The Dam Busters (1955) - Re-created Main Titles in HD Colour

[@lin90210]

The last Dambuster passed away so it made me want to listen to the theme tune. RIP

[@rogercooper4817]

How wonderful that you used the original orchestral score - and, of course, in stereo. The final titles of the film always brings me to tears.

[@DavidLevinEnt]

Except that they somehow fixed the out-of-tune horn note!

[@lazyhazeldaisy9596]

When Richard Todd was asked in an interview about why the 'Dam Busters' was not made in colour he explained the reason mainly was because of the model shots as he said ' They couldn't go around blowing up real dams' so they made models also some scenes were from original film at the time so they made it in black and white.

[@genegarren833]

One of my favorite movies. Also Richard Todd was a paratrooper and jumped on D-Day.

[@Glenn1967ful]

Excellent colour recreation and one of the greatest marches.

[@AJNorth]

Director Michael Anderson, 1920 - 2018. RIP.

[@MsCorelli]

The Dambusters March gives me goose pimples! I always cry at the end of the film xxx

[@johndates9827]

"I have some letters to write" - Gibson

[@joylunn3445]

The main thing about the ending of this film is that Richard Todd having been an officer knew how to wear a uniform and behave towards civilians and NCOs. Just watch how he walks away, an NCO crosses his path, they salute and then go on their way.

[@paulsharkey1516]

What red blooded English man does not!

[@redactedagentdataexpunged9431]

8 of the Lancasters are missing

[@DavidLevinEnt]

I cry before, during and after the film!!

[@eguirald]

I have very fond memories of this film which I saw in a provincial movie theatre, in Chile, in '55 or '56.

[@shanewaterman4125]

What a wonderful thing to do! Really done the original title artists justice. Well done.

[@trishalivingston1051]

Last saw this movie when I was twelve years old, and never forgot this music. Fantastic.

[@Blazcowitz1943]

The often forgotten lyrics to this piece; "Proudly with high endeavour We who are young forever Won the freedom of the sky We shall never die We who have made our story Part of our country's glory Know our hearts will live on while Britons fly".

[@Bruce-1956]

There is a video from a New Zealand choir singing this piece on YT.

[@Bruce-1956]

An excellent tribute to the men of Bomber Command. #wewillrememberthem

[@DavidLevinEnt]

Beautifully done, VideoSpaceFX! One of the top colorized film collectors tells me "It was beautifully done!"

[@edwardrawson9960]

Is good enough to make you wish that they redid the whole film in colour

[@joylunn3445]

+ho humYou can't get that British blue sky anywhere else. Wipes a tear from ones eye.

[@Bruce-1956]

what's that 'a British blue sky'. In Scotland it's something you hear about but never see.

[@martinramsdale99]

I agree with you, it's long overdue too

[@OMERZEN]

PETER JACKSON will do it if he get enough funding.

[@darrenwalters6339]

@@OMERZEN if so I hope it’s done properly, no pandering to the fairy’s of today

[@rbrooks2007]

Don't forget to give a big round of applause to Leighton Lucas who augmented the score by keeping just the main part of the march and dropped Coates' swing section. The score was something Coates had kept in a drawer and was not written specially for the film.

[@Bondek1996]

Indeed, become a fan of Lucas in recent years via his work on this, Yangste Incident and Ice Cold in Alex amongst others.

[@lnerrules-iw6ry]

Excellent video. Love the Dambusters theme. Nice tribute at the end to our boys and especially footage of the Lancaster Bomber City of Lincoln flying pass

[@capnvideocapnvideo2216]

you have created a small masterpiece here.............well done!

[@iancropper4952]

Totally agree

[@alfredperegrine7892]

Outstanding, very well done

[@wolflarson8174]

This is by far the best version, by so far....

[@DavidLevinEnt]

And I thought all along that this was "The Dambusters Theme" or "Song" and they're totally different! It's the Hymn!

[@Ampex196]

Lovely! I'm sure the late Michael Anderson would approve.

[@VideoSpaceFX]

Thank you. Reckon I was about 10 when I first saw the original film, loved it since then :)

[@JagerLange]

0:47 - misspelled Arthur Southgate's name. How I caught that in the rapture of the music I don't know, but... yeah.

[@kevintemme640]

the dam busters were the greatest bunch of guys the raf ever had they did what they had to do

[@rhyswatkins7545]

617 Squadron's motto to this day is "Apres moi, la deluge" ("After me, the flood" in french)

[@koitorob]

I'm off for an evening with the last surviving kickass member next week at the home of the last flying Vulcan bomber. Can't wait!

[@boomerang4864]

The Dambusters - true heroes. God bless them all.

[@decafmocha211]

A great story and a great movie

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

Harold the Helicopter theme at the start

[@haitolawrence5986]

Bloody marvelous!!! ;)

[@alanwitton5039]

Marvelous

[@bobjackson33]

At 51secs in Arthur Southgate was named as ‘Arhtur Southgate’ Bad spell checking for an otherwise excellent re-render.

[@VideoSpaceFX]

Damn it!

[@villavic59]

jyou done them all proud.

[@VideoSpaceFX]

Well it is played backwards at 50% speed. I did look into creating clouds somehow but it's always better to use real if it looks right. Did consider using MSFS as well!

[@callumhardy5098]

Beautiful

[@VideoSpaceFX]

Thanks. The original film is 1.37:1 actually. There was talk of a remake a few years ago but I think it has stalled.

[@steveburt314]

And what would they call the dog🤔🤔

[@rogueriderhood1862]

​@steveburt314 According to Stephen Fry, it would have been called 'Nigsy'. He didn't say if that would also have replaced the code word for breaking the Mohne Dam.

