War Collection: Volume 2 (Alberto Cavalcanti;Leslie Norman;Basil Dearden;Jack Gold;George More O'Ferrall;) (DVD / Box Set)

Collection of British war dramas. In 'Dunkirk' 1958 British Corporal 'Tubby' Binns John Mills finds himself responsible for getting his men back to Britain from the Dunkirk beaches in 1940, after their commanding officer is killed and they become separated from the rest of the Allied forces. Meanwhile, civilian reporter Charles Foreman Bernard Lee follows the build-up to the eventual evacuation of British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. In 'Aces High' 1976 new air force recruit Croft Peter Firth takes an instant dislike to his embittered squadron leader, Gresham Malcolm McDowell. But as the young pilot experiences the tensions and stresses of warfare, his dislike turns to admiration. In 'Went the Day Well' 1942, set during the Second World War, a platoon of German paratroopers plan to place a signalling device in an English village in preparation for an upcoming invasion. Disguised as British troops, all goes according to plan until a vigilant local postmistress has her suspicions aroused by some clues left by the Germans. When the Germans now aware that the game is up, they quickly revert to their back-up plan and take the entire village hostage. As they try to maintain an appearance of normality in the village, the Germans soon find themselves beset by the heroic attempts of the villagers to raise the alarm to the outside world. In 'The Captive Heart' 1946 Czech Captain Karel Hasek Michael Redgrave impersonates a dead British officer, only to be thrown into a
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