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Movie (1948)
French title: La bataille de l'eau lourde
Starring:
Frédéric Joliot-Curie (Himself, Professor at Collège de France)
Jens A. Poulsson (Himself, Ensign)
Johannes Eckhoff (Knut Haugland, Ensign)
Arne Kjelstrup (Himself, Sergeant)
A factual reconstruction of the sabotage events which took place to prevent Hitler's Germany in getting the heavy water needed to make an atomic bomb during WW2.
Amiot AAC 1 Toucan[]
One of the 400 built after WW2 for the French Air Force.
Caudron C.445/3 Goéland[]
With the AAC 1 Toucan on the left.
Acting as a British transport, the next one wears a false registration (G-AFDX).
Messerschmitt Bf 110 G[]
Shot probably used again in Les carabiniers.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Perhaps a Supermarine Spitfire.
Junkers Ju 87 B Stuka[]
This shot from the end of the movie.
Dornier Do 17 Z[]
A Dornier Do 17 Z forward gunner is firing.
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress[]
Savoia Marchetti SM.79[]
Same archive of aircraft in other film at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Heinkel He 111 H[]
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft[]
During a short scene, a four engine flies low over the frozen sea. Fw 200 or C-54?
Probably a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden.
Vickers 416 Wellington[]
Douglas C-47[]
Armstrong Whitworth A.W.38 Whitley[]
Jump! Commandos react when light turns green.
Navigator station.
Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I[]
Several are seen towed by the next two bomber types.
Handley Page Halifax[]
Short S.29 Stirling[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Probably a upper wing three engine burning. The three blade propellers and engine cowlings are probably a late aircraft of this formula (Savoia Marchetti?).
Douglas DC-3[]
Sorry for the poor quality of this screenshot. At left, in the distance, a Douglas DC-3. At right, a Lockheed model 10 or 14.
Barrage balloon[]
Waterborne (RAF type M ?).
Boeing B-29 Superfortress[]
Fieseler Fi 103[]
Arado Ar 196[]
Unidentified Aircraft[]
Perhaps two Messerschmitt 210/410 in the distance. The wing on the foreground is part of another type of aircraft.
Junkers Ju 88[]
Unidentified Cockpit Aircraft[]
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