Bomber Harris: [Wallis and Summers have come into his office] Hello, Mutt. Wallis.Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: Good morning.Bomber Harris: What is it you want?Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: I've got an idea for destroying the Ruhr Dams. The effects on Germany would be enormous.Bomber Harris: I know all that. I've read the report.[thumps file folder on his desk]Bomber Harris: But, do you *really* think you can knock down a dam with *that* thing?Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: Yes.Bomber Harris: Well, it looks clever enough on paper. But that goes for *all* of these wheezy ideas. When you try to make them work, they fall down *flat*.Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: This one doesn't.Bomber Harris: How do you know?Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: We've tested it and proved it. I've got some films here I'd like you to see.Bomber Harris: [mildly surprised] Why... If you've proved the thing, why hasn't it been taken up?Doctor B. N. Wallis, C.B.E., F.R.S.: I don't know. But the films only take five minutes to run. You could see them and judge for yourself.Bomber Harris: Well... All right.[gets up from desk and heads toward projection room]Bomber Harris: Send the projectionist out of the room. If this thing's as good as you say, there's no point in letting everyone know.[indicates his aide, Air Vice-Marshall Saundby]Bomber Harris: Saundby can run the film.
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