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3) Stalag 17
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 120 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A group of American G.I.s in a POW camp suspect a spy is among them.
4) Land of mine
Publisher
Columbia Tristar
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the aftermath of World War II, a group of surrendered German soldiers are ordered by Allied forces to remove their own landmines from the coast of Denmark.
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Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
302 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Description
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.
12) A man escaped
Series
Criterion collection volume 650
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (101 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] p. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Description
Based on the memoirs of an imprisoned French resistance leader, this unbelievably taut and methodical marvel follows the fictional Fontaine's single-minded pursuit of freedom, detailing the planning and carrying out of his escape with gripping precision.
15) Unbroken
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
1 DVD (137 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Olympian and war hero Louis Zamperini survived in a raft for 47 days after a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, only to be caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow/HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xiv, 464 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Description
"On the morning of April 2, 1865, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, received a telegram from General Robert E. Lee. There is no more time, the Yankees are coming, it warned. Shortly before midnight, Davis boarded a train from Richmond and fled the capital, setting off an intense chase as Union cavalry hunted the Confederate president. Two weeks later, President Lincoln was assassinated, and the nation was convinced that Davis was involved...
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"Inspired by the extraordinary true stories of World War II?s American Army nurses famously known as the Angels of Bataan and the unsung contributions of Filipinas of the resistance, this novel transports us to a remarkable era of hope, bravery, perseverance, and ultimately?victory. The Philippines, 1941: Tess Abbott, an American Army nurse, has fled the hardships of the Great Depression at home for the glamour and adventure of Manila, one of the...
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Description
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared--Lt. Louis Zamperini. Captured by the Japanese and driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor.
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