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May 28th, 2012: Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
During the Second World War, General Frank Savage (Gregory Peck) takes over a unit of B-17s that is failing apart under Colonel Ernie Davenport's (Gary Merrill) leadership. Will the men accept him?...
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June 24th, 2012: The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)
During the building of the Burma-Thai Railroad, Col. Nicholson (Alec Guinness) convinces the POWs under his command to willingly rebuild the bridge over the Kwai river effectively and efficiently,...
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November 8th, 2012: Sahara (1943)
A rag tag group of soldiers defends a dry oasis in the desert from the Nazis in hopes of buying their retreating comrades time.
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January 25th, 2013: Battleground (1949)
Cast and Crew: William A. Wellman (Director); Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalban, James Whitmore, James Arness What It’s About: A squad of infantry from the 101st Airborne must survive being trapped in...
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February 5th, 2013: Tight Little Island aka Whiskey Galore
At the height of the Second World War, the inhabitants of Todday, a tiny Scottish island, suffer most from the lack of whiskey due to rationing. Everything changes when a cargo ship is wrecked off the...
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March 10th, 2013: Grave of the Fireflies
What It’s About: Two children, brother and sister, struggle to survive in wartime Japan. Why Watch it Today?: The U.S. firebombed Tokyo at midnight, March 10th, 1945. Between 80,000 to 100,000 were...
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March 24th, 2013: The Great Escape (1963)
Cast and Crew: Elmer Bernstein (Score); Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, David McCallum, Nigel Stock What It’s About: During the...
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June 6th, 2013: Saving Private Ryan
A unit of U.S. Army Rangers is sent on a mission to find Private Ryan (Matt Damon), the only one of four brothers yet to be killed in action, and bring him back from the front alive.
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June 18th, 2013: The Evictors
Ben (Michael Parks) and Ruth Watkins (Jessica Harper) move to rural Louisiana when Ben get war related work in the area. They rent a beautiful old house, but it's not long before Ruth is experiencing a...
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June 22nd, 2013: Stand Alone (1985)
Louis Thibadeau (Charles Durning), a decorated WWII hero, witnesses a murder by “cocaine cowboys” at his friend Paddie’s (Bert Remsen) diner. The cops want Thibadeau to testify, but his friend, Public...
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July 2nd, 2013: Zero Hour!
When food poisoning disables the crew, former fighter pilot Ted Stryker (Dana Andrews) must overcome his crippling fears (caused by a raid gone wrong) and bring the plane in safely. In the process...
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August 7th, 2013: The Thin Red Line (1998)
U.S. Army units arrive in Guadalcanal in a large push to break Japanese resistance.
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August 9th, 2013: Attack aka Attack! (1956)
During the closing days of the Second World War, a National Guard infantry company is ordered to move into a town that could be occupied by Nazi forces. Earlier in the day their cowardly, politically...
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August 14, 2013: Empire of the Sun (1987)
Jamie Graham (Christian Bale) is separated from his parents when Shanghai is invaded by the Japanese. He must learn to survive, first on his own in his parents abandoned estate, and finally in a...
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September 15th, 2013: The Battle of Britain (1969)
The key events and some of the key individuals in the Battle of Britain are recreated, with a focus not just on the leadership but the individual pilots and support personal about whom Churchill...
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September 26th, 2013: A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Operation Market Garden, a huge airborne/ground operation in World War Two devised by General Montgomery. It was one of those grand strategic strokes that seem to exist merely to fail. Three airborne...
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October 13th, 2013: Anchors Aweigh
Sailors Joe Brady (Gene Kelly) and Clarence Doolittle (Frank Sinatra) are out on a four-day shore leave in Los Angeles. Brady is all set to meet his hot date, Lola, but the inexperienced Clarence begs...
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December 7th, 2013: From Here to Eternity (1953)
Just prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Captain Dana Holmes (Phillip Ober) cares more about getting Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt (Montgomery Clift) to join his boxing team than his wife...
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December 13th, 2013: 1941
A Japanese crew manning a German sub with a German naval attaché (Christopher Lee) are cruising Southern California attempting to bomb Hollywood. At the same time, various Angelenos get caught up in...
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December 21st, 2013: Patton (1970)
Controversial American General George S. Patton's (George C. Scott) tumultuous career in the Second World War is the basis for this myth making film.
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