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The feature film The great escape was based on this true event. Over six hundred Allied prisoners dug three highly sophisticated tunnels in a plan to escape from Stalag Luft III. On the night of March 24, 1944 two hundred prisoners began their escape. The German guards spotted the seventy-seventh man coming out of the tunnel, but seventy-six prisoners made their escape

MPAA rating: Not rated

DVD; Dolby Digital, letterboxed; with pdf format documentation requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader

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Closed-captioned. Described video for the visually impaired

Introduction -- Prisoners of war at Stalag Luft III -- Digging Tom, Dick, and Harry -- Escape equipment and supplies -- Excavation -- Great escape