The Dam Busters. Poster of the 1955 movie and cover of the 1951 book
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The Dam Busters
Paul Brickhill, 1951
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Michael Anderson, 1955

An epic war story of World War II. Scientist Dr. Barnes Wallis believes World War II can be shortened by destroying the Ruhr dams, thus paralyzing the enemy’s industrial nerve center. In spite of the difficulties caused by the critical situation at the time, he works steadily to perfect a special bomb of his own invention for the purpose. Air Ace Wing Commander Guy Gibson is chosen to form, train and lead the hand-picked squadron.


The Dam Busters. Poster of the 1955 movie and cover of the 1946 book, Enemy Coast Ahead
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Enemy Coast Ahead
Guy Gibson, 1946
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Michael Anderson, 1955

An epic war story of World War II. Scientist Dr. Barnes Wallis believes World War II can be shortened by destroying the Ruhr dams, thus paralyzing the enemy’s industrial nerve center. In spite of the difficulties caused by the critical situation at the time, he works steadily to perfect a special bomb of his own invention for the purpose. Air Ace Wing Commander Guy Gibson is chosen to form, train and lead the hand-picked squadron.


A Tale of Two Cities. Poster of the 1958 movie and cover of the 1859 book
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens, 1859
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Ralph Thomas, 1958

Sydney Carton, a drunken English lawyer, discovers that Charles Darnay, a man he once defended, is a French aristocrat trying to escape the French Revolution. While he envies the man over the love of a woman, Lucie Manette, his conscience is pricked and he resolves to help him escape the guillotine.


1984. Poster of the 1956 movie and cover of the 1949 book
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1984
George Orwell, 1949
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Michael Anderson, 1956

A voice-over narrator explains that in the mid-1950s, a nuclear war and devastation of Earth gave rise to three superstates: Oceania, Eurasia, and East Asia. By 1984, London, with its bomb-proof ministry, is designated as the capital of Airstrip One, a province of Oceania, controlled by one all-powerful Party, embodied by the figurehead Big Brother.