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The march, with a lyric written for the occasion, was used as a theme song for the Norwegian YMCA Scouts national scout camp in Mandal, Norway in mid 1990. In the early 1990s, Land Rover featured "The Dam Busters March" in a television advertisement for the Land Rover Defender .
The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic docudrama war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, that was directed by Michael Anderson.Adapted by R. C. Sherriff from the books The Dam Busters (1951) by Paul Brickhill and Enemy Coast Ahead (1946) by Guy Gibson, the film depicts the true story of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe ...
A Song of Summer [23] words by Lady Joan Vernay; for voice and piano or orchestra Vocal: 1954: The Scent of Lilac [22] words by Winifred May Vocal: 1956: The Dam Busters: words by Carlene Mair Choral: 1956: God's Great Love Abiding, Hymn: for mixed chorus; words by the composer Choral: 1963: Loyal Hearts
The Dam Busters March; Dashing White Sergeant; E. The Enniskillen Dragoon; F. The Farmer's Boy; G. ... Skywatch march; Soldiers of the Queen (song) Sons of the Brave;
The new piece was incorporated in the soundtrack and was a considerable success. In a 2003 study of the music for war films, Stuart Jeffries commented that the closing credits of The Dam Busters, with the march as a valedictory anthem, would make later composers of such music despair of matching it. [39] [n 4]
Operation Chastise, commonly known as the Dambusters Raid, [1] [2] was an attack on German dams carried out on the night of 16/17 May 1943 by 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command, later called the Dam Busters, using special "bouncing bombs" developed by Barnes Wallis.
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This category is for songs issued as singles in the year 1955 ... The Dam Busters March; Diddley Daddy; ... This page was last edited on 19 March 2020, ...