[@samueljorquera6552]

Que. Bella. Y. Hermoza. Banda. Sonora

[@attackofthecopyrightbots]

MORE?

[@tectorama]

I wonder if Peter Jackson will ever get round to doing the re-make ?

[@ziizee66]

Phillip Carroll - u so right

[@SEPK09]

Please do the rest of the movei :)

[@markh8441]

An interesting attempt. The titles say the music was done by a Prague Orchestra. The Dambusters was meant to be in black and white...it could have been made in colour in 1955. The format, script, music, acting and all except special effects were and are perfect. The idea of a changed format (wide screen) is nonsense. This film was not meant to fit into the modern idea of sensationalist entertainment: it is a tribute to those who carried out the raid. The original format allowed intercutting with newsreel footage. It cannot be improved upon.

[@widebody123]

Boris, Nige and Dom watching this one tonight.

[@ariedekoning6377]

Why isn't it possible to show the whole film? I mean,it's be showen on tv,the whole film. And it's an old one.

[@a4v2rocket]

Music fades out too early at the end, but rest is great.

[@edwardrawson9960]

Makes your want to smoke a pipe and use words like "marvellous"

[@koitorob]

Makes your what want to smoke a pipe?

[@joylunn3445]

Me too, and I'm a lady.

[@tntsher]

where the heck is the full movie!!!

[@howardturner1175]

On the 80th Anniversary to àll 617 to night 🌃 we remember tham 1:58

[@zillsburyy1]

wow!

[@whotmewory]

Yeah, but did they cop out and re-name the dog?

[@ianneale2342]

+whotmewory Interesting point mate ! I`ve been looking through KZbin to find the original film just to satisfy my curiosity. Methinks you have answered the question. In future I expect the EU will forbid the re-telling of war stories in case we upset the Franco/German EU.

[@koitorob]

Won't matter as we won't be a member :)

[@MC14may]

Dropped the re-make over the dog as the producer stated you cant erase history to be PC correct by renaming the dog

[@lloyd007a]

Great work! I would love to see this recreated in 2.35:1!

[@golrush007]

Where does this recording of the music come from? I'd love to find a nice quality recording of the main title version of the Dam Busters march. I've only ever been able to find the common concert arrangement of the march.

[@laps_san8505]

The original is from Eric coates, this version is from the R.A.F band itself.

[@DavidLevinEnt]

@@laps_san8505 Also, there's a variation of the Coates Hymn above--I call it, "The Mission Theme". While everyone who knows this film knows that there's no music during the Raid, there IS a moving version of the above Hymn as the crews are lounging on grass next to the tarmac below the control tower. Some are playing cards, others miniature (pocket) chess, etc. Cmdr. Gibson is walking up to the Squadron Commanders to tell them "It's time!" and they all rise to get on the lories that take them to their specially-fitted Lanks. It starts as a dirge and is softly and beautifully played! That is MY favorite variation of the Hymn! For those musicians out there, it starts on a Dm7.

[@SebWilkes]

Do another fan story for Star Trek! There really good fun to watch. I have shared them with my family, there so good! (My favourite is the Valiant - something different and not really seen before)

[@CullenRick]

I was watching it yesterday and thinking that rather than panic about "Trigger", all it needs to be back in cimeas is to be colourised, upgraded to HD and a couple of scenes improved with CGI (the model Lancaster fire/explosion and the Upkeep bomb "hand edits" for example). The acting holds up well, original footage and the scenes filmed with actual Lancasters will never be bettered.

[@privatethesmokeprincess9437]

A tribute to Harold The Helicopter 🚁

[@yves-reneguilland9708]

et même pas fichu de nous mettre ce film documentaire : en entier en langue francophone naturellement pas ! maintenant = seulement en PAYANT ! Salut !

[@glenn1411]

A shame the film wasent an actual record of the events that actually took place so many of the scenes were invented by the film company to make the film more interesting for the viewer "Artistic interpretation" is the phrase .

[@louishall9224]

Glenn Reay whilst some of that maybe true ,A large amount of the information surrounding the raid was classified as the film was made in 1955

[@DavidLevinEnt]

@@louishall9224 That's ridiculous as WWII ended ten years earlier!

[@louishall9224]

@@DavidLevinEnt It is not in the slightest, Britain has a 30 year rule when it comes to such documents.

[@Ahmed2009900]

جميل جدا

[@moemanncann895]

Japanese sub slammed 2 tordepoes in our side Chief.... oops , wrong movie

[@Flugelhorn392]

What ever happened to Peter Jackson's remake of The Dambusters? The Lord of the Rings trilogy was great: The Hobbit trilogy was rubbish, in my opinion. I only hope that one day, Jackson will see sense and get on with a remake of The Dambusters, which COULD be great .. . . if done well.

[@rogueriderhood1862]

He'll probably do it as a trilogy: The Fellowship of the Bouncing Bomb The Two Dams The Return of the Wing Commander.

[@jamespennington10]

Remake, no political correctness though (might have to budge on the dog's name alas, even though it's a fact his name was what it was) and ... i dunno.. it won't be as good. And please don't colour in the original, they don't work imho.

[@DavidLevinEnt]

Remakes are NEVER as good as the original. I hear that the version played on British tv is the edited version with the dog's name cut out.

[@timprussell]

I just finished reading the Max Hastings book on Operation Chastise and he kept the dogs name, it was history. He did acknowledge it was an unfortunate name in the forward. I hope they don't remake the movie.