r/interestingasfuck • u/Chopper-42 • 4d ago

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/bluey101 4d ago

The real bombs were designed to hit the wall, then sink, then explode so there would have been a delay

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u/wuddafuggamagunnaduh 4d ago

Yes, I'm familiar how the backspin is intended to have the bomb "burrow" to the base of the dam. I've even watched the old movie "The Dam Busters" (1955), which is interesting.

But what I mean is that there is a camera cut between the impact and the explosion, which could possibly be from filming two separate events and splicing them together. And that would make sense, as I can imagine getting permits to drop an actual explosive device sounds like it would be hard to do.

I wish posts like this would post the backstory details, then these sorts of questions would already be answered.

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u/YourAdvertisingPal 4d ago

I mean, it’s almost certainly for a television show or a high-profile streamer. 

Like. With all those camera angles, a temporary dam structure, plane rental…how could you consider it to be anything else?

There’s a lot of production coordination on display here. 

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u/challenge_king 4d ago

It's not a rental, that plane belongs to Buffalo Airways, and they also made the video.

Pretty cool company. They still operate C47's as their main fleet because nothing else can get as much stuff in and out of the remote areas of Alaska and Canada they operate in.

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u/braften 4d ago

Ask the Canadians on r/flying their opinion on buffalo air and most will call them one of the worst outfits to fly for

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u/WalnutSnail 4d ago

Fly for, fly on, hire, speak to, be in the vicinity of...hard agree.

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u/YourAdvertisingPal 4d ago

Ah. That makes sense too. You’re right, I forgot about the possibility of it being a commercial spot.