GRANDES CLÁSICOS DEL CINE BÉLICO (DVD)

Disc 1 The Lost Patrol World War I. A patrol composed of twelve men from the British army is crossing the desert of Mesopotamia when its commander is hit by a sniper's shot. The sergeant of the patrol (Victor McLaglen) will take command, but the one who knew the destiny of the patrol was the deceased commander... Disc 2 Colonel Jackson's Patrol World War II (1939-1945). After the fall of the Philippines in the hands of the Japanese, the American colonel Joseph Madden stays to organize the fight of the guerrillas against the invaders. Disc 3 A Walk in the Sun In 1943, the American army lands in Italy. A patrol that has been installed on the beach of Salerno must attack a fortified farm that is in the hands of the Nazis. The hardness of the fight reveals the personality of each of the soldiers. Disc 4 Hell in the Clouds The Japanese dominate the islands until Guadalcanal. Major Dan Kirby is named the new commander of the VMF-274 combat squadron, news not very well received by the soldiers, who expected a promotion from their captain. Disc 5 Korea, Zero Hour In the spring of 1950, the North Korean troops begin to bombard and invade South Korea. The American army participates in stopping the advance of the invader. The evacuation of the American civilian population is ordered and Colonel Steve Janowski forces Linda Day, a young United Nations woman whom he has instantly fallen in love with, to leave the country. Wounded in combat, Steve reunites with Linda in a Japanese hospital. But both will return to Korea: she to perform humanitarian tasks and to continue fighting.