Movie The Dam Busters

Math in Movies: The Dam Busters

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Date: March 2006 - October 2024, by:Oliver Knill, Department of Mathematics, Harvard University

This movie appeared in the year 1955.
More information can be found here [external IMDb link]
Direct video links: Quicktime, Webm or Ogg Theora.

On the use of Congruent triangles to measure distances. Also some applied math problems on bouncing balls on water and detonations in water. Thanks to Craig Smorynski for the suggestion.

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