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Title | Author | Year of Publication | Country | Abstract |
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Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. | Raoul Walsh | 1951 | United Kingdom |
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N is a 1951 British-American naval war film in Technicolor from Warner Brothers, directed by Raoul Walsh. The film is based on three of C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower novels: The Happy Return (... |
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950) | Gordon, Michael | 1950 | United States |
Adapted from Edmond Rostand's 1897 play of the same title, this is the tragic story of wordsmith and swordsman Cyrano de Bergerac (1619–1655), a French aristocrat-turned-soldier during the Franco-Spanish War (1635-1659). Cyrano falls in love with... |
The Big Lift | Seaton, George | 1950 | United States |
The Big Lift is a 1950 drama film shot in black-and-white on location in the city of Berlin that tells the story of "Operation Vittles", the Berlin Blockade in 1948, through the experiences of two U.S. Air Force sergeants. As British and... |
Highly Dangerous | Baker, Roy | 1950 | United Kingdom |
The British government asks entomologist Frances Gray (Margaret Lockwood) to go behind the Iron Curtain and examine insects that might be used for germ warfare. Grudgingly accepting the job, Frances goes undercover as a tour director and meets... |
I Was a Male War Bride | Hawks, Howard | 1949 | United States |
The film was based on I Was an Alien Spouse of Female Military Personnel Enroute to the United States Under Pubic Law 271 of the Congress, a biography of Henri Rochard, a Belgian who married an American nurse. A classic Hollywood... |
Twelve O'Clock High | King, Henry | 1949 | United States |
Twelve O'Clock High shows the danger of air warfare during World War II. In 1942, an American Air Force unit stationed in England is plagued with morale problems until no-nonsense Brigadier General Frank Savage (Gregory Peck) assumes... |
Battleground | Wellman, William | 1949 | United States |
Widely regarded as one of the best World War II film released after the conflict, Battleground explores the horror and the humanity of war during the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944 – January 1945). A company in the 327th Glider... |
Sands of Iwo Jima | Dwan, Allan | 1949 | United States |
Sands of Iwo Jima is a 1949 war film starring John Wayne as Sergeant Stryker. The film follows a group of United States Marines from training to the Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) during which the United States Marine... |