Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
© Snappin’ Turtle Productions - ’The Great Escape with Dan Snow’.
Sunday 24 March 2019 marked the 75th anniversary of the daring escape of 76 RAF airmen from Stalag Luft III, Germany’s infamous prisoner of war camp, via a 100 metre-long tunnel. To mark the occasion, Dr Hugh Hunt, Reader in Engineering Dynamics and Vibration, recreated the digging of the tunnel as part of a live demonstration to explain the engineering and science behind the escape. He was joined by engineering student Suhaa Mahmood, Dr Hilary Costello, and Cambridge resident John Aldridge.
Taking place at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, the demonstration was streamed to cinemas nationwide as part of The Great Escape with Dan Snow: eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-engineer-recreate-great-escape-part-75th-anniversary
© Snappin’ Turtle Productions - ’The Great Escape with Dan Snow’.
Sunday 24 March 2019 marked the 75th anniversary of the daring escape of 76 RAF airmen from Stalag Luft III, Germany’s infamous prisoner of war camp, via a 100 metre-long tunnel. To mark the occasion, Dr Hugh Hunt, Reader in Engineering Dynamics and Vibration, recreated the digging of the tunnel as part of a live demonstration to explain the engineering and science behind the escape. He was joined by engineering student Suhaa Mahmood, Dr Hilary Costello, and Cambridge resident John Aldridge.
Taking place at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, the demonstration was streamed to cinemas nationwide as part of The Great Escape with Dan Snow: eng.cam.ac.uk/news/cambridge-engineer-recreate-great-escape-part-75th-anniversary
