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The World War II Collection (DVD)
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The World War II Collection (DVD)
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Loot Price R322
Discovery Miles 3 220
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Collection of six war films. In 'Desert Commandos' (1967) a
renegade band of five German commandos sets out across the African
desert in an ambitious plot to assassinate the 'Big Three' Allied
leaders - Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin - as they prepare to meet
at the Casablanca Conference at the height of the Second World War.
In 'Minesweeper' (1943) US Navy deserter Lieutenant Richard Houston
(Richard Arlen) decides to take a chance and re-enlist following
the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. To avoid being identified, he
assumes the alias 'Jim Smith' and is assigned to duty aboard a
minesweeper charged with keeping the waterways clear. Throughout
the numerous dangerous missions that follow, he lives with the
added constant fear that his true identity will be discovered. In
'Go for Broke!' (1951) Van Johnson stars as Lieutenant Michael
Grayson, a tall blond Texan with a negative attitude about working
with what he calls 'Japs': the unique 442nd Regimental Combat Team
made up entirely of Japanese-American volunteers that he has been
assigned to lead. However, Grayson's misgivings and prejudices
gradually evaporate as he sees his soldiers' heroic dedication to
service in spite of America being at war with Japan. In 'Ski Troop
Attack' (1960) a small band of Allied soldiers becomes stranded
behind enemy lines in a freezing German forest while trying to
carry out its mission of blowing up a strategically important train
bridge spanning two mountains. Travelling on skis, the men must now
do all they can to avoid detection while trying to gather
intelligence about the German advance. In 'Manila, Open City'
(1968), as Allied Forces are nearing the defeat of the Japanese
Army in Manila, the Japanese Empire's soldiers begin attacking
innocent civilians. A brutal month-long battle ensues. 'Three Came
Home' (1950) is based on a true story about the imprisonment of
Agnes Newton Keith (Claudette Colbert) in several Japanese
prisoner-of-war camps from 1941 to the end of World War Two. Agnes
and her young son face many difficulties after being separated from
her husband.
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