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A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
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A German U-Boat commander and 600 prisoners plan a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.
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After marrying a successful Parisian writer known commonly as Willy, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is transplanted from her childhood home in rural France to the intellectual and artistic splendor of Paris. Soon after, Willy convinces Colette to ghostwrite for him. She pens a semi-autobiographical novel about a witty and brazen country girl named Claudine, sparking a bestseller and a cultural sensation. After its success, Colette and Willy become the talk of Paris and their adventures inspire additional Claudine novels.
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Flying Leathernecks
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Sea of Sand
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A Bright Shining Lie
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Spectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.
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The True Glory
A documentary account of the allied invasion of Europe during World War II compiled from the footage shot by nearly 1400 cameramen. It opens as the assembled allied forces plan and train for the D-Day invasion at bases in Great Britain and covers all the major events of the war in Europe from the Normandy landings to the fall of Berlin.
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