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Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1957
Language
English
Description
Set during the Battle of Atlantic during World War II, tells the story of the cat and mouse hunt between the USS Haynes, a destroyer escort and a German U-Boat. For the Americans, a former Merchant Mariner, now captain, saw his wife killed when his freighter was torpedoed by the Germans. For the Germans, a veteran U-Boat commander who sees no honor in the German aims of the war. Both of these highly experienced men must now battle each other, knowing...
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
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
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
American combat pilot Col. Joseph Ryan (Sinatra) is shot down over Nazi-controlled Italy and joins U.S. and English WWII troops in a prison camp during the summer of 1943. Given the insulting nickname "Von Ryan" because he initially seems more concerned with surviving than escaping, the colonel eventually leads Allied prisoners, as their new top ranking officer, in a daredevil race for freedom by commandeering an entire German freight train bound...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After her father returns from the war moody and tired, Marly's family decides to move from the city to Maple Hill Farm in the Pennsylvania countryside where they share many adventures which help restore their spirits and their bond with each other.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A wartime romance set against the backdrop of preparations for D-Day, (the invasion of Normandy near the close of World War II), involves an American officer and an Englishwoman who is married to a British commando.
Series
Studio classic volume 10
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Based on the true-life story of Gladys Aylward, an English missionary that led a group of children through war-torn China in the 1930's. Nominated for an Academy Award, Best Director.
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
2-disc ed.
Language
English
Description
A re-telling of the classic tale of power and corruption, moved by the passions and desires of towering personalities. Aphrodite promises the most beautiful woman in the world to Paris, Prince of Troy, but alas, Helen is already married to Menelaus King of Sparta, brother of Agamemnon. When she escapes to Troy with Paris, Menelaus rallies the kings of Greece to attack Troy. Also included are the prophecies of Cassandra, the sacrifice of Iphigenia,...
Series
Studio classic volume 7
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A widowed Eurasian doctor and an American war correspondent stationed in Hong Kong begin an intensely passionate affair, but when the journalist is transferred to Korea where war has broken out, tragedy strikes.
Pub. Date
1955
Language
English
Description
British Intelligence during World War II is trying to get the German High Command to shift it's forces away from Italy prior to the invasion. To create the illusion of a plan for England to invade Greece a dead body is to be procured, allowed to be found with secret papers on him by Spanish authorities who will send the papers on to the Germans, or that's the plan. First they have to find a body that will look drowned, and create an identity for him...
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Fullscreen ed.
Language
English
Description
The Hart cousins - Blossom, Harry, and Chiquita - inherit Southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which proves to be a 'termite trap' and tax liability. They decide to turn the place into a hotel for army wives and put on a show to pay bills.
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