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AVIATION FEATURE FILMS

  633 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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


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


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)


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)


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)


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)


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.

43vid207.........$21.95 (CDN)


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)


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)


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)


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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