British war collection
(2011)

Fiction

DVD

Call Numbers:
DVD/DRAMA/BRITISH

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/DRAMA/BRITISH Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : VCI Entertainment, [2011]
©2011
DESCRIPTION

4 videodiscs (approximately 411 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
1557397716 8950, 9781557397713, 089859895029
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

The way to the stars originally released as a motion picture in 1945; Sea of sand originally released as a motion picture in 1958; The Malta story originally released as a motion picture in 1953; Above us the waves originally released as a motion picture in 1955

The way to the stars: A group of World War II pilots experience life, love and loss. Sea of sand: A detachment of British soldiers must penetrate enemy lines in North Africa and knock out a German fuel dump. The Malta story: A World War II pilot, forced to land in Malta, attaches himself to a local regiment in their struggle to hold out against the Axis. Above us the waves: Britain's heroic attempt to sink a German battleship in a Norwegian fjord

The way to the stars / produced by Anatole de Grunwald ; directed by Anthony Asquith (109 min.). Sea of sand / directed by Guy Green ; produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman (99 min.). The Malta story / based on the book by Sir Hugh P. Lloyd ; produced by Peter D. Sarigny ; directed by Brian Desmond Hurst (103 min.). Above us the waves / directed by Ralph Thomas ; produced by William MacQuitty (100 min.)

The way to the stars: Michael Redgrave, John Mills, Rosamund John, Stanley Holloway. Sea of sand: Richard Attenborough, Michael Craig. The Malta story: Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel. Above us the waves: John Mills, John Gregson, Theodore Bikel

Not rated

DVD ; NTSC ; region 1 encoding ; Dolby digital ; full screen (1.33:1, 1.37:1) presentation

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