなダムを攻撃するために発案者のバーンズ博士は特殊爆弾を開発。その爆撃任務はベテランパイロット、ギブスン中佐の第617飛行中隊に託される。そして5月17日の夜、猛特訓を受けたギブスン率いる特殊爆撃部隊は出撃した。不可能といわれたドイツ国内の巨大ダム爆撃作戦を、イギリス空軍の全面協力により実話に基づいて描く航空戦記映画の名作。主役である爆撃機のみならず、爆弾の開発者といった裏方にもスポットを当て、作戦の経過を多面的に映像化しているところがイギリス映画らしい。重厚感あふれるランカスター爆撃機の飛行シーンは航空ファンの語り草となっており、本作に惚れ込んだピータージャクソンによるリメイクも待機中だ。(1955年日本初公開)