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war film
After a gang of London Spivs are arrested for running an illegal gambling den during the Second World War they are offered a choice between prison and a tour of duty with the British Army putting their unique talents to work.
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Documentation, documentary film
war film
During the Korean War, while American Air Force pilots Lt. John Willard (William Bryant) and his brother Frank (Dick Paxton) are flying a routine reconnaissance mission, their commanding officer, Col. Ed Wyatt (Dan Duryea) orders them to b…
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Arranged Documentary, Mondo film, Shockumentary, Splatter Film, documentary film, horror film
Anti-War Film, Drama, drama film
action film, comedy drama
Lieut. Bill Brannigan learns friend and hotshot pilot Thomas Jefferson "Tommy" O'Toole, the self-styled "world's greatest aviator", is joining the USMC Reserve Aviator training program. O'Toole arrives at San Diego and promptly starts to m…
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war film
In 1945, after hearing of the death of Mussolini, an American career diplomat and his family reflect on his mistakes he made during the interwar years.
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drama film, war film
World War I combat pilot Sam Doyle has developed a drinking problem. In 1932, he causes the death of his co-pilot, William Thompson, and has his license revoked. A single parent, he leaves young Danny behind with a guardian and goes off to…
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adventure film, war film
In 1941, an American aviator, 'Smilin' Jack' Martin wishes to resign as an advisor to the Nationalist Chinese Army in order to return to the United States to enlist as an aviator in America's military buildup prior to the attack on Pearl H…
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propaganda film, war film
The film traces the operational history of the USS Franklin before focusing on her final mission in 1945. After repair and refitting at Naval Air Station Alameda, California, after an earlier Kamikaze attack, she set out to sea and combat …
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Drama, drama film, war film
war film
Terry Regan, from Camden, New South Wales, is the son of Molly Regan and a naval officer who died in action in 1916. Terry is called up to serve in the navy during World War II, and turns down a commission in order to see action early. He …
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Documentation, Social Study, documentary film
war film
An Italian submarine captain tries to navigate his sub through enemy waters whilst being stalked by a British commander. The Italian sub manages to make it into the neutral port of Tangiers, Morocco followed by the British commander. Durin…
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Drama, drama film
Ezra, a young Sierra Leonean ex-fighter, is struggling to find his bearings and return to a normal life after the civil war that laid waste his country. His everyday life is divided between a psychological rehabilitation centre and a natio…
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war film
The title character is General Victor Church, a proud World War I veteran who lives alone in a large house with his WW1 batman, Bates, and a few servants. Church was highly decorated in WWI, including a Victoria Cross and the Distinguished…
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Action, Drama, action film
Two undercover narcotics agents pose as drug buyers to frame a gang located in the gulf of Texas, but are unmasked. One of them is killed. The other, Clint Jensen, is badly wounded.
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Drama, drama film, war film
drama film, war film
The setting is World War II. An Office of Strategic Services agent, working with the French Resistance, ambushes a Nazi convoy with a high-ranking general, who escapes. Later they take him from a Nazi prison and smuggle him to England.
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drama film
World War II is ending. On a hospital ship heading home, Major Williams, a doctor, talks to a soldier suffering from amnesia. He is the only survivor of a group of four men defending a French farmhouse that was dive-bombed by German aircra…
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war film
During the Burma Campaign, a detachment of American paratroopers are aided by a group of local women in their mission against the Japanese. Six paratroopers undertake an extremely dangerous mission against the Japanese. It will ultimately …
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Drama, War Film
drama film, war film
In the days before the cease-fire, a hard-luck platoon run by Lt. Peer and the cowardly Sgt. Sweatish is under continual attack and suffers heavy casualties.
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Documentation, Event Documentary