Their finest hour : 5 British WWII classics ; Dunkirk ; The dam busters ; Ice cold in Alex ; The Colditz story ; Went the day well?
(DVD)

Book Cover
Average Rating

Description

Loading Description...

Copies

LocationCall NumberStatus
Woodridge Public Library - Adult VideosBINGE BOX THEOn Shelf

More Like This

Loading more titles like this title...

Subjects

LC Subjects
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings.
War films.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Drama.

More Details

Published
[United States] : Film Movement Classics ;, [2020].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (575 minutes) : mono sound ; black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
850003924762

Notes

General Note
"New digital restorations"--Container.
General Note
"Featuring over 4 hours of bonus content: 3 documentaries, interviews, archival footage, home movies shot by John Mills, and more!"--Container.
Participants/Performers
Went the day well?: Leslie Banks, C. V. France, Valerie Taylor, Marie Lohr, Harry Fowler.
Participants/Performers
The Colditz story: John Mills, Lionel Jeffries, Bryan Forbes.
Participants/Performers
The dam busters: Richard Todd, Michael Redgrave, Ursula Jeans, Basil Sydney, Patrick Barr.
Participants/Performers
Dunkirk: John Mills, Richard Attenborough.
Participants/Performers
Ice cold in Alex: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Harry Andrews, Diane Clare.
Description
Went the day well? (1942; directed by Alberto Cavalcanti): Based on the story of Graham Greene, this Ealing Studios wartime production tells the story of a quiet English village that has been infiltrated by disguised German soldiers.
Description
The Colditz story (1955; directed by Guy Hamilton): Nazi Germany believed that no man could escape from Colditz Castle, but a group of Allied prisoners of war were determined to prove them wrong.
Description
The dam busters (1955; directed by Michael Anderson): Against all odds, an RAF squadron destroys German dams with "bouncing bombs." Based on true events and the inspiration for Star Wars' Death Star attack sequence.
Description
Dunkirk (1958; directed by Leslie Norman): John Mills and Richard Attenborough star in the first cinematic retelling of the 1940 evacuation of Dunkirk, code-named Operation Dynamo.
Description
Ice cold in Alex (1958; directed by J. Lee Thompson) Captain Anson (John Mills) of the Royal Army Service Corps dreams of an ice cold beer but first he must lead his medical unit to safety across the perilous North African desert.
Target Audience
NR.
System Details
DVD ; full frame (1.37:1 and 1.66:1) original aspect ratios; Region 1.
Language
English language.
Local note
DVD

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Banks, L., France, C. V. 1., Taylor, V., Lohr, M., Fowler, H., Mills, J., Jeffries, L., Forbes, B., Todd, R., Redgrave, M., Jeans, U., Sydney, B., Barr, P., Syms, S., Quayle, A., Andrews, H., Clare, D., Cavalcanti, A., Hamilton, G., Anderson, M., Norman, L., & Thompson, J. L. 1. (2020). Their finest hour: 5 British WWII classics ; Dunkirk ; The dam busters ; Ice cold in Alex ; The Colditz story ; Went the day well? (Fullscreen.). Film Movement Classics ;.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Leslie Banks et al.. 2020. Their Finest Hour: 5 British WWII Classics ; Dunkirk ; The Dam Busters ; Ice Cold in Alex ; The Colditz Story ; Went the Day Well?. [United States]: Film Movement Classics.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Leslie Banks et al.. Their Finest Hour: 5 British WWII Classics ; Dunkirk ; The Dam Busters ; Ice Cold in Alex ; The Colditz Story ; Went the Day Well? [United States]: Film Movement Classics, 2020.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Banks, L., France, C. V. 1., Taylor, V., Lohr, M., Fowler, H., Mills, J. and Jeffries, L. et al (2020). Their finest hour: 5 british WWII classics ; dunkirk ; the dam busters ; ice cold in alex ; the colditz story ; went the day well? Fullscreen. [United States]: Film Movement Classics.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Banks, Leslie, et al. Their Finest Hour: 5 British WWII Classics ; Dunkirk ; The Dam Busters ; Ice Cold in Alex ; The Colditz Story ; Went the Day Well? Fullscreen., Film Movement Classics ;, 2020.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

Syndetics Unbound

Staff View

Loading Staff View.