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1) Rendition
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008]
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The policy of "extraordinary rendition" began under the Clinton administration and accelerated after September 11, 2001. The policy allows for the handing over of suspected terrorists to countries that use torture as an interrogation tool. Anwar El-Ibrahimi is an Egyptian-born man who disappears on a flight from Africa to Washington, DC. He is sent to a North African country where torture is practiced and the CIA gives approval. Anwar's pregnant American-born...
2) Sea of sand
Publisher
Distributed by VCI Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
"Gritty British action film following the operations of the Long Range Desert Group in North Africa during the height of WW II." -- Container.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A woman decides to begin a new life after spending years caring for her father. She meets a traveler who is actually a monk who has left the monastery after taking his oath. They are married, but she soon learns of his secret.
Publisher
Genius Products, Inc
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
Enzo Monteleone's incredibly powerful film recounts one of the epic battles of WWII, in which the Italian army, fighting alongside the Germans, sought to drive the Allied forces from North Africa.
7) Allied
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of intelligence officer Max Vatan, who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Reunited in London, their relationship is threatened by the extreme pressures of the war.
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c1951
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Rommel was a brilliant military tactician. Unfortunately, Adolph Hitler thought that he too was a military genius and demands more of Rommel than he's able to provide. Rommel incurs Hitler's wrath by retreating in North Africa, but since Rommel is a war hero he is virtually "untouchable". Rommel joins in a plot to assassinate the Fuhrer. The attempt fails, and Rommel's complicity is discovered. He is given a choice: either face a horrible death by...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (340 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"October, 1940. Manchester, England. As valiant Jewish RAF pilot David defends the skies against the Luftwaffe, Harry and Kasia finally arrive home. How will Robina cope with another refugee under roof? When yet another house guest arrives -- Sir James, a civil servant on official business -- he looks set to beguile his host, but will Kasia be charmed as well? Meanwhile, in Berlin, teenager Marga is selected to mother a baby for the Führer, but can...
Publisher
Binge Box
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
5 videodiscs (573 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Pride & prejudice: Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hartfordshire with his overbearing wife and 5 daughters. There is the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and the wild Lydia. Unfortunately, if Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. The family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages. Life is uneventful...
Publisher
Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (approximately 807 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A four-man commando team fights in North Africa as part of the Long Range Desert Group in World War II. With their armed Jeeps they go out and fight against Rommel's Afrika Korps.
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