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10-movie war collection [videorecording (DVD)].
Ten-movie war collection
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Battle hymn.
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Disco de video
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Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2013.
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Summary:
The eagle and the hawk : World War I drama about a reluctant hero struggling to deal with the horrors of war.
The last outpost : World War I drama about a British prisoner of war who is rescued from a firing squad by his mysterious cellmate John Stevenson..
Wake Island : Based on the incredible true story of a handful of U.S. Marines holding out against an overwhelming Japanese air, land and sea assault.
Bengal Brigade : Set during British India in 1857, Captain Claybourne (Rock Hudson) is faced with restoring his reputation after being harshly disciplined for disobeying orders.
To hell and back : Based on the true story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history.
Battle hymn : Tormented for years by a sense of guilt after inadvertently bombing a German orphanage during World War Two, Parson Dean Hess (Rock Hudson) leaves his pulpit and wife (Martha Hyer) to return to the Air Force as a training officer during the Korean War. Posted near the remote village of Yungsan in South Korea, Col. Hess is tasked with instructing the inexperienced Korean pilots but his mission takes a personal twist when he stumbles upon an opportunity to help local orphans. Between his battle against an evil foe and his determination to save the children, Hess may just find the redemption he so desperately seeks.
Jet pilot : Sent by the Pentagon to obtain top secret information from a supposedly defecting Russian lady pilot, the Colonel courts her so successfully that they fall in love and wed. With their marriage as a perfect cover, he is ordered to flee Russia with his bride, this time with him posing as a defector. When the political charade is discovered, however, the courageous couple embark in a dangerous flight to freedom in a heart-pounding escape with enemy agents in hot pursuit.
In enemy country : Wartime secret agents are on a mission to distroy a deadly new type of torpedo, hidden in a Nazi stronghold in France.
Raid on Rommel : Richard Burton portrays a British intelligence office who must pose as a high-ranking Nazi, leading a gang of P.O.W.'s on a desert mission. Based on the real-life battle of Tobruk.
Ulzana's raid : A scout assigned to aid the cavalry in tracking down a band of renegade Indians, attempts to teach an idealistic lieutenant that the only way to fight brutality is with a stronger force.