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10 Great Combat Movies. Combat Classics contains films on the biggest wars. Digitally Remastered onto 4 DVDs
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- 4 DVD Disc set
- Region 0, NTSC
- Full Frame
- Audio - English
War Head: A weapons expert is reluctantly sent on a mission to a Middle-East war zone to locate a lost nuclear warhead and dismantle it before it falls into the wrong hands, Star: David Janssen
Hell in Normandy: During World War II in the days just prior to the D-Day invasion, a special parachute unit is sent out to destroy a German flame thrower installation on Ornaha Beach. Star: Peter Lee Lawrence
Gung Ho: The new 2nd Marine Raider Battalion's purpose is to raid Japanese-held islands. After a perilous submarine journey, they continue on to annihilate the much larger Japanese garrison on Makin Island. Star: Randolph Scott
Go For Broke: This film is a tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which was formed in 1943 by Presidential permission, Star: Van Johnson
Three Came Home: The true story of Agnes Newton Keith's imprisonment in several Japanese prisoner-of-war camps from 1941 to the end of WWII. Separated from her husband and with a young son to care for, she was subject to torture, starvation and humiliation at the hands of the guards. Star: Claudette Colbert
The Proud and the Damned: A group of American Civil War veterans are led into San Carlos, Columbia, where they meet the local mayor who is unaware they are scouting out the town for a Columbian General. Star; Chuck Connors
Eagle in a Cage: This is an underrated film about Napoleon Bonaparte in his years of exile on St. Helena. It's story is told from the island governor's point of view, played by Sir John Gielgud, Star: Sir John Gielgud
The Big Lift: A reenactrnent of the Berlin airlift of 1948. When the Russians blockade the Western sector, refusing to allow the Allies to ship supplies to the starving Berliners, a group of courageous American flyers risk their lives to transport supplies by air. Star: Montgomery Gift
Blood on the Sun: After two of his friends are murdered, an American editor of a Tokyo newspaper suspects that the "peaceful" Japanese military government is up to no good. Star: James Cagney
This is the Army: During WWII the son of a Broadway producer gets the order to stage an all-soldier show. The cast is largely comprised of real-life servicemen. Star: Ronald Reagan
Movie ratings vary. Parental guidance suggested.
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