What is that what Roger Waters is watching?

Some people might see the clips during Bring the Boys Back Home as sleezy US sensationalsts tv journalism but my God it is hard not to get all weepy eyed watching that girl’s face when she realizes what’s going on is daddy’s surprise return from a war zone.

I was always surprised about the prominent snippets of BoB and Dam Busters in The Wall, either on vinyl or the 80ties live shows. As this specific scene is about the alienated rock star Pink wasting his time infront of a tv set in a shabby motel room while waiting for a prostitute, I think there would have been other movies snippets that would have been more fitting (Untill Death Us Do Part – anyone?), trash & game shows, but probably lesser known (at the time). I can only think that it was the aviation enthusiasts in either Waters or Gilmore that decided these would be more interesting.

The film “The Wall” also features a small snippet from Dambusters, IIRC: “When are we going to get something to fly in?” I think it was in the same scene of The Wall as seen above

“Where the hell are you Simon!!??”

The original album of The Wall includes a recognisable snatch of soundtrack from the film as well.