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SQUADRON ... (1963), Cliff Robertson
Colour, 95 minutes
#V72 ... $24.95 (CDN)
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ANGELS ONE FIVE (re-issue
2001) Jack Hawkins michael Dennison, John Gregson, Dulcie Gray
Canal Images Int., B&W, 93 minutes
Highly praised for it's realism...one of the
best battle of Britain films ever made....the director had been
stationed at Fighter Command.
43vid306.....$24.95 (CDN)
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"THE AVRO ARROW" the
right stuff. The wrong time.(1997) Dan Akroyd
(Two volume set) CBC Home Video, colour, 230 minutes total
Blends fact and fiction in telling the famous Arrow story. Bonus
included: special documentary features and interviews with Akroyd
and others.
43vid009.....$39.99 (CDN) |
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THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI.....(1954)
William Holden, Grace Kelly
James Michener's Korean war drama about a
war-weary World War 2 naval flyer who must return to fight again. Lot's
of great aerial action.
#V87......$17.95 (CDN)
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A BRIDGE TOO FAR
(1977) Sean Connery, Robert Redford, Michael Caine, Liv Ullman
MGM/UA, colour, digital
video transfer, 2 hours, 57 minutes
This spectacular, star studded epic re-creates in
stunning detail one of WW 2's most disastrous battles....Operation
Market Garden....which caused more Allied fatalities than the Normandy
landings. At the time, this one of the most expensive films in history.
#V90....$28.95 (CDN)
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CAPTAINS
OF THE CLOUDS (1942) James Cagney
Featuring sequences shot on
location at training schools in Canada during the war years, this
aviation classic is Cagney's first colour film. Jimmy plays Brian
MacLean, a brazen bush pilot in the Canadian woods and his adventures in
and out of the RCAF. Oscar nominated for colour cinematography.
technicolour, 1hour, 53 minutes 43vid211.....$24.95 (CDN)
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CATCH 22
(1970) Alan Arkin, Richard Benjamin
Mike Nichols' superbly directed screen adaptation
of Joseph Heller's scathingly satirical anti-war epic satire about a
group of American flyers in the Mediterranean theatre in 1944. Profane
and prophetic and a little bit crazy.
#V86......$17.95 (CDN)
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CONVOY
(1940) John
Clements, Clive Brook, Edward Chapman, JudyCampbell
Canal Images Int., B&W, 85 minutes
A tense and realistic drama, made with the
co-operation of the Royal and Merchant Navies during the real Battle of
the Atlantic.
43vid305.....$22.95 (CDN)
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THE DAM BUSTERS
Michael Redgrave, Richard Todd
A first rate thriller featuring the incredible
true story of the famed "Dam Busters" raid and the development
of the "bouncing bomb" used to destroy the strategically vital
German dams. A dangerous mission at a high cost.
#V200.....$27.95 (CDN)
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FLYING TIGERS
(1942)
John Wayne
colourized version, 101 minutes
Fighting and loving in the "Flying
Tigers", the nickname of the famous American Volunteer Group of
misfits and mercenary flyers who came to the aid of China just before
the 2nd World War. The Duke at his best!
# V69......$27.95 (CDN)
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IT'S IN THE AIR
starring
George Formby
DD VIDEOS, B&W, 83 minutes
From the "Formby's Finest"
collection.....hilarious antics ensue as George is required to impersonate
an RAF man on an aerodrome during WW2.
43vid302.....$19.95 (CDN)
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THE LION HAS
WINGS (1940) Ralph
Richardson, Merle Oberon
CARLTON FILMS, B&W, 68 minutes
Korda's acclaimed propoganda work, filmed at the
outbreak of the war. "Labelling it propaganda doesn't alter the fact that it
makes an interesting, informative and thrilling show" -THE NEW YORK TIMES
43vid303.....$24.95 (CDN) |
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THE MALTA STORY
#V201...$29.95 (CDN)
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THE MEMPHIS BELLE
(1990) Mathew Modine, Eric Stoltz
Warner Brothers, 107 minutes
Action packed thriller about the 25th and last
mission of the Memphis Belle....the first American crew to finish a
tour. Inspired by the William Wyler's 1944 documentary of the same name.
#V67.......$19.95
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MOSQUITO SQUADRON
(1968) David McCallum
UA, colour, 87 minutes
A perilous mission to destroy a deadly secret V2
missile factory hidden deep beneath a French chateau....it must be done
at all costs, but the chateau contains hundreds of RAF POW's and the
husband of the woman that the commander loves!
43vid204.....$19.95 (CDN)
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THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
(1996)
Telstar Video, colour, 104 minutes
The incredible true story of Corporal Chris
Ryan, the only one to make it back from a group of SAS commandos
dropped well behind enemy lines in the Gulf War....their mission....to
seek and destroy scud missile launchers. Quickly discovered, one by one,
they were all picked off -killed or captured....except for Chris Ryan.
This is his story...an account of mental and physical courage during his
epic march across the desert to Syria and eventual freedom.
43vid304......$22.95 (CDN)
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ONE THAT GOT AWAY
1959, Hardy Kruger
# V206.......$44.95 (CDN)
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OPERATION CROSSBOW
(1965) Sophia Loren, George Peppard
MGM, colour, stereo, 1 hour, 56
minutes
Spectacular WW2 espionage drama weaves fact and
fiction together....it traces the development of Hitler's secret weapons
...the deadly V1's and V2's and the Allies' efforts to destroy them.
#V089....$22.95 (CDN)
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PIECE OF CAKE (6
tapes, boxed collection set)
LWT Productions Ltd. colour, running time approx.
5 hours
Based on Derek Robinson's best selling novel, this
acclaimed mini series follows the adventures, heartaches and rites of
passage of the fighter pilots of the RAF Hornet squadron in World War 2.
Featuring some of the most breathtaking aerial sequences ever shown.
#V91......$74.95 (CDN)
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REACH FOR THE SKY
(1956) Kenneth More, Murial Pavlow Rank Classic
Video, B&W, 136 minutes
The amazing story of Douglas Bader who overcame
the loss of his legs in an early air crash and went on to be one of the most
famous aces in the Battle of Britain.
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TORA TORA TORA
(1970) Martin Balsam,
Joseph Cotten, Soh Yamamura
Big budget movie recreates the Pearl Harbor attack
and the events leading up to it from both the American and the Japanese
sides. A spectacular gut wrenching cavalcade of action packed footage
marks the "Day of Infamy".
colour, 144 minutes
#V66......$24.95
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TWELVE
O'CLOCK HIGH ... (1949), Gregory Peck,
B&W, 132 minutes
#V68 ... $22.95 (CDN)
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VON RICHTHOFEN AND
BROWN
(1971) John PhilipLaw, John Stroud
UA, colour, 1 hour, 36 minutes
World War 1 daring acrobatic duels of death, with
stunning aerial footage and vintage aircraft, this soaring drama will
keep you on the edge of your seat with anticipation.
#V212.....$29.95 (CDN)
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THE WAY TO THE STARS
(1945)
Michael Redgrave, John Mills
Carlton, B&W, 104 minutes
1940-'42....a deserted airfield in the heart of
England becomes home to a bustling bomber command station......A story of
English and American airmen....their missions, lives and loves during
wartime.
43vid301.......$19.95 (CDN)
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WORLD WAR 2 ACES
(two complete films)
SPITFIRE starring Leslie Howard (89
minutes)
With David Niven...the fascinating story of
Reginald Mitchell and his creation and how it turned the tide of the
war.
EAGLES OVER LONDON starring Frederick
Stafford (101 minutes)
#V210......$29.95 (CDN)
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