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A vivid look at the wartime conditions that stood society on its head. Kay Walsh had never held a wrench before but you're never too pretty to learn. The women and men that stayed home during World War II worked in the factories that turned out the weaponry to turn the tide of battle.

As England teeters on the brink of war with Egypt, Harry, a handsome, young lieutenant, resigns his commission. Then four telegrams arrive, one for Harry and the others for his three closest fellow-officers. Harry destroys the messages, and in turn his friends send him three feathers representing his cowardice and they sever all ties with him. Desperate to regain respect, he travels secretly to the Sudan and with blind fury he saves each of his three...

Australia, 1940s. An English aristocrat inherits a large ranch. English cattle barons plot to take her land and she reluctantly joins forces with a rough-hewn cattle drover to protect her ranch. Together they experience four life-altering years, a love affair and the bombing of Darwin during World War II.

A military commander has the secret weapon known as a "shadow" which creates a look-alike who can fool his enemies.

October 1941. With the German army of thousands advancing on Kalinin to capture it and open a direct route to Moscow, a small army of only 2,000 people, without tanks and artillery, prepares to defend their city. English dubbed. October 1941. With the German army of thousands advancing on Kalinin to capture it and open a direct route to Moscow, a small army of only two thousand people, without tanks and artillery, prepare to defend their city.

The priorities are clear for Army nurses on Bataan Peninsula in 1942. Take your quinine, malaria is rampant. Make do, supplies will not arrive. Stay strong, despite the overwhelming odds. The nation was shaken by the plight of U.S. and Filipino forces in the early days of America's World War II involvement, a tale of courage and camaraderie. The priorities are clear for Army nurses on Bataan Peninsula in 1942. Take your quinine, malaria is rampant....

Rock Hudson stars as an ambulance driver that falls in love with a nurse. Initially strangers, the two find they must suddenly grapple with difficult decisions about their life together until fate steps in and their future becomes uncertain.

In 1944, a group of Russian soldiers escape a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp in a T-34 tank used for target practice.

The sequel to Hope and glory, Bill Rohan is grown up and drafted into the army where he and his best mate battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.