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Auction History Result 1a632 DAM BUSTERS pressbook '55 Michael Redgrave & Richard Todd in World War II, English! Date Sold 9/6/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 11" x 17" [28 x 43 cm]; 12 pages) (Learn More) The Dam Busters, the 1955 Michael Anderson English World War II (WWII) military airplane aviation fighter pilot action thriller ("The story of the 'bombs that had to bounce' - and the air-devils who had to drop 'em!"; "They fly where no one ever flew before... They fight like men from another world!"; "The girl in the spotlight who showed them the way!"; "Flying where no one ever flew before... the made the incredible come true!"; the remarkable true story of how the English had been "blanket bombing" Germany, and they realized that this did not allow them to hit strategic targets, but then scientist/engineer Barnes Wallis invented a remarkable "bouncing bomb" that could skid along the water until it hit its target, and would then go underwater and explode like a depth charge; but this still required courageous pilots to fly under the radar of German anti-aircraft forces, and then drop their bombs close to the dams they needed to destroy, and while some of the courageous men did not survive, enough did that England destroyed key German dams, which ultimately helped England defeat Germany) starring Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave (as Barnes Wallis), Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney, Patrick Barr, Ernest Clark, and Derek Farr NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook (if the back cover is not the poster page, we photographed the interior poster page), and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: very good, NO CUTS. Learn More about condition grades 
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