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Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
During WWII, a patrol of American Marines sets out to capture an important Japanese rocket base in the Pacific.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Cebntury Fox
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Film about newly-trained pilots in World War II, their by-the-book leader, and the plans of the U.S. Naval leaderw to lull the Japanese into a false sense of superiority.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([8] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
In World War II, the outcome of the battle of Guadalcanal will strongly influence the Japanese's advance into the Pacific. This is the story of Charlie Company's landing and battle experience there in 1942. The story concentrates on how the battle affects, and is effected by, Commanding officer Lt. Col. Gordon Tall, Captain James Staros, Sgt. Edward Welsh, and two privates, Witt and Bell. Charlie Company is attacking a seemingly impregnable position,...
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1957
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A World War II Marine sergeant and a Roman Catholic nun are both marooned together on a South Pacific island, hemmed in by surrounding Japanese troops. The sergeant does his best to make the nun's ordeal less painful, but is torn by his growing love for her. The nun is equally fond of the sergeant, but refuses to renounce her vows. Their unrealized ardor mellows into mutual respect as they struggle to survive before help arrives.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (170 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This adaptation of the novel by James Jones is a realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during World War II.
This adaptation of the novel by James Jones is a realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during the battle of Guadalcanal.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set during the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II, the film tells the story of the cat and mouse hunt between the USS Haynes, a destroyer escort, and a German U-Boat. Captain Murrell, a former Merchant Marine, saw his wife killed when his freighter was torpedoed by the Germans. Von Stolberg, the veteran U-Boat commander, sees no honor in the German aims of the war. Both of these men must now try to outthink and outmaneuver each other, knowing...
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
[Widescreen version].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 178 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Re-enacts the military operation of D-Day from four points of view--the workings of the high commands of the American, English, French, and German forces in their battle scheme for Normandy. Largely filmed on actual invasion sites in France.
10) Patton
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (171 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Story of General Patton in World War II whose military brilliance was balanced by his inability to deal with the social and political aspects of war, causing him difficulties in his dealings with the War Department.
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