Desert Commandos: As Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin prepared to meet at the Casablanca Conference in the midst of World War Two a crack troop of Nazi assassins were making their way slowly through the African desert with only one objective - to kill the 'Big 3'. Disguised as British commandos the men must avoid detection repel hostile locals and survive the harsh surroundings if they are to complete their mission and return home alive. Minesweeper : When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbour U.S. Navy Lieutenant Richard Houston a penniless deserter decides to take a chance... and re-enlist. To avoid being identified he assumes an alias 'Jim Smith' and is assigned to duty aboard a minesweeper charged with keeping the waterways clear. Packed with wartime suspense and building to a shocking climax Minesweeper is an engrossing story of friendship bravery love and honour. Go for Broke!: Van Johnson stars as Lt. Michael Grayson in this wartime drama about a unique regiment of Japanese-American men during World War Two and their distrustful and bigoted lieutenant. Sent to fight in Italy the regiment soon have the lieutenant re-evaluating his personal opinions as his men prove their willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty and live up to their motto and 'Go For Broke'. Ski Troop Attack: An American recon patrol finds itself cut off from their support forces during World War Two as a German offensive severs their line of communication. Trapped in enemy territory in the midst of a freezing winter the soldiers must avoid detection whilst recording information about the German advance. They soon discover that a bridge spanning two mountains is providing the enemy with a strategic advantage and decide to blow it up. With a German ski patrol in close pursuit this mission could prove to be their last. Manila Open City: In early February 1945 as Allied Forces slowly closed the net around the Japanese Army entrenched within the city ruins of Manila the defeated Empire's soldiers adopted a brutal and savage operation of persecution against the citizens. Atrocities committed against the inhabitants were akin to those being inflicted in Europe by the Nazis and a damning indictment of the Japanese Army's contempt for the innocent. Three Came Home: Claudette Colbert stars in the inspirational and compelling true story of American author wife and mother Agnes Newton Keith whose life is shattered by the Japanese occupation of Borneo in 1941. Separated from her husband and imprisoned in a P.O.W camp with her young son she begins a painful journey of survival as the harsh realities of camp life and the horrors of war become daily routine. [show more]
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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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